Commercial transportation information presentation techniques

A portable wireless data transfer and display device comprising:

• a means for wirelessly receiving vehicle data from a data acquisition device mounted inside a vehicle when in close proximity to the data acquisition device, the device being associated with a driver of the vehicle, wherein the data acquisition device is in communication with an engine control module of the vehicle and automatically adapts to a detected type of communication protocol employed by the engine control module;
• a means for accepting inputs of driver communications from the driver;
• a means for sending driver information, the vehicle data and the driver communications through the communication module to a remote network device via a long-range wireless network;
• a means for processing, into a trip schedule, at least one of:
• the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications;
• and
• a means for presenting, in real-time, the trip schedule and the driver communications to the driver.

A device comprising:

• a user interface;
• a display;
• a processor;
• and
• a short-range wireless communication module configured to wirelessly receive vehicle data, in real-time, from a data acquisition device mounted inside a vehicle when in close proximity to the data acquisition device, wherein the data acquisition device is in communication with an engine control module of the vehicle and automatically adapts to a detected type of communication protocol employed by the engine control module,
• wherein the device is configured to receive driver communications from a user driver of a vehicle via the user interface,
• wherein the device is configured to communicate, in real-time, the driver communications to a remote network device via a long-range wireless network,
• wherein the device is configured to process into a trip schedule at least one of:
• the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications via the processor, and
• wherein the device is further configured to present the trip schedule and the driver communications to the user driver via the display.