Patent ID: 8599003

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 on the remote processor a geofence surrounding at least one point of interest; receiving vehicle information from a mobile data terminal, wherein the vehicle location information corresponds to a vehicle location of the at least one vehicle; determining on the remote processor whether the at least one vehicle is entering the geofence surrounding the at least one point of interest utilizing the received vehicle location information; determining on the remote processor whether the at least one vehicle is within the geofence surrounding the at least one point of interest utilizing the received vehicle location information; determining on the remote processor whether the at least one vehicle is exiting the geofence surrounding the at least one point of interest utilizing the received vehicle location information; accessing on the remote processor information associated with the at least one point of interest if it is determined that the at least one vehicle is entering, within and/or exiting the geofence surrounding the at least one point of interest; and generating on the remote processor at least one event based at least in part upon the vehicle location of the vehicle and the information associated with the at least one point of interest.