Smartphone based system for vehicle monitoring security
US9342935B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/20
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for monitoring a vehicle. Some embodiments include: capturing and securely storing OBD and location data from the vehicle, maintaining the data on storage in control of a user for a user-specified amount of time, securely transmitting the stored data to an internet-based server, storing the data on the internet server and processing the data for retrieval, retrieving the data from the internet server for display via a web server or specialized application, and performing remote diagnostics in the vehicle based on the VIN. Some embodiments include extracting a make and model of the vehicle from the VIN; wirelessly transmitting the make and model to a server; wirelessly receiving, from the server, a particular set of on-board-diagnostic (OBD) queries to perform to determine whether any abnormal measurements exist for this make and model; and executing a plurality of queries from the particular set of OBD queries.
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