System and method for vehicle tracking

A method and system for tracking a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises determining a location of the vehicle at a plurality of times using a mobile tracking device (10) disposed on the vehicle; detecting an event for the vehicle from at least one of the plurality of determined locations using...

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Hauptverfasser:	PUTMAN, TRISTAN SEAN, MCWATER, HAROLD SHANE, HONEYCUTT, BRAD OWEN, BARTHOL, DEBBIE GAY, SUTFIN, ROY B
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES CALCULATING CHECKING-DEVICES COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS FRANKING APPARATUS LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TESTING TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:	A method and system for tracking a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises determining a location of the vehicle at a plurality of times using a mobile tracking device (10) disposed on the vehicle; detecting an event for the vehicle from at least one of the plurality of determined locations using the mobile tracking device (10); and transmitting a location of the vehicle to a remote device using the mobile tracking device (10) in response to detecting the event. The system comprises a mobile communications device (2) within a secure container (4), the mobile communications device comprising a GPS receiver (26), wherein the GPS receiver (26) is configured to receive a plurality of GPS locations and and wherein the mobile communications device (2) is configured to detect an event from at least one of the plurality of locations and to transmit a location to a remote device in response to detecting the event. Also, a method for determining a service cost for a service call is disclosed.