Method and apparatus for recording events

摘要

A data collection method for collecting data describing at least one encounter of a mobile wireless device with at least one other wireless device, said method comprising: conducting a digital handshake between said mobile wireless device and said at least one other wireless device over a wireless link; and communicating a record of said encounter between said mobile wireless device and said other wireless device to a recording device.

主权项

1. A method for detecting whether a particular mobile wireless device in a vehicle is encountering a fuel pump at a fuel station and controlling whether the fuel pump is activated, comprising:
collecting data describing at least one encounter of a mobile wireless device provided in a vehicle with at least one other wireless located at a fuel station, said other wireless device being configured to control whether an electrically-powered fuel pump located at the fuel station can be activated in response to whether said static wireless device detects a digital handshake with a particular mobile wireless device; conducting a digital handshake between said mobile wireless device and said at least one other wireless device over a wireless link; preventing activation of said fuel pump in response to detection of a particular mobile wireless device; and communicating a record of each said encounter between said mobile wireless device and said other wireless device that meets a criteria for determining that an encounter occurred to a recording device under substantially all circumstances without creating an intrusion to a user of said mobile wireless device.