Internet of Things Fleet Management With Stop Arrival and Departure Filtering

A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to detect stops by an entity on a pre-planned trip comprising a plurality of stops and a planned sequence of stops, each stop comprising a geofence boundary, the detecting comprising:

• for each stop, adding an arrival transition region extending inward from the geofence boundary;
• receiving a first geo-location message indicating a first location and corresponding to a first time for the entity;
• determining whether the first location falls within a first arrival transition region corresponding to a first stop having a first geofence boundary;
• when the first location falls within the first arrival transition region, waiting for a predefined transitional time period;
• during the predefined transitional time period, when a second geo-location message is received indicating a second location inside the first geofence boundary and outside the first arrival transition region, the first time is determined to be an arrival time for the first stop;
• after the transitional time period, when no geo-location messages have been received during the transitional time period that fall outside of the first geofence boundary, the first time is determined to be the arrival time for the first stop;
• and
• after the transitional time period, when one or more geo-location messages have been received during the transitional time period indicating a third location that falls outside of the first geofence boundary, the first time is determined to not be the arrival time for the first stop.

A fleet monitoring system for detecting stops by an entity on a pre-planned trip comprising a plurality of stops and a planned sequence of stops, each stop comprising a geofence boundary, the system comprising:

• a sensor message receiving module;
• one or more processors that execute instructions to, in response to receiving sensor messages from the sensor message receiving module:
• for each stop, add an arrival transition region extending inward from the geofence boundary;
• receive a first geo-location message indicating a first location and corresponding to a first time for the entity;
• determine whether the first location falls within a first arrival transition region corresponding to a first stop having a first geofence boundary;
• when the first location falls within the first arrival transition region, wait for a predefined transitional time period;
• during the predefined transitional time period, when a second geo-location message is received indicating a second location inside the first geofence boundary and outside the first arrival transition region, the first time is determined to be an arrival time for the first stop;
• after the transitional time period, when no geo-location messages have been received during the transitional time period that fall outside of the first geofence boundary, the first time is determined to be the arrival time for the first stop;
• and
• after the transitional time period, when one or more geo-location messages have been received during the transitional time period indicating a third location that falls outside of the first geofence boundary, the first time is determined to not be the arrival time for the first stop.