User location driven identification of service vehicles
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1. A method of providing location information for service vehicles to end users, the method comprising:
- receiving from at least one fleet management system location information of the current locations of a plurality of service vehicles in a fleet;
receiving from a device of an end user a request comprising a location;
determining location information for service vehicles in a vicinity of the received location;
transmitting the location information to the end user device for display.
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Abstract
A vehicle position aggregation system receives position information for service vehicles from various fleet management systems, and maintains the current location of the vehicles in a database, including information identifying each vehicle'"'"'s associated fleet and related contact information. End users can query the vehicle position aggregation system to obtain information about service vehicles in the vicinity of the user'"'"'s input location.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of providing location information for service vehicles to end users, the method comprising:
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receiving from at least one fleet management system location information of the current locations of a plurality of service vehicles in a fleet;
receiving from a device of an end user a request comprising a location;
determining location information for service vehicles in a vicinity of the received location;
transmitting the location information to the end user device for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for obtaining current location information for service vehicles, the method comprising:
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transmitting from an end user device to a vehicle position aggregation system, a request including a location, the vehicle position aggregation system including a vehicle position database comprising real time location information for a plurality of services vehicles operated by a plurality of service vehicle fleets;
receiving from the vehicle position aggregation system location information for a plurality of service vehicles in a vicinity of the requested location; and
displaying a map of a vicinity of the requested location and icons representing service vehicles in the vicinity based on the received location information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for providing location information for service vehicles, the system comprising:
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a data aggregation system interface for receiving from at least one fleet management system location information of the current locations of a plurality of service vehicles in a fleet;
a vehicle position database communicatively coupled to the data aggregation system for receiving and maintaining the location information for the plurality of service vehicles, each vehicle associated with a vehicle identifier, a fleet identifier, and a current location of the vehicle;
a presentation system for receiving from an end user device a request including a location, querying the vehicle position database to determine a set of service vehicles in a vicinity of the requested location, and transmitting location information of the determined service vehicles to the end user device for display.
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