Patent ID: 7272493

Claim:
A vehicle monitoring system to monitor information of a vehicle traveling to plural different predetermined destinations within a region, comprising: a receiver in the vehicle for receiving vehicle information; a processor in the vehicle in communication with the receiver in the vehicle; the processor programmed to collect the vehicle information relating to a predefined parameter and used for determining an exception based on a comparison with the parameter; wherein the predefined parameter comprises the plural different predetermined destinations for the vehicle and the exception comprises a state wherein the vehicle is outside the region encompassing the plural different predetermined destinations for the vehicle; a wireless communication unit responsive to the processor and transmitting the collected vehicle information to a location remote from the vehicle so as to process occurrences of the exception and report the exceptions occurring for the vehicle during a predetermined time; and wherein the region comprises a predetermined co-location distance between the vehicle and at least one other vehicle monitored by the system, and the exception further comprises a state wherein the vehicle is within the co-location distance for more than a predetermined minimum duration.