Method For Tracking Mobile Objects Based on Event Conditions Met at Mobile Object Locations

• US 20210044663A1
• Filed: 10/27/2020
• Published: 02/11/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PerdiemCo LLC
• Original Assignee: PerdiemCo LLC
• Inventors: Diem, Darrell
• Granted Patent: US 11,064,038 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/22 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 : Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively.

Claims

1. A notification method that uses locations of mobile devices carried in vehicles to convey driving event notifications, wherein the notification method is executed by one or more servers having access to a database (DB), wherein the one or more servers are configured by a tracking application software of a tracking service provider, which controls access to the DB for conveyance of the driving event notifications in a tracking service used by companies, each company tracking one or more groups of vehicles based on locations of the mobile devices carried by the vehicles, wherein the locations of the mobile devices are determined based on information received from wireless location information sources (LISs), the method comprising:

(a) using one or more first computing devices in a first network of computing devices of the tracking service provider to configure the tracking application software by identifying a plurality of groups in the DB using group identification codes (GIDs) stored in the DB, a GID identifying a company which tracks a group of vehicles including a first vehicle that carries a first mobile device and a second vehicle that carries a second mobile device, wherein the GID is associated with a plurality of user identification codes that identify authorized users of the company, wherein the tracking application software is further configured to control access to authorized user accounts of authorized users of the tracking service in the plurality of groups, including

     1) a group administrator of the company having a group administrator identification code used to access a group administrator account of the company in the tracking service and

     2) a first authorized user of the company having a first authorized user identification code used to access a first authorized user account in the tracking service;

(b) receiving an access request to the group administrator account from a second computing device in a second network of computing devices;

(c) granting access to the group administrator account before associating, in the DB, the first authorized user identification code of the first authorized user with the GID,

(d) granting access to the first authorized user account based on the first authorized user identification code;

(e) receiving

     1) a first event condition for occurrence of a first driving event that is met based on locations of the first mobile device or locations of the second mobile device relative to a zone or boundary and

     2) a second event condition for occurrence of a second driving event that is met based on sensor information detected at the first mobile device or the second mobile device that causes transmission of one or more video signals; and

(f) conveying a first event notification after the first event condition is met or a second event notification after the second event condition is met, wherein the first event notification or the second notification is conveyed to the first authorized user after granting access to the first authorized user account.