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US 7,599,770 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for tracking vehicle travel and expenditures
OwnerCynthia Hardyinventor
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A system and method is provided to track and log the distance traveled by a vehicle during a trip and other expenditures related to the trip. The system is capable of categorizing the trip as business or pleasure. In one embodiment, a tracking device receives global positioning data and/or distance data from the vehicle's odometer. The system receives and stores travel data such as voice, geographic location, receipts, time, date, notes, pictures, etc. to provide verification for the purpose of the trip. In one configuration, the system queries the user for verification data at various intervals such as when the user starts the trip or when the motion of the vehicle has stopped for a predetermined length of time. The system can display the trip information to the user and allow the user to output the travel data to another device such as a printer and/or a third party, etc.
An apparatus for tracking vehicle travel comprising:
A system for tracking and logging the distance traveled by a vehicle, the system comprising:
A method for tracking and verifying the distance traveled by a vehicle, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.