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 
 

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

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