METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING, TRANSMITTING, AND STORING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

摘要

The present invention includes the methods and the apparatus for acquiring, transmitting, and storing vehicle performance information. The methods of the present invention can be embodied in a wireless mobile computer device or non-transitory computer-readable medium. The embodiments include a processor, a memory storage device, a display screen, and a software application. The software application includes computer-readable instructions stored on the memory storage device and configured for execution by this process. These computer-readable instructions further include steps for acquiring instructions, storing instructions, displaying instructions, and transmitting instructions.

主权项

1. A method implemented by a software application on a wireless mobile computing device for acquiring vehicle performance data and related information, the method comprising:
acquiring vehicle performance data during operation of a vehicle using a wireless mobile computing device operably mounted to the vehicle, the vehicle performance data representing any desired information useful for evaluating the performance of the vehicle; storing the vehicle performance data acquired in the preceding step on a memory storage device; displaying a representation of the vehicle performance data on a display screen of the wireless mobile computing device; transmitting automatically the vehicle performance data wirelessly to a remote memory storage device after the vehicle has travelled a minimum distance during vehicle operation.