Tire pressure monitoring system
AssigneeTortured Genius Enterprises
InventorsJoseph Carlin, Jose Martinez, Kevin Stockard
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Abstract
A vehicle tracking and identification system is provided. The system identifies a vehicle, determines its location, and retrieves information regarding the vehicle and/or its owner via transmissions received from a tire pressure monitoring system (“TPMS”). Law enforcement agencies may utilize the system and/or its data to conduct surveillance and commercial enterprises may utilize the system and/or its data to conduct marketing, among other users and uses.
Claims20
A tire pressure monitoring system (“TPMS”) collection system comprising:
- a collector whereby TPMS data is received;
- a controller whereby an identity of a source of the TPMS data is determined;
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- a user interface whereby the identity of the source is displayed to a user.
A collector comprising:
- a radio in RF communication with a remote, mobile TPMS source, wherein TPMS data is received by the radio from the remote, mobile TPMS source;
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- a network interface in logical communication with the radio, wherein the network interface provides at least a portion of the TPMS data to a network.
A method of using a TPMS collection system comprising:
- receiving, by a collector, TPMS data;
- conveying, by the collector, at least a portion of the TPMS data to a controller in logical communication with the collector;
- retrieving records corresponding to a remote, mobile TPMS source by the controller in response to a query received from a user by a user interface in logical communication with the controller,
- wherein the controller comprises a TPMS data decoder, an internal data/location correlator, an internal data/external data correlator, a user interaction module, and a multi-purpose module;
- processing by the TPMS data decoder, the TPMS data and determining that the TPMS data originates from the remote, mobile TPMS source relevant to the query;
- determining by the internal data/location correlator an identity of the collector;
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- correlating by the internal data/location correlator the identity of the collector to a location of the collector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.