Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Vehicle diagnosis or maintenance indication
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-14
2009-10-06
Nguyen, Tan Q (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Vehicle diagnosis or maintenance indication
C701S213000, C340S438000, C342S357490
Reexamination Certificate
active
07599770
ABSTRACT:
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.
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Nguyen Tan Q
Sullivan C. Bart
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