Viewing, modifying, and/or creating routes

• US 10,240,944 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2016
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United Parcel Service Of America Incorporated (United Parcel Service Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: United Parcel Service Of America Incorporated (United Parcel Service Incorporated)
• Inventors: Santilli, Robert, Snyder, Steve, Defronzo, Elisabeth, Inskeep, Svetlana, Tantzer, Joel, Levin, Karen
• Primary Examiner(s): Weber, Tamara L
• Application Number:
  US15/392,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20170109693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08355 Routing methods

Abstract

Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for creating, modifying, and viewing geographic areas and their corresponding routes and items of work. For example, an interface can be provided with a map display area and a route display area. The map display area and the route display area can be synchronized to create new routes, modify existing routes, and/or view information about various routes and/or items of work.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving input identifying a first route from which to move two or more items of work of a plurality of items of work and a second route to which to move the two or more items of work;

simultaneously causing display, via an interface comprising a map display area and a route display area, of at least a portion of the plurality of items of work via the map display area of the interface and the route display area of the interface, wherein (a) the map display area and the route display area do not overlap, (b) the map display area and the route display area are synchronized, (c) the map display area comprises a digital map with the plurality of items of work represented on the digital map, and (d) the route display area comprises a plurality of grids comprising at least a first grid corresponding to the first route and a second grid corresponding to the second route, the plurality of grids comprising a plurality of rows, the first grid comprises (i) a row for each of the plurality of items of work and (ii) each row comprising textual information for the corresponding item of work;

receiving input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route; and

responsive to receiving the input selecting the two or more items of work indicated in the map display area, (a) moving the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route in the map display area and (b) automatically moving items of textual data of each of two rows corresponding to the two or more items of work from the first grid to two corresponding rows in the second grid in the route display area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each item of work of the plurality of items of work is represented on the digital map as an icon.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the moving of the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route causes statistics to be updated in a statistics grid of the plurality of grids, in the route display area, the statistics grid comprises a first row comprising a first plurality of statistics data corresponding to the first route and a second row comprising a second plurality of statistics content corresponding to the second route.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the input selecting the two or more items of work comprises input from a user drawing a polygon around the two or more items of work in the map display area.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously displaying statistics in a statistics grid, among the plurality of grids, in the route display area for each route detected in a polygon drawn around a geographical area in the map display area.

6. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

receive input identifying a first route from which to move two or more items of work of a plurality of items of work and a second route to which to move the two or more items of work;

simultaneously cause display, via an interface comprising a map display area and a route display area, of at least a portion of the plurality of items of work via the map display area of the interface and the route display area of the interface, wherein (a) the map display area and the route display area do not overlap, (b) the map display area and the route display area are synchronized, (c) the map display area comprises a digital map with the plurality of items of work represented on the digital map, and (d) the route display area comprises a plurality of grids comprising at least a first grid corresponding to the first route and a second grid corresponding to the second route, the plurality of grids comprising a plurality of rows, the first grid comprising (i) a row for each of the plurality of items of work and (ii) each row comprising textual information for the corresponding item of work;

receive input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route; and

responsive to receiving the input selecting the two or more items of work indicated in the map display area, (a) move the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route in the map display area and (b) automatically move items of textual data of each of two rows corresponding to the two or more items of work from the first grid to two corresponding rows in the second grid in the route display area.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein each item of work of the plurality of items of work is represented on the digital map as an icon.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the move of the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route further causes the at least one memory and the program code, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to:

update statistics in a statistics grid of the plurality of grids, in the route display area, the statistics grid comprises a first row comprising a first plurality of statistics data corresponding to the first route and a second row comprising a second plurality of statistics content corresponding to the second route.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the input selecting the two or more items of work comprises input from a user drawing a polygon around the two or more items of work in the map display area.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the at least one memory and the program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

simultaneously display statistics in a statistics grid, among the plurality of grids, in the route display area for each route detected in a polygon drawn around a geographical area in the map display area.

11. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code stored therein, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:

receive input identifying a first route from which to move two or more items of work of a plurality of items of work and a second route to which to move the two or more items of work;

simultaneously cause display, via an interface comprising a map display area and a route display area, of at least a portion of the plurality of items of work via the map display area of the interface and the route display area of the interface, wherein (a) the map display area and the route display area do not overlap, (b) the map display area and the route display area are synchronized, (c) the map display area comprises a digital map with the plurality of items of work represented on the digital map, and (d) the route display area comprises a plurality of grids comprising at least a first grid corresponding to the first route and a second grid corresponding to the second route, the plurality of grids comprising a plurality of rows, the first grid comprising (i) a row for each of the plurality of items of work and (ii) each row comprising textual information for the corresponding item of work;

receive input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route; and

responsive to receiving the input selecting the two or more items of work to move indicated in the map display area, (a) move the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route in the map display area and (b) automatically move items of textual data of each of two rows corresponding to the two or more items of work from the first grid to two corresponding rows in the second grid in the route display area.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein each item of work of the plurality of items of work is represented on the digital map as an icon.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the program code executable by the one or more processors further cause the one or more processors to:

update statistics in a statistics grid of the plurality of grids, in the route display area, in response to the move of the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route, the statistics grid comprises a first row comprising a first plurality of statistics data corresponding to the first route and a second row comprising a second plurality of statistics content corresponding to the second route.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the input selecting the two or more items of work comprises input from a user drawing a polygon around the two or more items of work in the map display area.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the program code executable by the one or more processors further cause the one or more processors to:

facilitate simultaneous display of statistics in a statistics grid, among the plurality of grids, in the route display area for each route detected in a polygon drawn around a geographical area in the map display area.