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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Vincil C. Dean, Louisville, CO (US);
Qwest Communications Int'l, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A system provides the ability to collect and analyze data generated by a global positioning system to assist in monitoring and supervising a user of a vehicle. The system includes a GPS unit incorporated into a vehicle for periodically generating and recording information with regard to the position and velocity of the vehicle. The recorded information is periodically transferred to a remotely located computer via a wireless communications system, within which a grouping program is implemented. The grouping program is used to identify periods where the vehicle is in a stationary mode and periods where the vehicle is in a moving mode traveling from one location to another, based on the information provided by the GPS unit. The system generates a summary in map or report format. The results of the grouping program may be presented on map images representing the area within which the vehicle traveled. Symbols are drawn onto the map images corresponding to the locations of the stationary segments. Between the stationary segment symbols, travel paths are drawn using the positional information obtained by the GPS unit. The grouping program is also configured to generate a summary report pertaining to the travel information of the vehicle, such as the percentage of time spent driving versus the percentage of time spent working at job sites.