Patent ID: 7903001

Claim:
A machine-readable medium storing a set of executable instructions for causing a processor of a system to perform a method of tracking the location of a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device adapted to communicate with the system and provide its own position information, the method comprising: periodically receiving a plurality of locations of the mobile communication device from the mobile communication device, each of the plurality of locations being associated with a time stamp; defining a trip in response to the locations and their associated time stamps; dividing the trip into a plurality of presences, each of the plurality of presences being associated with at least one of the plurality of locations; calculating a duration associated with each of the plurality of presences in response to the time stamp associated with the at least one location associated to the presence; defining a status of each of the plurality of presences in response to the duration; and characterizing the trip in response to the status of each of the plurality of the presences.