CONTEXT-BASED ROUTING AND ACCESS PATH SELECTION
First Claim
1. A system for calculating routes for a vehicle in a vehicle fleet, the system comprising:
- a site details repository configured to store site details information for a site, the site details information comprising information regarding site locations within the site, the site locations being other than an address or geocoded address of the site;
a routing module configured to generate a route for a vehicle of a fleet of vehicles from a starting location to a first site location of the site locations within the site, wherein the routing module is operable to at least;
identify a starting location for the route;
receive a destination location for the route, the destination location comprising an identification of the site;
determine an access path, the access path comprising a portion of a drivable route between the starting location and the destination location; and
calculate the route over a plurality of links on the road network from the starting location to the destination location, the route including the access path regardless of whether the access path represents a lowest-cost solution for the route to the destination location.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for determination of an access path are disclosed. The access path may include any drivable route that is within a site, and is often, but not necessarily, exclusive of roads in a road network external to the site. In some cases, access paths may include a set of streets between two or more sites without necessarily including a drivable path within a site. Further, the systems and methods may calculate or determine minimum cost routes that include the access path. In some cases, the calculated route may be the minimum cost route that includes the access path, but not necessarily a minimum cost route to a site. In other words, in some cases, the selection of an access path serves as a constraint that supersedes the calculation of a minimum cost route.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for calculating routes for a vehicle in a vehicle fleet, the system comprising:
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a site details repository configured to store site details information for a site, the site details information comprising information regarding site locations within the site, the site locations being other than an address or geocoded address of the site; a routing module configured to generate a route for a vehicle of a fleet of vehicles from a starting location to a first site location of the site locations within the site, wherein the routing module is operable to at least; identify a starting location for the route; receive a destination location for the route, the destination location comprising an identification of the site; determine an access path, the access path comprising a portion of a drivable route between the starting location and the destination location; and calculate the route over a plurality of links on the road network from the starting location to the destination location, the route including the access path regardless of whether the access path represents a lowest-cost solution for the route to the destination location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for calculating routes for a vehicle in a vehicle fleet, the system comprising:
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a site details repository configured to store site details information for a site, the site details information comprising information regarding site locations within the site, the site locations being other than an address or geocoded address of the site; a routing module configured to generate a route of a vehicle of a fleet of vehicles from a starting location to a first site location of the site locations within the site, wherein the routing module is operable to at least; receive an identity of a destination site from a set of sites, the destination site comprising the site; access site details information for the destination site from the site details repository; access routing criteria for routing the vehicle, wherein the routing criteria comprises context information relating to selecting an access path, the access path comprising a drivable route from a road network to one of the site locations within the destination site; select a site location of the destination site based at least in part on the routing criteria and the site details information associated with the destination site; and select the access path to the site location based at least in part on the routing criteria and the site details information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for calculating routes for a vehicle in a vehicle fleet, the system comprising:
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a site details repository configured to store site details information for a site, the site details information comprising information regarding site locations within the site, the site locations being other than an address or geocoded address of the site; and a routing module configured to; receive an identity of the site; access the site details repository to identify site locations within the site; receive telematics information for a number of vehicles accessing the site over a period of time, wherein the telematics information for each vehicle is obtained from a number of sensors included in the vehicle; determine an access path based on the telematics information; and store the access path at the site details repository for use in routing vehicles to the site. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of calculating a route for a vehicle in a vehicle fleet, the method comprising:
under control of a hardware processor programmed with specific computer-executable instructions, providing a user interface for presentation to a user, the user interface comprising functionality for specifying characteristics of a route to be traveled from a starting location to a destination location; receiving an identification of a user-specified portion of the route from the user interface; and calculating a remainder of the route over a plurality of road links on a road network from the starting location to the destination location, the route including the remainder of the route and the user-specified portion of the route regardless of whether the user-specified portion of the route represents a lowest-cost solution for the route to the destination location. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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