Waste management system implementing fuel tax monitoring
First Claim
1. A system for managing waste services, comprising:
- a provider portal;
a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle; and
a central processing unit in communication with the provider portal and the locating device, the central processing unit being configured to;
determine a total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle;
determine, based at least in part on the location signal, a portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways;
generate at least one recommendation for the service vehicle to increase the portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways;
cause an indication of the portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways to be displayed on the provider portal with the at least one recommendation; and
automatically reroute the service vehicle to lower an amount of time spent while traveling on public roadways.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for managing waste services. The system may have a provider portal, a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle, and a central processing unit in communication with the provider portal and the locating device. The central processing unit may be configured to determine a total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle and to determine, based at least in part on the location signal, a portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways. The central processing unit may be further configured to cause an indication of the portion of the total amount of fuel to be displayed on the provider portal.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for managing waste services, comprising:
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a provider portal; a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle; and a central processing unit in communication with the provider portal and the locating device, the central processing unit being configured to; determine a total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle; determine, based at least in part on the location signal, a portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways; generate at least one recommendation for the service vehicle to increase the portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways; cause an indication of the portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways to be displayed on the provider portal with the at least one recommendation; and automatically reroute the service vehicle to lower an amount of time spent while traveling on public roadways. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for managing waste services, the method comprising:
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generating a location signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle; determining a total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle;
determining, based at least in part on the location signal, a portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways;generating at least one recommendation for the service vehicle to increase the portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways; displaying an indication of the portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the service vehicle when the service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways on a provider portal with the at least one recommendation; and automatically rerouting the service vehicle to lower an amount of time spent while traveling on public roadways. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-executable programming instructions for performing a method of waste service management:
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generating location signals indicative of locations of a plurality of service vehicles; referencing the location signals with maps stored in memory to determine when the plurality of service vehicles are not traveling on public roadways; generating a fuel signal indicative of a total amount of fuel consumed by the plurality of service vehicles; determining, based at least in part on the location signals, a portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the plurality of service vehicles when the plurality of service vehicles are not traveling on public roadways; generating at least one recommendation for a first service vehicle to increase the portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the first service vehicle when the first service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways displaying an indication of the portion of the total amount of fuel consumed by the first service vehicle when the first service vehicle is not traveling on public roadways on a provider portal with the at least one recommendation; and automatically rerouting the first service vehicle to lower an amount of time spent while traveling on public roadways. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 22)
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