Patent ID: 11972492
Assignee: MILEIQ INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method for capturing a vehicle mileage information, the method comprising:
detecting, by at least one sensor of a portable electronic device, at least one of motion or location, the at least one sensor including an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, or a global positioning system (GPS) sensor;
determining, via output of the at least one sensor, that the portable electronic device is in motion;
differentiating, without user input, between the motion corresponding to a drive and the motion corresponding to a non-driving activity;
automatically tracking a start point of the drive;
tracking movement of the portable electronic device from the start point through one or more legs of the drive;
identifying a stop point of the drive;
capturing the vehicle mileage information of the drive between the start point of the drive and the stop point of the drive; and
automatically classifying the vehicle mileage information to establish whether a purpose of the drive is for a business purpose or a personal purpose,
outputting, on a display of the portable electronic device, a graphical representation of the vehicle mileage information.