Geolocation compliance for a mobile workforce
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1. A system to optimize a plan of activities for a workday and to monitor the plan for compliance, comprising:
- an optimizer module executing on a computer that receives work tasks to be performed by an individual for a work period;
an interface to a geographic information system (GIS) tool, the GIS tool configured to provide to the optimizer module a route based on projected destinations related to the work tasks,wherein the optimizer module creates an optimized work plan for the individual including an optimized break plan based on the received work tasks and the route; and
a compliance module executing on a computer that receives geographic location information from a GPS device indicative of at least one location of the individual over a time period, the compliance module monitoring compliance to the optimized work plan including the optimized break plan and creating an alert when not in compliance.
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Abstract
A system and method that uses geo-location and a rules engine to facilitate compliance to federal, state, and local regulations as well as company policies across different jurisdictions that may have different compliance regulations. A mobile workforce may use the techniques herein to manage work assignments, report activities, and to manage and track time. This technology may be used, e.g., in the transportation industry, but is not limited to this industry.
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1. A system to optimize a plan of activities for a workday and to monitor the plan for compliance, comprising:
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an optimizer module executing on a computer that receives work tasks to be performed by an individual for a work period; an interface to a geographic information system (GIS) tool, the GIS tool configured to provide to the optimizer module a route based on projected destinations related to the work tasks, wherein the optimizer module creates an optimized work plan for the individual including an optimized break plan based on the received work tasks and the route; and a compliance module executing on a computer that receives geographic location information from a GPS device indicative of at least one location of the individual over a time period, the compliance module monitoring compliance to the optimized work plan including the optimized break plan and creating an alert when not in compliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 30)
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10. A computer-implemented method to optimize a plan of activities for a workday and to monitor the plan for compliance;
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receiving at a computer work tasks to be performed by an individual for a work period; determining at the at least one computer a route using a geographic information system (GIS) tool based on one or more geographic locations related to the work tasks, optimizing at the computer a work plan for the individual including an optimized break plan based on the received work tasks, and based on at least one rule related to a region and the determined route; receiving at the computer geographic location information from a GPS device indicative of at least one location of the individual over a time period; and monitoring at the computer compliance of the individual to the work plan; and creating an alert when there is a non-compliance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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