# US 2014/0156332 A1 · Dispatching System and Method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156332 A1 - Document ID: US20140156332A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/130,622 - Filed: 2012-12-31 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-30 - Assignees: Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd.; Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd.; Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Guangliang Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156332A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/063114: {Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group} - G01C 21/343: {Calculating itineraries (travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047)} - G01C 21/3605: {Destination input or retrieval} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) ## Abstract Disclosed are a dispatching system and method applied to journalist dispatching. The dispatching system includes a map positioning device for positioning all journalists, marking the position of each journalist and the position where a news event occurs, and calculating the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs; a dispatching device for determining a journalist for whom the shortest time required to arrive at the position where the news event occurs is the shortest among the journalists in an idle state in accordance with the shortest time required for each journalist and state information about each journalist, and sending a dispatching task and clues to the communication device of the journalist; and a communication device for feeding back the state information about the journalist to the dispatching device and receiving the dispatching task and the clues. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A dispatching system, comprising: a map positioning device, a dispatching device and a communication device; wherein the map positioning device is used for positioning the positions of all the journalists, marking the position of each journalist and the position where a news event occurs, and calculating the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs; the dispatching device is used for determining a journalist for whom the shortest time required to arrive at the position where the news event occurs is the shortest among the journalists in an idle state in accordance with the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs and state information about each journalist, and sending a dispatching task and the clues about the news event to the communication device of the journalist; and the communication device is used for feeding back the state information about the journalist to the dispatching device and receiving the dispatching task and the clues about the news event sent by the dispatching device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The dispatching system of claim 1, wherein the dispatching device is used for: sending a dispatching request to the communication device of one journalist in sequence in an order of the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs from the shortest to the longest, and determining whether to send the dispatching task and the clues about the news event to the journalist in accordance with the state information fed back by the communication device of the journalist; wherein if the state information fed back by the communication device of the journalist indicates that the journalist is in an idle state, sending the dispatching task and the clues about the news event to the journalist; and if the state information fed back by the communication device of the journalist indicates that the journalist is in a busy state or no state information is fed back by the communication device of the journalist, sending the dispatching request sequentially in accordance with the above order to the communication device of the next journalist until a journalist for whom the shortest time required to arrive at the position where the news event occurs is the shortest among the journalists in idle state is determined, and sending the dispatching task and the clues about the news event to the communication device of the journalist. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The dispatching system of claim 1, wherein the map positioning device comprises a positioning unit, a map unit and a calculation unit; wherein the positioning unit is used for positioning the positions of all the journalists; the map unit is used for marking the position of each journalist and the position where the news event occurs on the map; and the calculation unit is used for calculating the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The dispatching system of claim 1, further comprising: a news clue collection device, which is used for acquiring clues about the news event, the clues of the news event including the title, the contents, the position where the news event occurs and the contacts of the news event. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The dispatching system of claim 1, further comprising: a display device, which is used for displaying the output results sent thereto from the map positioning device and/or the dispatching device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The dispatching system of claim 5, wherein the output results sent to the display device from the map positioning device includes the position of each journalist, the position where the news event occurs and the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs; and the output results sent to the display device from the dispatching device includes the name of the journalist that accepts the dispatching task and the clues about the news event sent to the communication device of the journalist. ### Claim 7 A dispatching method comprising: positioning the positions of all the journalists and marking the position of each journalist and the position where a news event occurs; calculating the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs; and sending a dispatching task and the clues about the news event to a journalist who is in an idle state and for whom the shortest time required to arrive at the position where the news event occurs is the shortest in accordance with the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs and the state information of each journalist. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The dispatching method of claim 7, further comprising, before positioning the positions of all the journalists: acquiring clues about the news event; the clues of the news event including the title, the contents, the position where the news event occurs and the contacts of the news event. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The dispatching method of claim 7, further comprising: displaying the position of each journalist, the position where the news event occurs, the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs, the name of the journalist that accepts the dispatching task and the clues about the news event sent to the journalist. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The dispatching method of claim 7, wherein sending a dispatching task and the clues about the news event to the journalist who is in an idle state and for whom the shortest time required to arrive at the position where the news event occurs is the shortest in accordance with the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs and the state information of each journalist specifically comprises: sending a dispatching request to one journalist in sequence in an order of the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs from the shortest to the longest; and determining whether to send the dispatching task and the clues about the news event to the journalist in accordance with the state information fed back by the journalist; wherein if the state information fed back by the journalist indicates that the journalist is in an idle state, sending the dispatching task and the clues about the news event to the journalist; and if the state information fed back by the journalist indicates that the journalist is in a busy state or no state information is fed back by the journalist, sending the dispatching request sequentially in accordance with the above order to the next journalist until the journalist for whom the shortest time required to arrive at the position where the news event occurs is the shortest among the journalists in an idle state is determined, and sending the dispatching task and the clues about the news event to the journalist. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The dispatching system of claim 2, wherein the map positioning device comprises a positioning unit, a map unit and a calculation unit; wherein the positioning unit is used for positioning the positions of all the journalists; the map unit is used for marking the position of each journalist and the position where the news event occurs on the map; and the calculation unit is used for calculating the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The dispatching system of claim 2, further comprising: a news clue collection device, which is used for acquiring clues about the news event, the clues of the news event including the title, the contents, the position where the news event occurs and the contacts of the news event. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The dispatching system of claim 2, further comprising: a display device, which is used for displaying the output results sent thereto from the map positioning device and/or the dispatching device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The dispatching system of claim 13, wherein the output results sent to the display device from the map positioning device includes the position of each journalist, the position where the news event occurs and the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs; and the output results sent to the display device from the dispatching device includes the name of the journalist that accepts the dispatching task and the clues about the news event sent to the communication device of the journalist. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The dispatching method of claim 8, further comprising: displaying the position of each journalist, the position where the news event occurs, the shortest time required for each journalist to arrive at the position where the news event occurs, the name of the journalist that accepts the dispatching task and the clues about the news event sent to the journalist.