Advanced routing of vehicle fleets
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining a traffic route for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving information of a current location of the vehicle;
determining a destination location or destination region of the vehicle;
computing a plurality of available traffic routes from the current location to the destination location or destination region;
estimating a potential demand for at least one potential passenger from the current location to the destination location or to destination region per each available traffic route; and
recommending, to a driver of the vehicle, an available traffic route that has a highest estimated potential demand among a plurality of the available traffic routes;
wherein a computing system including at least one processor performs one or more of;
the receiving, the determining, computing, and estimating.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for obtaining a traffic route for a vehicle. The system receives information of a current location of the vehicle. The system determines a destination location or destination region of the vehicle. The system computes a plurality of available traffic routes from the current location to the destination location or to the destination region. The system estimates a potential demand for at least one potential passenger from the current location to the destination location or to the destination region per each available traffic route. The system recommends, to a driver of the vehicle, an available traffic route that has a highest estimated potential demand among a plurality of the available traffic routes.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining a traffic route for a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving information of a current location of the vehicle; determining a destination location or destination region of the vehicle; computing a plurality of available traffic routes from the current location to the destination location or destination region; estimating a potential demand for at least one potential passenger from the current location to the destination location or to destination region per each available traffic route; and recommending, to a driver of the vehicle, an available traffic route that has a highest estimated potential demand among a plurality of the available traffic routes; wherein a computing system including at least one processor performs one or more of;
the receiving, the determining, computing, and estimating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for obtaining a traffic route for a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a memory device; and a processor being connected to the memory device, wherein the processor is configured to; receive information of a current location of the vehicle; determine a destination location or destination region of the vehicle; compute a plurality of available traffic routes from the current location to the destination location or to the destination region; estimate a potential demand for at least one potential passenger from the current location to the destination location or to the destination region per each available traffic route; and recommend, to a driver of the vehicle, an available traffic route that has a highest estimated potential demand among a plurality of the available traffic routes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for obtaining a traffic route for a vehicle, the computer program product comprising a storage medium, the storage medium excluding a propagating signal, the storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions run by the processing circuit for performing a method, the method comprising:
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receiving information of a current location of the vehicle; determining a destination location or destination region of the vehicle; computing a plurality of available traffic routes from the current location to the destination location or to the destination region; estimating a potential demand for at least one potential passenger from the current location to the destination location or to the destination region per each available traffic route; and recommending, to a driver of the vehicle, an available traffic route that has a highest estimated potential demand among a plurality of the available traffic routes. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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