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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank E. Bunn, Etobicoke, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ;
Abstract
A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, which system comprises a central controller; a local controller for each vehicle: including a wireless communication interface for communication with said central controller; a geo-location device located in said vehicle for providing current geo-location information of said vehicle to said local controller; an interface associated with said central controller for inputting fleet management requests to said central controller; and an output device associated with said central controller for presenting a fleet operator with geo-location specific information received from said local controller and in response to said fleet management requests.