Patent ID: 8396943

Claim:
A vehicle mounted device mounted in a vehicle, comprising: an AV input/output unit including at least a camera, a microphone, a display monitor, and a speaker; a first local communication unit for transmitting a first data including at least one of a first video data and a first audio data generated by the AV input/output unit to a server device, the first local communication unit further receiving a second data including at least one of a second video data and a second audio data from the server device; a first recording unit for recording therein the first data and the second data; and a first controller for controlling the AV input/output unit, the first recording unit, and the first local communication unit, wherein the first recording unit further records therein a unique information which can identify the vehicle or a user of the vehicle, and the first local communication unit transmits the unique information to the server device, and said server device comprises: a second local communication unit; a global communication unit to be constantly connected to a network including at least one of telephone network and IP communication network to transmit and receive data; a second recording unit for recording therein the first and second data; and a second controller for controlling the second recording unit, the global communication unit, and the second local communication unit, wherein the second controller includes a communication controller, and the communication controller carries out the following processing steps: receive the second data from an information communication apparatus connected through the network by way of the global communication unit and record the received second data in the second recording unit; identify the vehicle mounted device based on the unique information received by the second local communication unit and record the first data of the vehicle mounted device received by the second local communication unit in the second recording unit; read the first data from the second recording unit and identify the vehicle mounted device relevant to the read first data, and then transmit the read first data to the information communication apparatus by way of the global communication unit; and read the second data from the second recording unit and transmit the read second data to the identified vehicle mounted device by way of the second local communication unit.