System for remote monitoring of a vehicle and method of determining vehicle mileage, jurisdiction crossing and fuel consumption

An electronic monitoring system that determines vehicle position, fuel consumption in a jurisdiction, and jurisdiction crossings, said system comprising:

• a vehicle having at least one vehicle controller for controlling at least one operation of said vehicle and having a fuel reservoir from which fuel is consumed as an energy source;
• a positioning system for generating present position information including latitude and longitude information of said vehicle;
• a fuel monitoring means in said fuel reservoir, whereby said fuel monitoring means generates information including the present level of fuel in said fuel reservoir;
• a data collection device for collecting from at least one vehicle controller said present position information and said present level of fuel information;
• and
• a processor located remote from said vehicle, said processor receives from said data collection device at least a portion of said present-position information and said present level-of-fuel information and responsively (1) determines when said vehicle crosses a jurisdiction border, and (2) computes said fuel consumption in said jurisdiction.

An electronic monitoring system that determines a jurisdictional crossing from a remote location, said system comprising:

• a vehicle having at least one vehicle controller for controlling at least one operation of said vehicle;
• a positioning system for generating present position information including latitude and longitude information of said vehicle;
• a data collection device for collecting from at least one vehicle controller said present position information;
• and
• a processor located remote from said vehicle, said processor receives from said data collection device at least a portion of said present-position information and responsively determines when said vehicle crosses a jurisdiction border.