Method and apparatus for tracking vehicle location
AssigneeMobile Information Systems, Inc.
InventorsMukesh Chamanlal Shah, Sanjiv Prabhakaran
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Abstract
A method computer aided dispatching. The present method includes providing a display 510 having a first display segment 530. The first display segment 530 includes a digitized representation of a selected area from a raster map, intelligent area data superimposed upon the selected area to provide intelligence, and a user locatable mark 520. The user locatable mark 520 defines a mobile unit position based upon a first value and a second value. The present method also includes using a dispatch system 811 operably coupled to the display. The dispatch system 811 includes order data from customers. A portion of the order data is transferred from a data acquisition 801, 808 device to the mobile unit 610.
Claims28
A database system for computer aided dispatching comprising:
- mobile position information, including position data about a plurality of mobile units;
- raster information, including digitized data about a first selected segment of interest;
- vector information, including intelligent data about a second selected segment of interest;
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- a computer operably coupled to access the mobile position, raster, and vector information, configured to provide interrelated position data regarding at least one of the plurality of mobile units.
A database system for computer aided dispatching comprising:
- mobile position information, including position data about a plurality of mobile units;
- raster information, including digitized data about a first selected segment of interest;
- vector information, including intelligent data about a second selected segment of interest;
- a computer operably coupled to access the mobile position, raster, and vector information, configured to provide interrelated position data regarding at least one of the plurality of mobile units;
- a fleet management system operably coupled to the mobile position, raster, and vector information, configured to operate a fleet of the plurality of mobile units;
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- a dispatch management system operably coupled to the mobile position, raster, and vector information, configured to manage the computer aided dispatching.
A database system for computer aided dispatching comprising:
- mobile position information, including position data about a plurality of mobile units;
- vector information, including intelligent data about a selected segment of interest;
- a computer operably coupled to access the mobile position and vector information, configured to provide interrelated position data regarding at least one of the plurality of mobile units;
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- a fleet management system operably coupled to the computer, configured to operate a fleet of the plurality of mobile units,
- wherein the database system is coupled to a monitoring system configured to provide information regarding the database system.
A database system for computer aided dispatching comprising:
- mobile position information, including position data about a plurality of mobile units;
- vector information, including intelligent data about a selected segment of interest;
- a computer operably coupled to access the mobile position and vector information, configured to provide interrelated position data regarding at least one of the plurality of mobile units;
- and
- a fleet management system operably coupled to the computer, configured to operate a fleet of the plurality of mobile units,
- wherein the database system is coupled to a routing system configured to select an appropriate route for a selected one of the mobile units.
A database system for computer aided dispatching comprising:
- mobile position information, including position data about a plurality of mobile units;
- vector information, including intelligent data about a selected segment of interest;
- a computer operably coupled to access the mobile position and vector information, configured to provide interrelated position data regarding at least one of the plurality of mobile units;
- a fleet management system operably coupled to the computer, configured to operate a fleet of the plurality of mobile units;
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- order data from customers, the order data having a portion being transferred from a data acquisition device coupled to a radio in one of the plurality of mobile units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.