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US 9,429,659 B1Granted
Machine or group of machines for monitoring location of a vehicle or freight carried by a vehicle
AssigneeMacroPoint, LLC
InventorBennett H. Adelson
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Abstract
A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle includes a server comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a clock, and a server communication transceiver that receives location information of a mobile device, the mobile device comprising a GPS receiver, a microprocessor and a wireless communication transceiver coupled to the GPS receiver, the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver programmed to receive data sent by a plurality of GPS satellites, calculate location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver and transmit the location information.
Claims30
A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle, comprising:
- a mobile device comprising a GPS receiver, a display, a microprocessor and a wireless communication transceiver coupled to the GPS receiver, the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver programmed to receive data sent by a plurality of GPS satellites, calculate location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver and transmit the location information;
- a server comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a clock, and a server communication transceiver that receives the location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver, and the central processing unit programmed to:
- receive a request for information regarding the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle;
- request location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver from a location information provider;
- receive a signal that indicates that consent was given to transmission of location information;
- receive from the location information provider location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver, wherein the location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver originated from a device other than the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver itself;
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- estimate the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle based at least in part on the location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver;
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- communicate the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle to cause a representation of the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle.
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A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle, comprising:
- a server comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a clock, and a server communication transceiver that receives location information of a mobile device, the mobile device comprising a GPS receiver, a microprocessor and a wireless communication transceiver coupled to the GPS receiver, the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver programmed to receive data sent by a plurality of GPS satellites, calculate location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver and transmit the location information, the central processing unit programmed to:
- receive a request for information regarding the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle;
- request location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver from a location information provider;
- receive a signal that indicates that consent was given to transmission of location information;
- receive from the location information provider location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver, wherein the location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver originated from a device other than the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver itself;
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- estimate the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle based at least in part on the location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver;
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- communicate the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle to cause a representation of the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle.
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A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle, comprising:
- a server comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a clock, and a server communication transceiver that receives location information of a mobile device, the mobile device comprising a GPS receiver, a microprocessor and a wireless communication transceiver coupled to the GPS receiver, the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver programmed to receive data sent by a plurality of GPS satellites, calculate location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver and transmit the location information, the central processing unit programmed to:
- determine whether consent was given to transmit location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver;
- estimate the location of the at least one of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle based on the location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver;
- receive a request for information regarding the location of the at least one of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle;
- request location information of the mobile device comprising a GPS receiver from a location information provider corresponding to a device other than the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver;
- receive from the location information provider the location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver;
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- communicate the location of the at least one of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle to cause a representation of the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle by a remote device.
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A machine or group of machines for monitoring location of at least one of a vehicle or freight carried by the vehicle, the machine or group of machines comprising:
- a server comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a clock, and a server communication transceiver that receives location information of a mobile device, the mobile device comprising a GPS receiver, a microprocessor and a wireless communication transceiver coupled to the GPS receiver, the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver programmed to receive data sent by a plurality of GPS satellites, calculate location information of the mobile device comprising the GPS receiver and transmit the location information, the central processing unit programmed to:
- receive a request for information regarding the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle, and
- request location information of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle from a location information provider;
- receive an indication that consent to transmission of location information has been given;
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- receive location information of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle from the location information provider;
- estimate the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle from the location information received from the location information provider;
- communicate the location of the vehicle or the freight carried by the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.