Patent ID: 11864084
Assignee: GEOTAB INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 2:
3. A method of operating a telematic monitoring system including a telematic monitoring device, a battery device electrically coupled to the telematic monitoring device, and a peripheral device electrically coupled to the battery device, the battery device including at least one battery, the battery device capable of providing power to the telematic monitoring device if power from a vehicle is unavailable, the telematic monitoring device including a wireless communication interface, and the peripheral device including an emergency user interface, the method comprising:
receiving, by the emergency user interface, user input indicative of an emergency situation; and
in response to the emergency user interface receiving the user input indicative of the emergency situation, sending an emergency message from the peripheral device to the telematic monitoring device via the battery device, and sending, by the wireless communication interface of the telematic monitoring device, the emergency message to be received by a remote device.