Patent ID: 6856820
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: B60R,G01M,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle having a vehicle radio and a vehicle battery for wirelessly data communicating between said vehicle and a plurality of global network based data processing resources, said in-vehicle device comprising: a controller; a wireless transceiver interconnected with said controller for wirelessly data communicating between said in-vehicle device and a communications interface device, wherein said communications interface device data communicates with a plurality of data communicating resources, said in-vehicle device by way of said communication interface device data communicates with said plurality of global network based data processing resources; a vehicle monitor and metering interface interconnected with said controller for measuring or monitoring said vehicle telemetry data and or said vehicle metric data, wherein said in-vehicle device by way of said wireless transceiver data communicates said vehicle data to said plurality of global network based data processing resources; and a vehicle radio interface for interconnecting said in-vehicle device to said vehicle radio, wherein said vehicle radio interface communicates analog and or digital signals between said in-vehicle device and said vehicle radio; wherein said in-vehicle device is part of said vehicle battery.