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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
Vodafone Holding Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;
Guido Gehlen, Neuss, DE;
Vodafone Holding GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The techniques described herein include a system for determining the number and the identity of users in a vehicle, and to a method for operating this system. The system comprises a vehicle with a vehicle identification (ID) and a vehicle module for the wireless transmission of vehicle-specific data. The system includes a mobile network including a network server and mobile terminals having terminal IDs, wherein users of the mobile terminals are identifiable via the terminal ID. The network server is configured to transmit terminal-specific data to the system. The system includes a database for storing the vehicle-specific and terminal-specific data and for ascertaining individual travel routes and movement routes for the specific vehicles and terminals. The system includes an analysis server that is configured to compare the individual travel routes to the individual movement routes and link a vehicle ID with the terminal IDs belonging to the movement routes.