Interfacing with a vehicular controller area network

A vehicle monitoring method, comprising:

• communicating messages with a vehicle communication bus configured for at least communicating real-time control and status messages to a vehicle propulsion system;
• receiving a real-time geolocation of the vehicle;
• extracting information from the vehicle communication bus;
• storing records in a database representing extracted information, a time, and a geolocation associated with the extracted information;
• selectively communicating at least a portion of the database over a remote data telecommunication interface;
• and
• determining at least one of an operating parameter for the vehicle and a predicted net fuel consumption based on at least operating statistics of the vehicle derived from the database.

A vehicle monitoring method, comprising:

• communicating with a vehicle communication bus configured for at least communicating real-time control and status messages to a vehicle propulsion system;
• determining a geolocation of the vehicle;
• monitoring the vehicle communication bus for messages;
• filtering the messages, and extracting information from the filtered messages;
• storing at least a portion of the extracted information in a database in conjunction with time information, and the geolocation;
• generating a query to the database to retrieve the stored extracted information;
• applying at least one telecommunication rule with respect to a selective communication of at least a portion of the database over a remote data telecommunication interface to a remote system;
• and
• indicating at least one of:
• (i) a predicted net fuel consumption, and
• (ii) a proposed change in a current operating parameter for the vehicle based on the determined geolocation, at least one of a mission constraint, the database, and a parameter selected from at least one of:
• a predicted fuel consumption, a predicted non-fuel cost of operations for the vehicle, and a predicted non-fuel net benefit of operations of the vehicle.

A system for monitoring a vehicle, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing contents that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• communicate messages with a vehicle communication bus configured for at least communicating real-time control and status messages to a vehicle propulsion system;
• receive a real-time geolocation of the vehicle;
• extract information from the vehicle communication bus;
• store records in a database representing extracted information, a time, and a geolocation associated with the extracted information;
• selectively communicate at least a portion of the database over a remote data telecommunication interface;
• and
• determine at least one of an operating parameter for the vehicle and a predicted net fuel consumption based on at least operating statistics of the vehicle derived from the database.

A computer-readable medium not constituting a signal per se, the computer-readable medium storing contents that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform actions comprising:

• communicating messages with a vehicle communication bus configured for at least communicating real-time control and status messages to a vehicle propulsion system;
• receiving a real-time geolocation of a vehicle;
• extracting information from the vehicle communication bus;
• storing records in a database representing extracted information, a time, and a geolocation associated with the extracted information;
• selectively communicating at least a portion of the database over a remote data telecommunication interface;
• and
• determining at least one of an operating parameter for the vehicle and a predicted net fuel consumption based on at least operating statistics of the vehicle derived from the database.