Patent ID: 8836490

Claim:
A system for vehicle management, comprising: a tag device having a transceiver; a vehicle controller device; a vehicle management process embodied on a computer-readable tangible medium, comprising: an application service for receiving a location of the tag device from the transceiver; at least one geographic zone, wherein the geographic zone represents a terrain, a feature and improvement, or a function; a tracking module configured for comparing the location to the geographic zone and generating an alert when the location is within the geographic zone; and a control module for recognizing the alert and initiating a vehicle control action by the vehicle controller device, wherein certain vehicle control actions instituted after or before business hours are more prohibitive than certain vehicle control actions instituted during business hours; and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver functionally connected to the tag device and configured for providing the location; and a motion sensor functionally connected to the tag device and configured for detecting motion of the tag device, wherein the motion validates the location of the vehicle; wherein the tracking module is configured to validate location using simple motion and qualified motion, and wherein when simple motion is detected, the tracking module triggers more frequent collection of location information.