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Integrated data system for railroad freight traffic

  • US 8,731,746 B2
  • Filed: 05/29/2008
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • (a) receiving with a processing device and from a GPS transmitter a location along a route between a first fixed site and a destination, said first fixed site proximate an AEI reader and respectively associated with said destination by a statistically calculated parameter comprising an estimated time of travel to said destination, calculated based on a probability distribution of respective historical travel times of a population of rail cars between said first fixed site and said destination; and

    (b) modifying with the processing device the estimated time of travel based upon the received location by filtering said probability distribution.

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