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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Automatic Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ljubinko Miljkovic, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Theron Palmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramprabhu Jayaraman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Automatic Labs, Inc., San Francisco, unknown;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); G08G 1/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a connector to an on board diagnostic (OBD) port of a vehicle, wireless communications circuitry, a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to monitor the ignition state of the vehicle, and upon detecting an ignition off state, reporting at least the off state to a network-enabled communications appliance wirelessly paired for wireless communication with the apparatus.