US 11,941,664 B2
Vehicle inventory and dealer-oriented advertisement campaign system
Sam Mahrouq, Arlington, TX (US)
Assigned to VBI Group, Inc., Arlington, TX (US)
Filed by VBI Group, Inc., Arlington, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/074,657.
Application 18/074,657 is a continuation of application No. 16/859,697, filed on Apr. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,521,239.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088482 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2023.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0266 (2013.01) [G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a datacenter including at least one computer and hosting one or more central databases; and
a messaging application,
the datacenter configured to:
receive periodic reports of movements of a vehicle from a tracking device that tracks a location of the vehicle;
track a plurality of trips taken by the vehicle over a period of time to create a characteristic daily cycle for the vehicle, the characteristic daily cycle defined by at least a set trip period and an expected geographic envelope of movement created based on the tracking of the plurality of trips;
recognize a deviating vehicle movement path that deviates from the characteristic daily cycle by at least one of traveling for a longer time than the set trip period and traveling outside the expected geographic envelope of movement; and
report the deviating vehicle movement path via the messaging application, the messaging application alerting an operator or emergency contact of the deviating vehicle movement path.