Cloud-based vehicle monitoring systems and methods
AssigneeFortress Systems International, Inc.
InventorsZhong SU, Hua YANG, Donald BLACK
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Abstract
A fleet management system and method includes a monitoring system equipped in each of a plurality of vehicles, wherein the monitoring system includes a network interface to a wireless network and a location determining device; and a back-end system communicatively coupled to the monitoring system in each of the plurality of vehicles; wherein the back-end system is configured to: communicate with a plurality of passengers to provide real-time updates based on the monitoring system; and monitor and manage a fleet including the plurality of vehicles by an administrator based on data from the monitoring system.
Claims20
A fleet management system, comprising:
- a monitoring system equipped in each of a plurality of vehicles, wherein the monitoring system comprises a network interface to a wireless network and a location determining device;
- and
- a back-end system communicatively coupled to the monitoring system in each of the plurality of vehicles;
- wherein the back-end system is configured to:
- communicate with a plurality of passengers to provide real-time updates based on the monitoring system;
- and
- monitor and manage a fleet comprising the plurality of vehicles by an administrator based on data from the monitoring system.
A fleet management method, comprising:
- operating a plurality of vehicles each comprising a monitoring system comprising a network interface to a wireless network and a location determining device;
- operating a back-end system communicatively coupled to the monitoring system in each of the plurality of vehicles;
- communicating to passengers by the back-end system to provide notifications and updates associated with the plurality of vehicles;
- and
- managing the plurality of vehicles through the back-end system by an administrator.
A vehicle monitoring system, comprising:
- a plurality of cameras, a mobile digital video recorder, a network interface, a data store, a location determining device, and a processor, each communicatively coupled therebetween;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- process video from the plurality of cameras;
- store the video in the data store or provide the video to a back-end system via the network interface;
- and
- provide location updates from the location determining device to the back-end system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.