Patent ID: 9275010
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G01C,G06F,G07C

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a connector to an on board diagnostics (OBD) port of a vehicle; wireless communications circuitry; and a processor and a memory, local to the vehicle, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: monitor fuel consumption of the vehicle relative to mileage driven to derive fuel efficiency values over time; monitor behaviors of a driver of the vehicle concurrently over time with the fuel consumption and associate the behaviors of the driver to data indicating any dips and rises in the fuel efficiency values; and transmit the fuel efficiency values and the data to a wireless communications appliance wirelessly paired to communicate with the apparatus; wherein the wireless communication apparatus connects to an Internet and sends the fuel efficiency values and the data to a computerized server having memory executing instructions for connecting to a database, retrieving current fuel prices stored in the database, available local to the vehicle, and generates a summary of vehicle operation cost including recommendations for correcting driver behavior and vehicle service to improve fuel efficiency, providing said summary to the driver via the wireless communication apparatus.