Context sensitive speed tracking

• US 20090140883A1
• Filed: 11/05/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ClickSoftware Technologies, Ltd. (Salesforce.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Xora, Inc. (Salesforce.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rani, Ananth, Venkatraman, Sivakumar
• Granted Patent: US 8,040,256 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/936
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A method and apparatus for performing a context sensitive speed tracking by generating a location of the mobile tracking device; determining context information related to the location; and analyzing the location and context information to determine an appropriate speed of the mobile tracking device in view of the context information.

Claims

1. Apparatus for providing context sensitive speed tracking comprising:

a mobile tracking device for generating a location of the mobile tracking device; and

a host, coupled to the at least one mobile tracking device, for receiving the location, determining context information related to the location, and analyzing the location and context information to determine an appropriate speed of the mobile tracking device in view of the context information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of the mobile tracking device or the host computes a present speed of the mobile tracking device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a client, coupled to the host, for utilizing information related to the present speed in view of the appropriate speed.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the host analyzes the context information at the time and location relevant to the mobile tracking device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the host computes the speed of the at least one mobile tracking device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the context information comprises environmental conditions proximate the location of the mobile tracking device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the environment conditions comprise at least one of location of a street traveled, speed limits, weather conditions, zoning limitations, current traffic congestion, or current traffic speed.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the host analyzes a speed of the mobile tracking device related to the context information and the host generates context sensitive speed information.

9. A method of providing context sensitive speed tracking comprising:

generating a location of the mobile tracking device;

determining context information related to the location; and

analyzing the location and context information to determine an appropriate speed of the mobile tracking device in view of the context information.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein a present speed of the mobile tracking device is computed or reported by the mobile tracking device.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising comparing the present speed to the appropriate speed.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the analyzing step utilizes context information at a time and location relevant to the mobile tracking device.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the context information comprises environmental conditions proximate the location of the mobile tracking device.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the environment conditions comprise at least one of location of a street traveled, speed limits, weather conditions, zoning limitations, current traffic congestion, or current traffic speed.