Systems and methods for using billing information to dynamically route vehicles
First Claim
1. A method of routing waste collection vehicles, comprising:
- determining a location of a waste collection vehicle on a route;
monitoring a data repository comprising a plurality of customer accounts, each customer account comprising a billing status and a customer location, for a change to the billing status of at least one customer account;
generating a route update based on detecting a change to the billing status of at least one customer account associated with the route and a location of the waste collection vehicle at the time of the detected change; and
transmitting the route update to the waste collection vehicle, thereby enabling the waste collection vehicle to provide service or not provide service at the customer location associated with the change to the billing status.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for routing waste collection vehicles. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a location of a waste collection vehicle on a route. A data repository includes a plurality of customer accounts. Each customer account includes a billing status and a customer location. The data repository is monitored to detect changes to the billing status of at least one customer account. A waste collection vehicle route is generated based on detecting a change to the billing status of at least one customer account associated with the route and a location of the waste collection vehicle at the time of the detected change. The route update is transmitted to the waste collection vehicle, thereby enabling the waste collection vehicle to provide service or not provide service at the customer location associated with the change to the billing status.
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1. A method of routing waste collection vehicles, comprising:
- determining a location of a waste collection vehicle on a route;
monitoring a data repository comprising a plurality of customer accounts, each customer account comprising a billing status and a customer location, for a change to the billing status of at least one customer account; generating a route update based on detecting a change to the billing status of at least one customer account associated with the route and a location of the waste collection vehicle at the time of the detected change; and transmitting the route update to the waste collection vehicle, thereby enabling the waste collection vehicle to provide service or not provide service at the customer location associated with the change to the billing status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- determining a location of a waste collection vehicle on a route;
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10. A system, comprising:
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a data repository comprising data pertaining to a plurality of customer accounts, wherein each customer account comprises a billing status and a customer location; and a computer, communicating with the data repository, that receives information pertaining to a location of a waste collection vehicle, and utilizes the waste collection vehicle location and a change to the billing status of a customer account to generate a route for the waste collection vehicle, based on the change to customer billing status and the location of the waste collection vehicle at the time of the change, indicating whether the waste collection should provide service or not provide service at the customer location associated with the change to the billing status. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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