Recovery of time due to an unplanned event on a reserved route
First Claim
1. A method of providing reserved routes for a plurality of vehicles, comprising the steps of:
- a computer monitoring at least a location communicated from each of a plurality of vehicles having GPS devices and traveling to destinations on reserved routes with guaranteed arrival times;
the computer monitoring real-time traffic data associated with a plurality of reserved routes;
the computer receiving a traffic event along at least one of the reserved routes;
the computer determining if any of the plurality of vehicles are affected or will be affected by the traffic event and calculating alternate routes for those vehicles which are affected or will be affected by the traffic event; and
the computer sending the alternate routes to the GPS devices in the vehicles which are affected or will be affected by the traffic event, and repeating the method from the step of monitoring at least a location until a vehicle has reached the destination for which the vehicle received a guaranteed arrival time; and
once the vehicle has reached the destination, the computer comparing an actual arrival time of the vehicle at the destination to the guaranteed arrival time, and if the actual arrival time is later than the guaranteed arrival time, crediting a user of the vehicle for at least a portion of an amount paid for reserving the reserved route.
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Abstract
Providing reserved routes for a plurality of vehicles, in which the at least a location is monitored and communicated from each of a plurality of vehicles having GPS devices and traveling to destinations on reserved routes with guaranteed arrival times. For a traffic event along one of the reserved routes; determining if any of the plurality of vehicles are affected or will be affected by the traffic event and calculating alternate routes for those vehicles The alternate routes are sent to the GPS devices in the affected or possibly affected vehicles and once the vehicle has reached the destination, comparing an actual arrival time of the vehicle at the destination to the guaranteed arrival time, and if the actual arrival time is later than the guaranteed arrival time, crediting a user of the vehicle for at least a portion of an amount paid for reserving the reserved route.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing reserved routes for a plurality of vehicles, comprising the steps of:
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a computer monitoring at least a location communicated from each of a plurality of vehicles having GPS devices and traveling to destinations on reserved routes with guaranteed arrival times; the computer monitoring real-time traffic data associated with a plurality of reserved routes; the computer receiving a traffic event along at least one of the reserved routes; the computer determining if any of the plurality of vehicles are affected or will be affected by the traffic event and calculating alternate routes for those vehicles which are affected or will be affected by the traffic event; and the computer sending the alternate routes to the GPS devices in the vehicles which are affected or will be affected by the traffic event, and repeating the method from the step of monitoring at least a location until a vehicle has reached the destination for which the vehicle received a guaranteed arrival time; and
once the vehicle has reached the destination, the computer comparing an actual arrival time of the vehicle at the destination to the guaranteed arrival time, and if the actual arrival time is later than the guaranteed arrival time, crediting a user of the vehicle for at least a portion of an amount paid for reserving the reserved route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for providing reserved routes for a plurality of vehicles comprising a computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, one or more computer readable storage media, the computer program product comprising a computer readable non-transitory storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the computer to perform a method comprising:
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monitoring, by the computer, at least a location communicated from each of a plurality of vehicles having GPS devices and traveling to destinations on reserved routes with guaranteed arrival times; monitoring, by the computer, real-time traffic data associated with a plurality of reserved routes; receiving, by the computer, a traffic event along at least one of the reserved routes; determining, by the computer, if any of the plurality of vehicles are affected or will be affected by the traffic event and calculating alternate routes for those vehicles which are affected or will be affected by the traffic event; and sending, by the computer, the alternate routes to the GPS devices in the vehicles which are affected or will be affected by the traffic event, and repeating the program instructions from the step of monitoring at least a location until a vehicle has reached the destination for which the vehicle received a guaranteed arrival time; and
once the vehicle has reached the destination, comparing, by the computer, an actual arrival time of the vehicle at the destination to the guaranteed arrival time, and if the actual arrival time is later than the guaranteed arrival time, crediting a user of the vehicle for at least a portion of an amount paid for reserving the reserved route. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system for providing reserved routes for a plurality of vehicles comprising a computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, one or more computer readable storage media having program instructions executable by the computer to perform the program instructions comprising:
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monitoring, by the computer, at least a location communicated from each of a plurality of vehicles having GPS devices and traveling to destinations on reserved routes with guaranteed arrival times; monitoring, by the computer, real-time traffic data associated with a plurality of reserved routes; receiving, by the computer, a traffic event along at least one of the reserved routes; determining, by the computer, if any of the plurality of vehicles are affected or will be affected by the traffic event and calculating alternate routes for those vehicles which are affected or will be affected by the traffic event; and sending, by the computer, the alternate routes to the GPS devices in the vehicles which are affected or will be affected by the traffic event, and repeating the program instructions from the step of monitoring at least a location until a vehicle has reached the destination for which the vehicle received a guaranteed arrival time; and
once the vehicle has reached the destination, comparing, by the computer, an actual arrival time of the vehicle at the destination to the guaranteed arrival time, and if the actual arrival time is later than the guaranteed arrival time, crediting a user of the vehicle for at least a portion of an amount paid for reserving the reserved route. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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