Machine or group of machines for monitoring location of a vehicle or freight carried by a vehicle
AssigneeMacroPoint, LLC
InventorBennett H. Adelson
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Abstract
A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle includes a communications interface configured to communicate electronic signals including a location request signal including data representing a request for information regarding the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle, and a correlation logic in the machine or group of machines configured to correlate, by a CPU, the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle to a communications device.
Claims17
A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle, comprising:
- a consent logic configured to determine whether consent was given to transmit location information of a communications device;
- a data store configured to correlate a communications device to the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle;
- a communications interface configured to communicate electronic signals including (a) a location request signal including data representing a request for information regarding the location of the at least one of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle, (b) a location information request signal including data representing a request for location information of the communications device to a location information provider, and (c) a location information signal from the location information provider including data representing location information of the communications device;
- a processor operably connected to the consent logic, the data store, and the communications interface and configured to correlate the location information of the communications device to the location of the at least one of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle based at least in part on the correlation of the communications device to the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle;
- the communications interface further configured to transmit a location signal including data representing the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle to cause representation of the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle by a remote device.
A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle, the machine or group of machines comprising:
- a consent logic that indicates that consent was given to transmit location information of a communications device;
- a data store correlating a communications device to the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle;
- a communications interface configured to communicate (a) a location information request signal including data representing a request for location information of the communications device to a location information provider and (b) a location information signal from the location information provider including data representing location information of the communications device;
- a processor operably connected to the consent logic, the data store, and the communications interface and configured to correlate the location information of the communications device to the location of the at least one of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle based at least in part on the correlation of the communications device to the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle;
- the communications interface further configured to transmit the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle to the first device or a second device to cause representation of the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.