RECORDING AND REPORTING OF DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS USING WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE
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1. A method of monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
- a) associating a mobile device with a vehicle, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone including a GPS receiver;
b) determining a location of the mobile device; and
c) determining a cost of insurance for the vehicle based upon said step b).
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring a vehicle uses a wireless mobile device. The wireless mobile device, such as a cell phone, smart phone, PDA, etc., includes some of the hardware that could be utilized to monitor and analyze data and transmit the data (or summaries, statistics or analyses of the data) to a central server. This can greatly reduce the overall cost of the system. The data can be used to determine an insurance rate or as a speed probe for creating traffic maps, for example.
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1. A method of monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
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a) associating a mobile device with a vehicle, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone including a GPS receiver; b) determining a location of the mobile device; and c) determining a cost of insurance for the vehicle based upon said step b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
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a) determining that a cell phone is near the vehicle; b) determining a location of the cell phone; c) determining a location of the vehicle based upon said steps a-b); d) determining speed information of the vehicle; and e) wirelessly sending the vehicle speed information and the location of the vehicle to a server from the cell phone. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A smart phone for monitoring a vehicle comprising, wherein the smart phone includes a GPS receiver, wherein the smart phone is programmed to:
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determine that the smart phone is near a vehicle; determine a location of the smart phone; and monitor operation of the vehicle based upon a determination that the smart phone is near the vehicle.
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- 16. The smart phone of claim 16 wherein the smart phone is programmed to monitor vehicle operating data.
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19. The smart phone of claim 19 wherein the smart phone is programmed to send the location of the smart phone to the server based upon the determination that the smart phone is near the vehicle.
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20. A computer readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a smart phone perform the steps of:
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a) determining that the smart phone is near an associated vehicle; b) determining a location of the smart phone; c) determining a location of the vehicle based upon said steps a-b); and d) wirelessly transmitting the location of the vehicle determined in said step c) to a remote server.
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