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Vehicle tracking system

US7388518B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 2006
Grant dateJun 17, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W64/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle tracking system central host comprises a memory cache processor for managing a plurality of memory caches and a storage device linked with the memory cache processor, for receiving messages from the memory caches and writing them to a database. There are n receiver ports each for receiving message packets of an associated protocol from remote vehicle on-board tracker units. There are also n receiver processors, each associated with a port and each receiver processor being for: reading message packets received at the associated port, performing initial processing of the message packets including adding headers to provide processed messages, and writing the processed messages to a log dedicated to the receiver processor. There re also n decoders, each associated with a receiver processor log and being for (a) instantiating a service object for each log, (b) executing each service object to instantiate a message object in which data from a current message is written as attributes of the message object such that instantiation of the message object normalizes the message and the normalized fields include a vehicle identifier field, and (c) executing each service object to repe…

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