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Automated dispensing of travel path applicants

  • US 10,066,353 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2011
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dispensing a travel path applicant, the method comprising:

  • automatically collecting telematics data associated with a vehicle as the vehicle traverses a travel path in a defined geofenced area, comprising defined latitude and longitude coordinates, around a geographic area, wherein the telematics data is (a) collected by a telematics device affixed to the vehicle and (b) indicative of one or more characteristics of the travel path traversed by the vehicle;

    determining, based at least in part on the collected telematics data, whether at least one of the one or more characteristics of the travel path traversed by the vehicle in the geographic area satisfies one or more thresholds, wherein each of the one or more thresholds is associated with one or more predefined dispense rates and one or more predefined dispense patterns for dispensing of the travel path applicant; and

    responsive to determining that at least one of the one or more characteristics of the travel path traversed by the vehicle in the geographic area satisfies at least one of the one or more thresholds, automatically adjusting the dispense rate and the dispense pattern of the travel path applicant,wherein the dispense rate of a predetermined number of pounds of the travel path applicant per travel mile is determined based in part on (a) a detected grade of the travel path satisfying a predetermined grade threshold and (b) a detected speed of the vehicle traversing the travel path satisfying a predefined speed threshold in response to detecting that the vehicle entered the geofenced area.

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