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 a plurality of fleet management systems, belonging to a plurality of companies, location information of current locations of a first plurality of service vehicles in a plurality of fleets;
receiving from a GPS enabled device of an end user a request for a service vehicle comprising GPS location data for a location of the GPS enabled device of the end user;
determining location information for a second plurality of service vehicles in a vicinity of the location identified by the received GPS location data, the determined location information indicating locations of the second plurality of service vehicles in the vicinity, the second plurality of service vehicles being a subset of the first plurality of service vehicles; and
transmitting back to the GPS enabled device of the end user, the determined location information for the second plurality of service vehicles in the vicinity of 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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23 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 a plurality of fleet management systems, belonging to a plurality of companies, location information of current locations of a first plurality of service vehicles in a plurality of fleets; receiving from a GPS enabled device of an end user a request for a service vehicle comprising GPS location data for a location of the GPS enabled device of the end user; determining location information for a second plurality of service vehicles in a vicinity of the location identified by the received GPS location data, the determined location information indicating locations of the second plurality of service vehicles in the vicinity, the second plurality of service vehicles being a subset of the first plurality of service vehicles; and transmitting back to the GPS enabled device of the end user, the determined location information for the second plurality of service vehicles in the vicinity of the end user device for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for obtaining current location information for service vehicles, the method comprising:
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transmitting from a GPS enabled end user device to a vehicle position aggregation system, a request for a service vehicle including GPS location data for a location of the end user device, the vehicle position aggregation system including a vehicle position database comprising real time location information for a first plurality of services vehicles operated by a plurality of service vehicle fleets belonging to a plurality of companies; receiving from the vehicle position aggregation system location information for a second plurality of service vehicles in a vicinity of the requested location identified by the transmitted GPS location data, the location information indicating locations of the second plurality of service vehicles in the vicinity, the second plurality of service vehicles being a subset of the first plurality of service vehicles; and displaying a map of the vicinity of the requested location and icons representing the second plurality of service vehicles in the vicinity based on the received location information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for providing location information for service vehicles, the system comprising:
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a data aggregation system interface for receiving from a plurality of fleet management systems, belonging to a plurality of companies, location information of current locations of a first plurality of service vehicles in a plurality of fleets; a vehicle position database communicatively coupled to the data aggregation system for receiving and maintaining the location information for the first plurality of service vehicles, each vehicle associated with a vehicle identifier, a fleet identifier, and a current location of the vehicle; and a presentation system for receiving, from a GPS enabled end user device, a request for a service vehicle including GPS location data for a location of the GPS enabled end user device, querying the vehicle position database to determine location information for a second plurality of service vehicles in a vicinity of the requested location, the determined location information indicating locations of the second plurality of service vehicles in the vicinity of the requested location, the second plurality of service vehicles being a subset of the first plurality of service vehicles, and for transmitting location information of the second plurality of service vehicles back to the GPS enabled end user device for display.
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