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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2006
Applicants:

Andrew Austin Wood, San Diego, CA (US);

Algirdas Veitas, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Craig Lauer, San Diego, CA (US);

Susan Marie Hennenfent, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Austin Wood, San Diego, CA (US);

Algirdas Veitas, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Craig Lauer, San Diego, CA (US);

Susan Marie Hennenfent, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Omnitracs, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01); H04W 92/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/184 (2013.01); H04W 92/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for copying a message sent to a vehicle and routing the copied message to the vehicle driver's mobile phone. Through a driver notification application, the copied message can contain driver identification or driver phone number information that is evaluated and confirmed for forwarding the copied message. The copied message is formatted and is sent to the driver's mobile phone via short message service (SMS).


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