VEHICLE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20120109694A1
• Filed: 02/28/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, HOU-HSIEN, LEE, CHANG-JUNG, LO, CHIH-PING
• Application Number:
  US13/037,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20120109694A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management

Abstract

A method for dispatching a vehicle receives a reservation request sent from a handheld device by a dispatch system, and confirms an available service vehicle nearest to an original position of the handheld device from a vehicle database in the dispatch system. The method further transmits information of the confirmed vehicle to the handheld device, and information of a user of the handheld device to the confirmed vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for dispatching a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a reservation request sent from a handheld device by a dispatch system, the reservation request comprising position information of an original position of the handheld device;

confirming an available service vehicle nearest to the original position of the handheld device from a vehicle database in the dispatch system; and

transmitting information of the confirmed vehicle to the handheld device, and transmitting information of a user of the handheld device to the confirmed vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position information comprises longitude and latitude of the original position of the handheld device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reservation request further comprises request details corresponding to the user of the handheld device, the request details comprising a name of a passenger, a level of the passenger, and specified requirements of the passenger.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

changing a status of the confirmed vehicle from available to reserved upon the condition that the confirmed vehicle is found.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

changing the status of the confirmed vehicle from reserved to occupied upon the condition that the dispatch system receives notification of occupancy from the confirmed vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

changing the status of the confirmed vehicle from occupied to the available upon the condition that the dispatch system receives notification of availability from the confirmed vehicle.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting updated position information of a updated position of the handheld device to the confirmed vehicle upon the condition that a position of the handheld device is changed before the dispatch system receives notification of occupancy from the confirmed vehicle.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the position of the handheld device is determined to be changed by:

calculating a distance between the updated position of the handheld device and the original position of the handheld device; and

determining that the position of the handheld device is changed upon the condition that the calculated distance is greater than a preset value.

9. A dispatch system for dispatching a vehicle, comprising:

a storage device;

at least one processor; and

one or more modules that are stored in the storage device and are executed by the at least one processor, the one or more modules comprising instructions;

to receive a reservation request sent from a handheld device by the dispatch system, the reservation request comprising position information of an original position of the handheld device;

to confirm an available service vehicle nearest to the original position of the handheld device from a vehicle database in the dispatch system; and

to transmit information of the confirmed vehicle to the handheld device, and transmit information of a user of the handheld device to the confirmed vehicle.

10. The dispatch system according to claim 9, wherein the reservation request further comprises request details corresponding to the user of the handheld device, the request details comprising a name of a passenger, a level of the passenger, and specified requirements of the passenger.

11. The dispatch system according to claim 9, wherein the one or more modules further comprise instructions:

changing a status of the confirmed vehicle from available to reserved upon the condition that the confirmed vehicle is found.

12. The dispatch system according to claim 11, wherein the one or more modules further comprise instructions:

changing the status of the confirmed vehicle from reserved to occupied upon the condition that the dispatch system receives notification of occupancy from the confirmed vehicle.

13. The dispatch system according to claim 12, wherein the one or more modules further comprise instructions:

changing the status of the confirmed vehicle from occupied to available upon the condition that the dispatch system receives notification of availability from the confirmed vehicle.

14. The dispatch system according to claim 9, wherein the one or more modules further comprise instructions:

transmitting updated position information of a updated position of the handheld device to the confirmed vehicle upon the condition that a position of the handheld device is changed before the dispatch system receives notification of occupancy from the confirmed vehicle.

15. The dispatch system according to claim 14, wherein the position of the handheld device is determined to be changed by:

calculating a distance between the updated position of the handheld device and the original position of the handheld device; and

determining that the position of the handheld device is changed upon the condition that the calculated distance is greater than a preset value.

16. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of a dispatch system, causes the processor to perform a method for dispatching a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a reservation request sent from a handheld device by a dispatch system, the reservation request comprising position information of an original position of the handheld device;

confirming an available service vehicle nearest to the original position of the handheld device from a vehicle database in the dispatch system; and

transmitting information of the confirmed vehicle to the handheld device, and transmitting information of a user of the handheld device to the confirmed vehicle.

17. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the reservation request further comprises request details corresponding to the user of the handheld device, the request details comprising a name of a passenger, a level of the passenger, and specified requirements of the passenger.

18. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

changing a status of the confirmed vehicle from available to reserved upon the condition that the confirmed vehicle is found.

19. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

changing the status of the confirmed vehicle from reserved to occupied upon the condition that the dispatch system receives notification of occupancy from the confirmed vehicle.

20. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

changing the status of the confirmed vehicle from occupied to available upon the condition that the dispatch system receives notification of availability from the confirmed vehicle.