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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2008
Vidya Dinamani, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard N. Preece, San Diego, CA (US);
David D. Taylor, San Marcos, CA (US);
Keith A. Greener, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan Tifford, San Diego, CA (US);
Cary D. E. Evans, Encinitas, CA (US);
Alan F. Buhler, Escondido, CA (US);
Vidya Dinamani, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard N. Preece, San Diego, CA (US);
David D. Taylor, San Marcos, CA (US);
Keith A. Greener, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan Tifford, San Diego, CA (US);
Cary D. E. Evans, Encinitas, CA (US);
Alan F. Buhler, Escondido, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable computing device associated with a user for tracking mileage in a motor vehicle, including a processor, a memory, a global positioning satellite (GPS) module configured to determine a physical location of the portable computing device, a tracking application stored in the memory of the portable computing device, wherein the tracking application is configured to activate based on a movement of the portable computing device, determine whether a threshold speed is reached by the portable computing device, record a number of miles traveled by the portable computing device in the motor vehicle to obtain tracking data, and display the tracking data for reconciliation by the user, wherein the tracking application determines physical locations of the user using the GPS module, wherein reconciling data includes indicating which tracking data is business related, and wherein the recorded mileage is configured to be downloaded into a financial application.