Patent ID: 9736643
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G01S,G07B,G08G,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a vehicle comprising: placing a wireless communication device on said vehicle wherein the communication device having a global position system (GPS) processor and a transmitter for receiving global position system (GPS) data for computing a geographic location of said vehicle; triggering a transmission of a real-time wireless telephonic signal including a vehicle location request message from a portable communication device carried by a remote requestor as the remote requestor actively taking a requestor action by applying a video camera of the portable communication device to scan a bar code to generate an user action triggered signal as the real-time wireless telephonic signal including the vehicle location request message and to transmit the telephonic signal from the portable communication device directly to the wireless communication device as designated by the bar code disposed on the vehicle; and automatically generating and transmitting from the wireless communication device on the vehicle a real-time vehicle location message directly to the portable communication device of the remote requestor to indicate the geographic location of the vehicle at the time when the real-time wireless telephonic signal is received in response to the vehicle location request message sent by the remote requestor as the real-time wireless telephonic signal.