VIEWING, MODIFYING, AND/OR CREATING ROUTES

• US 20160258775A1
• Filed: 03/04/2015
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United Parcel Service Of America Incorporated (United Parcel Service Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: United Parcel Service Of America Incorporated (United Parcel Service Incorporated)
• Inventors: SANTILLI, ROBERT, SNYDER, STEVE, DEFRONZO, ELISABETH, INSKEEP, SVETLANA, TANTZER, JOEL, Levin, Karen
• Granted Patent: US 9,506,772 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08355 Routing methods

Abstract

Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for creating, modifying, and viewing geographic areas and their corresponding routes and items of work. For example, an interface can be provided with a map display area and a route display area. The map display area and the route display area can be synchronized to create new routes, modify existing routes, and/or view information about various routes and/or items of work.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving input identifying a first route from which to move two or more items of work of a plurality of items of work and a second route to which to move the two or more items of work;

simultaneously causing display, via an interface comprising a map display area and a route display area, of at least a portion of the plurality of items of work via the map display area of the interface and the route display area of the interface, wherein (a) the map display area and the route display area do not overlap, (b) the map display area and the route display area are synchronized, (c) the map display area comprises a digital map with the plurality of items of work represented on the digital map, and (d) the route display area comprises a grid comprising rows (i) with a row for each of the plurality of items of work and (ii) each row comprising textual information for the corresponding item of work;

receiving input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route; and

responsive to receiving the input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route, (a) for each of the two or more items of work, simultaneously causing display (i) of an indication in the map display area that the corresponding item of work has been selected and (ii) of an indication in the row of the corresponding item of work in the route display area that the corresponding item of work has been selected, and (b) moving the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each item of work of the plurality of items of work is represented on the digital map as an icon.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input selecting the two or more items of work comprises input from a user drawing a polygon around the two or more items of work in the map display area.

3. (canceled)

4. (canceled)

6. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

receive input identifying a first route from which to move two or more items of work of a plurality of items of work and a second route to which to move the two or more items of work;

simultaneously cause display, via an interface comprising a map display area and a route display area, of at least a portion of the plurality of items of work via the map display area of the interface and the route display area of the interface, wherein (a) the map display area and the route display area do not overlap, (b) the map display area and the route display area are synchronized, (c) the map display area comprises a digital map with the plurality of items of work represented on the digital map, and (d) the route display area comprises a grid comprising rows (i) with a row for each of the plurality of items of work and (ii) each row comprising textual information for the corresponding item of work;

receive input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route; and

responsive to receiving the input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route, (a) for each of the two or more items of work, simultaneously causing display (i) of an indication in the map display area that the corresponding item of work has been selected and (ii) of an indication in the row of the corresponding item of work in the route display area that the corresponding item of work has been selected, and (b) move the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein each item of work of the plurality of items of work is represented on the digital map as an icon.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the input selecting the two or more items of work comprises input from a user drawing a polygon around the two or more items of work in the map display area.

8. (canceled)

9. (canceled)

11. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable program code portion configured to receive input identifying a first route from which to move two or more items of work of a plurality of items of work and a second route to which to move the two or more items of work;

an executable program code portion configured to simultaneously cause display, via an interface comprising a map display area and a route display area, of at least a portion of the plurality of items of work via the map display area of the interface and the route display area of the interface, wherein (a) the map display area and the route display area do not overlap, (b) the map display area and the route display area are synchronized, (c) the map display area comprises a digital map with the plurality of items of work represented on the digital map, and (d) the route display area comprises a grid comprising rows (i) with a row for each of the plurality of items of work and (ii) each row comprising textual information for the corresponding item of work;

an executable program code portion configured to receive input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route; and

an executable program code portion configured to, responsive to receiving the input selecting the two or more items of work to move from the first route to the second route, (a) for each of the two or more items of work, simultaneously causing display (i) of an indication in the map display area that the corresponding item of work has been selected and (ii) of an indication in the row of the corresponding item of work in the route display area that the corresponding item of work has been selected, and (b) move the two or more items of work from the first route to the second route.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein each item of work of the plurality of items of work is represented on the digital map as an icon.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the input selecting the two or more items of work comprises input from a user drawing a polygon around the two or more items of work in the map display area.

13. (canceled)

14. (canceled)