Patent ID: 7356392

Claim:
A system for evaluating performance of an operator of a vehicle, the system comprising: a map database configured to provide map data, wherein the map data comprises a plurality of thoroughfares, at least one of the plurality of thoroughfares including a plurality of road segments and wherein at least one road segment is associated with at least one road segment attribute; a vehicle/operator database configured to provide vehicle and operator data, wherein the vehicle data includes information acquired during operation of the vehicle and the operator data identifies an operator of the vehicle during vehicle operation, the vehicle and operator data encompassing an entire instance of vehicle operation by the operator; an analysis engine configured to analyze data from the map database, the map data including the at least one road segment attribute associated with the at least one road segment with respect to the provided vehicle and operator data, the vehicle and operator of the vehicle having traversed the at least one road segment, the analysis engine further configured to generate an indication of operator performance of the vehicle with respect to the at least one road segment and the at least one road segment attribute associated with the at least one road segment, wherein the operator, the at least one road segment and the at least one road segment attribute are identified as part of a user request; and a report generator configured to generate evaluation information in accordance with the indication generated by the analysis engine, the evaluation information indicating performance of the operator with respect to the at least one road segment and the associated at least one road segment attribute identified by the user request, the evaluation information indicating performance over a time period identified by the user request.