Patent ID: 9721305
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for capturing vehicle mileage information, the method comprising: detecting, by at least one sensor of a portable electronic device, at least one of motion or location, the at least one sensor including an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, or a global positioning system (GPS) sensor; determining, via output of the at least one sensor, that the portable electronic device is in motion; differentiating, without user input, between the motion corresponding to a drive and the motion corresponding to a non-driving activity; automatically tracking a start point of the drive; tracking movement of the portable electronic device from the start point through one or more legs of the drive; identifying a stop point of the drive; automatically inferring a purpose for the drive, the purpose selected from a business purpose and a personal purpose, the inferring based at least in part on GPS data relating to one or more previous drives; storing information associated with the drive in a user's account; and outputting, on a display of the portable electronic device, a graphical representation of the drive.