2) United States Patent oy sy ow o ay @ ws) (3) (60) oy (32) 8) Breed INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND. MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD Inveator: David S. Breed, Miami Beach, FL (U Assignee: Automotive Technologies International, Ine. Denville, NJ (US) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the team ofthis pateat is extended of adjusted under 35 USC. 154(b) by 462 days. Appl. Now 11/422,240 Filed: Jun. §, 2006 Prior Publication Data US 200910043441 AT Feb, 12,2009 Related US. Application Data Continuation-in-part of application No, 101642,028, filed on Aug. 15,2003, now Pat. No. 7.253.725, anda continuation-in-part of application No. 11/082,739, (Continved) Provisional application No, 60/415,862, filed on Oct 3, 2002, provisional application No. 60/304.013, fled ‘on Jul. 9, 2001, provisional application No. 60/291 S11, fled on May 16, 2001, provisional application No. 60/269,415, fled om Feb. 16, 2001 In Cl. Goor 1900 (2006.01) s.c1 ‘01129; 701136 icld of Clasiication Search 7012, “FOL/36: 702/182, 183, 185, 188 ‘ce application ile for complete search history. 'US007630802B2 (10) Patent No.: US 7,630,802 B2 (35) Date of Patent: Dee. 8, 2009 66) References Cited US. PATENT DOCUMENTS AA2R00S A 121978 Amaton el (Continsed) POREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS w S647590 LLL ® Tava '9 1989 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Stephen Besley a al. “Remote Diggostcs for Data Acquistion Systems pp 20-27 ater Jun 2001 Coutinved) Primary Examiner —Yowel Beaulien (74) Attorney, Agent, oF Firm—Briaa Rote on ABSTRACT Iformation management and monitoring system and method for monitoring components on vehicle during its operation includes a monitoring system ineluding sensors for monitor {ng the components operation thereof, anda processing mod- ‘ule arranged on the vehiele and to receive nd process data bout the monitored components from the sensors. The mod- ‘ole derives information fom the data about the monitored ‘components to determine whether any component ie operat- ing ina non-optimal manner andor to forecast failure of any component. A wireless communication systems amanged on the Vehiele and coupled to the module for enabling wireless ‘communications of derived information fom the module ta remote entity interested in the operation or falure of any ‘component during operation of the vehele. The communica tion inchides information about the presence and identity of ay snp operating component cmon Fre 20 Claims, 31 Drawing SheetsUS 7,630,802 B2 Page 2 66) Related US. Application Data filed on Mar. 17,2005, now Pat. No. 7421,321, which js a continuation-in-part of application No. 107701 361, filed on Nov. 4, 2008, now Pat. No. 6,988,026, which is a continuation-in-part of application No 10/188,673 filed on hl. 3, 2002, now Pat. 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