Web portal system for managing vehicle usage and mobility

摘要

A network including a web portal gathers, compiles and formats information on vehicle usage across a vehicle community. The vehicle community is comprised of a plurality of vehicles whose users and owners have joined the network and communicate through the web portal to allow gathering and accumulation of vehicle operation information for various uses including maintaining a record of vehicle operation and determining energy usage and environmental impact.

主权项

1. A method of managing vehicle usage comprising the steps of:
gathering data indicative of vehicle operations from monitoring devices installed within a plurality of vehicles; transmitting the gathered data indicative of vehicle operations with a telematic device installed within each of the plurality of vehicles; defining a portal accessible on a wide area network by users authorized to receive the gathered data, wherein the users includes users within the plurality of vehicles; receiving the gathered data indicative of vehicle operations on the wide area network according to defined parameters on a device capable of accessing the wide area network; sharing data indicative of vehicle operations with the users within the plurality of vehicles authorized to receive the gathered data across a vehicle community including a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of users authorized to receive information relating to at least some of the plurality of vehicles in real time from within each of the plurality of vehicles; and selectively blocking access to information relating to vehicle position by a vehicle operator.