Patent ID: 9102295
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60R,G06Q,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring a vehicle available for rental, said vehicle comprising a global positioning navigation device arranged to determine and notify the location coordinates of said vehicle, said method comprising the following steps: storing a first identifier in the vehicle, wherein the first identifier is associated with an authorized user of the vehicle; determining that the location coordinates of said vehicle are not situated in a previously registered predetermined zone; in response to determining the location coordinates are not situated in the predetermined zone, collecting, by an identification module disposed in the vehicle, a second identifier, wherein the second identifier is associated with a person in the vehicle; comparing the first identifier with the second identifier; determining whether the first identifier matches the second identifier; and in response to determining the first identifier does not match the second identifier, notifying a central site over a GPRS network.