Patent ID: 9092822
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for tracking parking behavior of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a circuit located locally within the vehicle, the circuit comprising a processor, movement detection means for detecting whether the vehicle is in a parked state or a non-parked state, location identification means for identifying a geographic location of the vehicle, a memory, a transceiver, and a timer operably coupled together; wherein the circuit is configured to record an address associated with a person to whom possession of the vehicle has been provided, the vehicle being collateral for a loan; wherein for each occurrence in which the movement detection means detects that the vehicle has entered into the parked state, the circuit is configured to: (1) measure a duration that the vehicle remains in the parked state; (2) detect whether the vehicle transitions into the non-parked state from the parked state; (3) upon the duration exceeding a predetermined minimum time threshold without the vehicle transitioning into the non-parked state, store parking information data relating to the occurrence in the memory as a parking instance, the parking information data including the geographic location of the vehicle; and (4) compare each of the geographic locations stored in step (3) with the associated address.