Patent ID: 8442508

Claim:
A logging system for a commercial motor vehicle (“CMV”) operated by a driver, the logging system comprising: a non-portable base unit including a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium and configured to be located in the CMV, to be connected to a controller monitoring at least one operating parameter of the CMV, and to receive and store the at least one operating parameter from the controller in the non-transitory computer-readable medium; a portable device configured to be coupled to the base unit, to receive identifying information from the driver, to receive the at least one operating parameter from the base unit stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium of the base unit, to determine compliance data based, at least in part, on the identifying information and the at least one operating parameter, and wirelessly transmit signals based on the compliance data, the portable device having a display and, configured to generate a graphical user interface on the display; features to prompt the driver for the identifying information and trip information, features to display a current status of the CMV based, at least in part, on the identifying information and the trip information, to list a plurality of logs based, at least in part, on the received operating parameter, the identifying information, and the trip information, and to list at least one log unavailable in the portable device; and a remote host configured to wirelessly receive the signals based on the compliance data, the identifying information, and the trip information from the portable device and to wirelessly manage the portable device based, at least in part, on the received signals; the base unit storing the at least one operating parameter when the portable device is decoupled from the base unit.