Moveable object accountability system

• US 20060202030A1
• Filed: 02/03/2006
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Teetee Communication LLC
• Original Assignee: AdverMotion, Inc.
• Inventors: Kressin, Robert H., Lecher, Donald J., Harp, Susan L.
• Application Number:
  US11/346,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20060202030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/385
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring

Abstract

This discloses an accountability system for monitoring the status of a certain condition of a moveable object having an electronic identification device with a transmittable unique identification code. A verification station with an electronic signal transmission and reception device remotely initiates communication with the electronic identification device on the moveable object and receives the unique identification code. A database at the verification station retrieves information related to said unique identification code, and a camera captures a digital image of said moveable object, while displaying the image and querying a user to input verification data to an input device. A data processing sub-system at the verification station verifies the user'"'"'s input and compiles a data record of the unique identification code, the digital image, and data input from the user into a data record and stores the compiled record in memory for later communication with a remote storage device.

Claims

1. A movable object accountability system for monitoring geographic travel routes and travel patterns over a period of time of a movable object, and for monitoring at least one condition of said movable object, wherein said at least one condition comprises one of a visible indication of distinguishing characteristics of said movable object, a visible licensing indicator of said movable object, or a graphical representation on said movable object, said movable object accountability system comprising:

at least one movable object having an electronic geographical positioning device thereon, wherein said electronic geographical position device generates coordinate location data with respect to the location of said movable object;

a geographical position data collection system for retrieving said coordinate location data generated by said electronic geographical positioning device on said movable object and identifying said retrieved coordinate location data with respect to said movable object;

a remote data processing system for receiving said retrieved and identified coordinate location data from said geographical position data collection system and for processing said data to generate geographic travel routes and identify travel patterns over specific periods of time for said movable object based on said identified coordinate location data; and

a monitoring device system for periodically identifying the presence of said at least one condition of said movable object.

2. The movable object accountability system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said movable object accountability system further comprises:

a plurality of movable objects each having electronic geographical positioning devices thereon;

wherein said geographical positioning data collection system retrieves coordinate location data generated by said electronic geographical positioning devices on each of said plurality of movable objects and identifies said retrieved coordinate location data with respect to each specific movable object of said plurality of movable objects; and

wherein said remote data processing system receives said coordinate location data from said geographical positioning data collection system for processing said coordinate location data to generate geographic travel routes and identify travel patterns over specific periods of time for each of said plurality of movable objects based on said identified coordinate location data.

3. The movable object accountability system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said remote data processing system further:

categorizes each of said plurality of movable objects based on said geographic travel routes and said identified travel patterns;

assigns a prioritized value based on said categorization to each of said plurality of movable objects; and

assigns a profile description based on said categorization to each of said plurality of movable objects.

4. The movable object accountability system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said electronic geographical positioning device further comprises one from the group consisting of:

a GPS device;

a cellular telephone; and

a wireless communication device that triangulates geographic coordinates within a wireless communication network.

5. The movable object accountability system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said geographical data collection system further comprises one from the group consisting of:

a geographical position data retrieval system for collecting logged geographical position data from said movable object having said electronic geographical positioning devices; and

a real-time geographical data retrieval system for collecting real-time geographical position data from said movable object having said electronic geographical positioning devices.

6. The moveable object accountability system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said remote data processing system further:

identifies a travel route of a movable object by processing specific coordinate location data;

selecting geodemographic data based on said identified travel route;

generating a geodemographic database based on said selected demographic data.