Telematics : Technology, Business Opportunity and Patent Analysis

Table of Contents

1.Development of Telematics Technology
1.1 Vehicle Tracking
1.2 Trailer Tracking
1.3 Fleet Management
1.4 Satellite Navigation
1.5 Wireless Vehicle Safety Communications
1.6 Vehicle Insurance

2. Patent Mining
2.1 Patent Search
2.1.1 Selecting a Patent Database
2.1.2 Identifying Search Keywords
2.1.3 Data Selection
2.1.4 Data Analysis
2.2 Analysis of Trends
2.2.1 Text Mining
2.2.2 Data Mining
2.2.3 Relative R&D Intensity
2.2.4 Results of Patent Index Analysis

3. Deployment Strategies of Major Assignees
3.1 US Companies
3.2 European Companies
3.3 Japanese and Korean Companies
3.4 Taiwanese Companies

MIC Perspecitve

Telematics Patent Ownership is Concentrated in the Hands of US, Japan and

European Companies

Appendix

Glossary of Terms

List of Companies

List of Tables

Table 1: Telematics Applications: Smartcar and Smartway
Table 2: Key Technology Fields Identified by Text Mining
Table 3: R&D Intensity of Top 30 Sensor Patent Assignees
Table 4: Top 10 Telematics-related Patents
Table 5: Matrix Analysis of the 10 Most Important Telematics-related Patents
Table 6: Important Assignees' Deployment in Telematics Technological Fields

List of Figures

Figure 1: Search Flow for Telematics Patents
Figure 2: Telematics Patent Distribution Share by Sector
Figure 3: Telematics Patent Distribution Share by Field