US 11,972,492 B2
Mobile device distance tracking
Daniel S. Bomze, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel R. Goodwin, New York, NY (US); and Howard A. Bomze, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to MileIQ Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by MileIQ Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,493.
Application 17/328,493 is a continuation of application No. 15/628,395, filed on Jun. 20, 2017, granted, now 11,017,481.
Application 15/628,395 is a continuation of application No. 14/449,965, filed on Aug. 1, 2014, granted, now 9,721,305, issued on Aug. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0279815 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/12 (2023.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G06Q 40/10 (2023.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 40/12 (2013.12) [G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0284 (2013.01); G06Q 40/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
one or more processors;
a sensor comprising at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, or a global positioning system (GPS) sensor;
a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions thereon that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
determine, via output of the sensor, that the portable electronic device is in motion;
differentiate, without user input, between the motion corresponding to a drive and the motion corresponding to a non-driving activity;
automatically track a start point of the drive;
track movement of the portable electronic device from the start point through one or more legs of the drive;
identify a stop point of the drive;
capture a drive distance of the drive between the start point of the drive and the stop point of the drive; and
automatically classify the drive distance to establish whether a purpose of the drive is for a business purpose or a personal purpose;
output, on a display of the portable electronic device, a graphical representation of the drive.