Method and system for remotely managing vehicle mileage
OwnerChristopher E. Davisinventor
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for remotely managing vehicle mileage includes receiving a signal from a computer on a vehicle over a wireless communications network and storing the mileage reading. The signal is indicative of a mileage reading for the vehicle. The mileage reading may be indicative of an odometer reading of the vehicle or a trip meter reading of the vehicle. The method may further include sending mileage information for the vehicle to a client, in which the mileage information is related to the stored mileage reading.
Claims63
A method, comprising:
- receiving a signal from a computer on a vehicle over a wireless communications network, the signal indicative of a mileage reading for the vehicle;
- and
- storing the mileage reading.
Logic encoded in media for remotely managing vehicle mileage, the logic operable to perform the following steps:
- receiving a signal from a computer on a vehicle over a wireless communications network, the signal indicative of a mileage reading for the vehicle for a respective time;
- and
- storing the mileage reading.
A method, comprising:
- periodically receiving a signal from a computer on a vehicle over a wireless communications network, each received signal indicative of a mileage reading for the vehicle for a respective time, the mileage reading selected from the group consisting of an odometer reading and a trip meter reading;
- storing each mileage reading;
- and
- generating mileage information related to the stored mileage readings.
A method, comprising:
- sensing a signal by an electrical bus of a vehicle that is indicative of a mileage reading for the vehicle;
- storing the signal;
- and
- sending the signal to a computer remote from the vehicle over a wireless communications network for use in generating an indication of an amount chargeable for used mileage of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.