Patent ID: 8676428

Claim:
A system for triggered request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor comprising: a transmitter to transmit, via a first network, one or more indications to a vehicle-based monitor; a receiver to receive, via the first network or a second network, data transmitted from the vehicle-based monitor that includes one or more communications; a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and configured to: determine, based at least in part on a communication received by the receiver from the vehicle-based monitor, whether it is desired to receive one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor, wherein the one or more additional data is at least one of: different from the received communication or not included in the received communication; and in the event that it is determined that it is desired to receive one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor: cause the transmitter to provide an indication to the vehicle-based monitor that it is desired to receive the one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor; and receive the one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor.