Vehicle Tracking via Network Identifier Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current anti-theft technologies focus primarily on preventing vehicle theft rather than tracking stolen vehicles, which often get exported or dismantled before they can be located, leaving a gap in global tracking solutions.
Innovation Solution
A system that maps a unique vehicle identifier to a network identifier, allowing a service provider server to monitor and translate network locations to physical locations, enabling the tracking of stolen vehicles through a vehicle information server and service provider network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If anti-theft technologies focus on preventing theft, then vehicle security is improved, but tracking capability of stolen vehicles deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing network identifier mappings and monitoring frameworks before theft occurs. The vehicle information server pre-maps unique vehicle identifiers to network identifiers, and the service provider server pre-establishes monitoring capabilities, so that when theft occurs, tracking can immediately begin without delay.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary components including the vehicle information server and service provider server that act as mediators between the vehicle and tracking authorities. These intermediaries maintain the mappings between vehicle identifiers and network identifiers, and facilitate the translation of network locations to physical locations, enabling effective tracking.
2Measurement precision
If vehicles are monitored through network identifiers, then location tracking is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tracking system is segmented into distinct functional components: the vehicle information server that maintains identifier mappings, the service provider server that performs monitoring and location translation, and the network infrastructure. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in a specific function, improving location tracking precision while managing overall system complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The service provider server performs multiple functions including monitoring network identifiers, detecting access events, translating network locations to physical locations, and providing tracking information. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems, thereby managing complexity while maintaining comprehensive tracking capabilities.
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AI summary
A vehicle information server maps a unique identifier of a stolen vehicle to a network identifier of the vehicle. Responsive to receiving the network identifier of the stolen vehicle and identifying access of the network identifier to a component of the network, a service provider server of a service provider network indicates a physical location of the component and a time of access of the component to a vehicle theft system.