Patent ID: 9449435
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a device, accelerometer measurements associated with a vehicle; receiving, by the device, voltage measurements associated with a power source connected to the vehicle; determining, by the device, a key-on status or a key-off status of the vehicle based on the accelerometer measurements or the voltage measurements without communicating with a vehicle diagnostic system associated with the vehicle, initiating, by the device, communications with the vehicle diagnostic system to obtain first vehicle data based on determining the key-on status; receiving the first vehicle data based on initiating the communications with the vehicle diagnostic system; validating the key-on status if the first vehicle data received from the vehicle diagnostic system indicates the engine of the vehicle is powered on; and receiving second vehicle data, different than the first vehicle data, from the vehicle diagnostic system based on validating the key-on status.