Machine or group of machines for monitoring location of a vehicle or freight carried by a vehicle

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a computer program for processing network location information of distributed network entities, the computer program performs a method when executed on a processor, the method comprising:

• receiving from a first source information regarding the distributed network entities and to produce records based on the information including a first network location record associated with a first one of the distributed network entities;
• correlating the first network location record with data available from a second source, the second source corresponding to a location information provider which is a party or device other than any of the distributed network entities;
• augmenting data in the first network location record with data received from the second source including location information corresponding to the first one of the distributed network entities;
• providing a notice and consent and for receiving and indication that consent was given to transmission of information including the location information corresponding to the first one of the distributed network entities;
• and
• communicating the location information corresponding to the first one of the distributed network entities.

A machine or group of machines for processing network location information of distributed network entities, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer code that, when executed in a processor or group of processors, performs a method, the method comprising:
• receiving from a first source information regarding the distributed network entities and to produce records based on the information including a first network location record associated with a first one of the distributed network entities;
• correlating the first network location record with data available from a second source, the second source corresponding to a location information provider which is a party or device other than any of the distributed network entities;
• augmenting data in the first network location record with data received from the second source including location information corresponding to the first one of the distributed network entities;
• providing a notice and consent and for receiving and indication that consent was given to transmission of information including the location information corresponding to the first one of the distributed network entities;
• and
• communicating the location information corresponding to the first one of the distributed network entities.