Procon Analytics, LLC

Procon Analytics, LLC is a privately held technology company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Irvine, California. The company specializes in automotive IoT (Internet of Things) and big data analytics. Sources estimate the company has around 25-30 employees and annual revenue of approximately $8.7 million. The company's leadership team has a long history in the vehicle telematics industry, with some executives having previously founded or held senior roles at companies that were predecessors to the vehicle intelligence company Spireon, Inc.

Procon Analytics develops and operates a platform providing connected-car services for the automotive industry. Its offerings are aimed at automakers, lenders, and dealerships, providing solutions for inventory management, stolen vehicle recovery, and risk mitigation for auto financing. The company’s products use GPS tracking and data analytics to provide real-time vehicle information, driver monitoring, and other telematics services. Procon Analytics operates subsidiaries including Advantage GPS, LLC, which serves the subprime auto finance market, and Connected Dealer Services, LLC.

The company's patent litigation history consists of a single case where it appeared as a defendant, indicating a posture of an operating company defending its technology against patent assertions. The tracked case, Orthosie Systems, LLC v. Procon Analytics, LLC, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue frequently used by patent assertion entities.

The plaintiff in Procon's only tracked lawsuit, Orthosie Systems, LLC, has been identified by industry sources as a non-practicing entity (NPE) that has sued numerous other technology and telematics companies over patents related to vehicle monitoring. Procon Analytics's experience of being sued by an NPE in a plaintiff-friendly jurisdiction is typical for operating companies in the GPS and vehicle telematics sector.