Patent ID: 9299255
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing the location of a particular vehicle to a user device that is remote from the particular vehicle, comprising: receiving a location request message that specifically requests the location of a particular vehicle, wherein the particular vehicle has a unique vehicle identifier associated with it, and wherein the location request message refers to the particular vehicle associated with the unique vehicle identifier; obtaining location information of the particular vehicle; obtaining location information of the user device; evaluating the location information corresponding to the particular vehicle and the location information corresponding to the user device to generate a location differential value; comparing the location differential value to at least a predetermined criterion; generating a result of the comparison; causing an action based on the result of the comparison; wherein the location information of particular vehicle and the location information of the user device are location coordinates; and wherein the step of causing an action includes causing the user device to produce a location request denial message and includes causing the user device to display a visible message that the request has been denied if the location differential value exceeds the predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria is a distance limit.