Intelligent road and rail information systems and methods
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Abstract
The present invention is a web-based transportation decision support system and geographic information system (GIS) application that leverages intelligent transportation system (ITS) information available from federal, state, local, and commercial transportation sources. The invention provides users with detailed road and rail information about routes and infrastructure characteristics, as well as real-time information from cameras, speed sensors, construction and accident reporting systems, and GIS based weather. Additionally, the invention provides users with the immediate ability to track and report surface shipments on an extremely accurate spatial data background.
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23 Claims
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1. (Cancelled)
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2. A transportation decision support system for requesting, processing, and displaying transportation information and tracking information concerning surface transport of goods and personnel, the system comprising:
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at least one server, the at least one server having a microprocessor and a memory storing computer program executable by the microprocessor, the computer program comprising computer instructions for presenting a web-based interface for soliciting a user request for transportation information, receiving the user request, gathering transportation information relating to the user request from transportation data sources communicably connected to the server, organizing the gathered transportation information into data layers, and displaying the data layers as a base map having data layers that can be selected and adjusted by a user to alter the displayed base map;
a tracking application residing on the at least one server, the tracking application comprising computer instructions for presenting a web-based interface for soliciting a user request for tracking information relating to an in-transit shipment, gathering vehicle location information and bill of lading information from at least one logistic data source communicably connected to the server, correlating the vehicle location information and bill of lading information, organizing the correlated information into data layers, and displaying the data layers as a base map having data layers that can be selected and adjusted by a user to alter the displayed base map; and
at least one client user interface in communication with the at least one server, the at least one client user interface being configured to display the base maps and data layers and to permit a user to select and adjust the displayed base maps and data layers. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing transportation and tracking information to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a transportation decision support system for requesting, processing, and displaying transportation information and tracking information concerning surface transport of goods and personnel, the system comprising;
at least one server, the at least one server having a microprocessor and a memory storing computer program executable by the microprocessor, the computer program comprising computer instructions for presenting a web-based interface for soliciting a user request for transportation information, receiving the user request, gathering transportation information relating to the user request from transportation data sources communicably connected to the server, organizing the gathered transportation information into data layers, and displaying the data layers as a base map having data layers that can be selected and adjusted by a user to alter the displayed base map;
a tracking application residing on the at least one server, the tracking application comprising computer instructions for presenting a web-based interface for soliciting a user request for tracking information relating to in-transit shipments, gathering vehicle location information and bill of lading information from at least one logistic data source communicably connected to the server, correlating the vehicle location information and bill of lading information, organizing the correlated information into data layers, and displaying the data layers as a base map having data layers that can be selected and adjusted by a user to alter the displayed base map; and
at least one client user interface in communication with the at least one server, the at least one client user interface being configured to display the base maps and data layers and to permit a user to select and adjust the displayed base maps and data layers;
presenting a web-based interface for soliciting a user request for transportation information;
receiving the user request;
gathering transportation information relating to the user request from at least one transportation data source communicably connected to the server;
organizing the gathered transportation information into data layers, and displaying the data layers as a base map having data layers that can be selected and adjusted by a user to alter the displayed base map. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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