Patent ID: 8571791

Claim:
A method for detection and processing of vehicle operational mode data, comprising: establishing, via a processing unit, an identity for a vehicle traveling via a particular route or area that is subject to a given administrative standard; presenting, via a communication module, user-access to varied compliance states and benefits corresponding to the compliance states pursuant to the given administrative standard, which corresponding benefits accrue to a qualified recipient based on a detected conformity status of the vehicle when traveling via the particular route or area; providing, via the communication module, user-accessible information regarding a preferred consequential result correlated with at least one selected optional vehicle operational mode, wherein the preferred consequential result includes an award or value or advantage different from the corresponding benefit available pursuant to the given administrative standard; and receiving, via the processing unit, a notification directly or indirectly from the vehicle that confirms an implementation during an applicable period of the at least one selected optional vehicle operational mode sufficient to attain the preferred consequential result.