Patent Document ID: 8140215
Application ID: 12177334
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of collecting observational data associated with an event, the method comprising acts of: (A) initiating, in response to an actuation of a trigger control by at least one user in a first vehicle, a retrieval procedure for the event, wherein the retrieval procedure collects at least some observational data associated with the event from at least one system incorporated in the first vehicle; (B) receiving from the at least one user in the first vehicle, a selection of at least one tag category to associate with the event; (C) generating based, at least in part, on the at least one selected tag category, at least one request for the at least some observational data; (D) receiving the at least some observational data in response to the request; and (E) storing the at least one tag category and the at least some observational data associated with the event in a database.