Patent ID: 8339251

Claim:
A method of dynamically generating telematic events in a transportation operation comprising at least one vehicle and a remote processor, the method comprising: defining a geofence surrounding at least one point of interest; determining whether the vehicle location is entering the geofence surrounding the at least one point of interest; determining whether the vehicle location is within the geofence surrounding the at least one point of interest; determining whether the vehicle location is exiting the geofence surrounding the at least one point of interest; accessing information associated with the at least one point of interest if it is determined that the vehicle location is entering, within and/or exiting the geofence surrounding the at least one point of interest; generating at least one event based at least in part upon the physical location of the vehicle and the information associated with the at least one point of interest; scanning a shipping document on board the vehicle, thereby creating image data representing the shipping document wherein the shipping document contains shipping details of a package; providing an image processor which can be utilized on board the vehicle; transmitting the image data to the remote processor; and detecting the a shipping document type from the image.