Providing a materials handling vehicle with temporal zones

A method comprising:

• creating, by a remotely located computing device, a temporal-based restriction zone for a covered environment, wherein the temporal-based restriction zone defines an area within which a materials handling vehicle must comply with a policy;
• defining, by the remotely located computing device, the policy;
• defining, by the remotely located computing device, a first time that the policy applies;
• determining, by the remotely located computing device, a location and an orientation of the materials handling vehicle;
• determining, by the remotely located computing device, from the location and the orientation, that the materials handling vehicle is approaching the temporal-based restriction zone;
• determining, by the remotely located computing device, whether a current time corresponds with the first time the policy applies;
• and
• in response to determining that the materials handling vehicle is approaching the temporal-based restriction zone at the first time the policy applies, sending, by the remotely located computing device, to the materials handling vehicle, data related to the policy, which causes the materials handling vehicle to adjust operation to comply with the policy when the materials handling vehicle enters the temporal-based restriction zone.

A system comprising:

• a remotely located computing device that includes a processor and a memory component, the memory component storing logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform at least the following:
• create a temporal-based restriction zone for a covered environment, wherein the temporal-based restriction zone defines an area within which a materials handling vehicle must comply with a policy;
• define the policy;
• define a first time that the policy applies;
• determine a location and an orientation of the materials handling vehicle;
• determine, from the location and the orientation, that the materials handling vehicle is approaching the temporal-based restriction zone;
• determine whether a current time corresponds with the first time the policy applies;
• and
• in response to determining that the materials handling vehicle is approaching the temporal-based restriction zone at the first time the policy applies, send data related to the policy to the materials handling vehicle, which causes the materials handling vehicle to adjust operation to comply with the policy when the materials handling vehicle enters the temporal-based restriction zone.