Patent ID: 6741933
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G07B,G08G,H04M

Abstract:
A method for monitoring a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has an electronic system used to track a location of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:a.) providing a vehicle location subsystem, said vehicle location subsystem having an on-board vehicle location sensor and data communication module, wherein the module has an on-board unique identifier; b.) providing a remote base unit having a data communication module to receive data from the vehicle data communication module, and the remote base unit having a registry of vehicles assigned to itself; c.) monitoring and storing a route including stops of the vehicle in the vehicle location subsystem, and downloading the route including stops to said assigned remote base unit; d.) comparing said stops to a table of pre-authorized tax-deductible stops; e.) reporting a distance traveled between a first and a second pre-authorized stop; and f.) presenting a graphical depiction of the route superimposed on a map.