Patent ID: 8825369
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G01C,G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a vehicle with a telematics terminal installed in or on the vehicle, comprising: wirelessly receiving coordinates of a geo-fence area by the telematics terminal from a remote server; determining whether or not the vehicle is located within the geo-fence area or is on a route that will intercept the geo-fence area; directly controlling the vehicle to meet predetermined drive requirements previously set for the geo-fence area, if the vehicle is determined to have entered into the geo-fence area; receiving updated coordinates of the geo-fence area by the telematics terminal; and determining whether or not the vehicle is located within a corresponding updated geo-fence area or is on a route that will intercept the updated geo-fence area; receiving, by the telematics terminal, information related to a predetermined event occurrence from the remote server; changing, by the telematics terminal, the geo-fence area based on the received information related to the predetermined event occurrence; and displaying the changed geo-fence area on a display.