Patent ID: 7065433
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system for a vehicle comprising a plurality of components, wherein the monitoring system comprises: a data gathering element capable of receiving data associated with operation of the vehicle and indicative of an occurrence of at least one event; a processing element for determining, prior to a vehicle failure, a probability of vehicle failure based upon the prior occurrence of an event as indicated by the data received by said data gathering element and further based upon a passage of time following the occurrence of the event, wherein the probability of vehicle failure determined by said processing element increases over time following the occurrence of the event; a customization element for applying at least one user preference to the data, wherein the at least one user preference comprises prioritization preferences including directions to prioritize the data based upon historical data related to at least one of the vehicle and a type of the vehicle, and wherein said customization element is capable of applying alerting preferences, which include directions to alert the user beginning some time after the occurrence of an event when said processing element has determined that the probability of vehicle failure has increased over time after the occurrence of the event to at least a predetermined value; and a display element for presenting at least a portion of the data received by said data gathering element after said customization element applies the at least one user preference to the data.