Patent ID: 8452479

Claim:
A device for in-vehicle use that provides service schedule information for the vehicle, comprising: a location aware sensor device for tracking the vehicle location, elevation, and time; a data transceiver system for communicating over the internet; an input/output control system for managing incoming and outgoing data related to the vehicle location, and the vehicle service schedule; a system of non-volatile memory for storing instructions for processing the vehicle location data and service schedule; a system of volatile memory for storing temporary data during the processing of instructions related to the vehicle location and service schedule; a central processing unit for processing instructions and data related to the vehicle location, and the vehicle service schedule; instructions stored in memory for the detection of proximity to an identified vehicle by a wireless data communication between the vehicle and said device which initiates tracking the vehicle location without concurrent user input to initiate said tracking; instructions stored in memory for computation of vehicle accumulated mileage from said tracking of the vehicle location; instructions stored in memory for determining vehicle speed for periods of time based upon the vehicle location; instructions stored in memory for adjusting a predetermined vehicle service schedule based upon the determined vehicle speeds for said periods of time; instructions stored in memory for communicating said adjusted vehicle service schedule to an identified user; wherein said device uses no data received from said vehicle, other than for detection of the proximity of said device to said vehicle.