Patent ID: 8670928

Claim:
A fleet asset management system comprising an apparatus including a memory device in which is stored a record of selected positional data about one or more fleet vehicles, wherein the apparatus operates to create said record by: a) receiving new position data from the one or more vehicles, respectively; b) determining change between the new position and the position last recorded by the apparatus, respectively, for the one or more vehicles; c) determining in each respective case, the elapsed time between when the respective vehicle was at the new position and when the respective vehicle was at the position last recorded by the apparatus; d) selecting the new data received in step a) for logging in step e) when said change in position in relation to said elapsed time exceeds predetermined parameters; e) logging, for respective vehicles, data selected in step d) in said memory device; and f) repeating steps a) through e); thereby creating said record of selected positional data.