Automated vehicle tracking and service provision system
OwnerFrank E. Bunninventor
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Abstract
A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, which system comprises a central controller; a local controller for each vehicle: including a wireless communication interface for communication with said central controller; a geo-location device located in said vehicle for providing current geo-location information of said vehicle to said local controller; an interface associated with said central controller for inputting fleet management requests to said central controller; and an output device associated with said central controller for presenting a fleet operator with geo-location specific information received from said local controller and in response to said fleet management requests.
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A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, said system comprising:
- (a) a central controller;
- (b) for each vehicle:
- (i) a local controller including a wireless communication interface for communication with said central controller;
- (ii) a geo-location device located in said vehicle for providing current geo-vehicle to said local controller;
- (c) an interface associated with said central controller for inputting fleet management requests to said central controller;
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- (d) an output device associated with said central controller for presenting a fleet operator with geo-location specific information requested from said local controller and in response to said fleet management requests said specific information being based on said geo-location information of said vehicle.
An in-vehicle information system comprising:
- (a) a local controller including a wireless communication interface for communication with a central controller;
- (b) a geo-location device located in said vehicle providing current geo-location information of said vehicle to said local controller;
- (c) a storage device coupled to said local controller for storing map information;
- (d) an output device associated with said local controller for presenting a relative position of said vehicle derived from said geo-location information on a map display including a selection of information and merchant services associated with said geo-location;
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- (e) a point of sale (POS) terminal located in said vehicle and coupled to said local controller for allowing a user to select and execute a POS transaction on one or more of said presented services while on route.
An information presentation system comprising:
- (a) a central controller;
- (b) a presentation device including a wireless communication interface for communicating with said central controller;
- (c) a geo-location device associated with said presentation device for providing current geo-location information of said device to said central controller;
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- (d) an output device associated with said central controller for presenting a user with a selection of information and merchant services received from a central controller, said selection being based on said current geo-location obtained from said geo-location device.
An information processing system comprising:
- (a) a wireless communication interface associated with a central controller for communicating information between said central controller and a plurality of local controllers;
- (b) an information processor associated with said central controller for receiving geo-location information received from ones of said plurality of local controllers and for selecting and transmitting from an information source geo-specific information, based on said geo-location information, to ones of said local controllers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.