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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Geotab Inc., Oakville, CA;
Meghan Frances Fotak, Mississauga, CA;
Weinan Sun, Mississauga, CA;
Michael Angelo David Santorelli, Concord, CA;
James David Johnston, Temple, GA (US);
Ian Grzegorczyk, Waterloo, CA;
Geotab Inc., Oakville, CA;
Abstract
Systems and methods for tracking and evaluating fuel consumptions of vehicles are provided. The method can involve operating a telematics device installed in the vehicle to: collect fuel data from at least one fuel data source of the vehicle; track, for each fuel data source, a cumulative amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle; determine a confidence level of each fuel data source; identify an initial fuel data source; generate a plurality of mid-trip fuel records; identify a final fuel data source based on a priority of each fuel data source and each confidence level of each fuel data source; determine whether the plurality of mid-trip fuel records is valid; and transmit the plurality of mid-trip fuel records and an indication of whether the plurality of mid-trip fuel records is valid to a fleet management system.