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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Automatic Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Thejovardhana S. Kote, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Theron Palmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerald Jariyasunant, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramprabhu Jayaraman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ljubinko Miljkovic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Automatic Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided comprising a connector to an onboard diagnostics (OBD) port of a vehicle, wireless communications circuitry, and a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to monitor fuel consumption of the vehicle relative to mileage driven to derive fuel efficiency values, monitor driving behavior concurrently and associating certain driving behaviors to any dips and rises in the fuel efficiency values, and transmit the values and associated data to a wireless communications appliance wirelessly paired to communicate with the apparatus.