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Systems and methods for analyzing the use of mobile resources

  • US 9,921,066 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2016
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for analyzing the use of a fleet of mobile resources comprising:

  • a fleet of mobile resources, each mobile resource of the fleet of mobile resources comprising an analyzer device comprising a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver and a communication device, the analyzer device configured to determine and transmit raw GPS ping data of the GPS receiver; and

    at least one central processing unit comprising;

    a memory comprising computer-executable instructions;

    a recording database configured to receive and store the raw GPS ping data transmitted by the analyzer device, anda computer database comprising identified stop information converted from the raw GPS ping data,wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, configure the at least one central processing unit to;

    receive periodically in real-time the raw GPS ping data of an actual route traveled by a first mobile resource of the fleet of mobile resources;

    identify and convert the raw GPS ping data into two or more stops associated with the actual route based, in part, on an analysis of the raw GPS ping data of an actual sequence of stops taken in the actual route traveled by the first mobile resource;

    identify and convert the raw GPS ping data into the actual route for the two or more stops;

    generate a first optimal route between the two or more stops comprising a first optimal sequence for the two or more stops for the first mobile resource;

    generate a second optimal route between the two or more stops comprising a second optimal sequence for the two or more stops for a second mobile resource of the fleet of mobile resources that is available in real-time, the second mobile resource being a different type of mobile resource than the first mobile resource,wherein the first and second optimal routes are based, in part, on the actual route traveled by the first mobile resource, each of the first and second optimal routes differing at least in part from the actual route traveled by the first mobile resource, wherein the actual route is traveled by the first mobile resource prior to generation of the first and second optimal routes;

    analyze the actual route traveled and the first and second optimal routes to determine usage of at least one criterion that would have been reduced during each of the first and second optimal routes compared to the actual route;

    compare the usage of the at least one criterion by the first mobile resource when traveling the actual route with the usage of the at least one criterion by the first and second mobile resources when travelling the first and second optimal routes respectively; and

    generate an output of a comparison of the usage of the at least one criterion by the first mobile resource for the actual route and the usage of the at least one criterion by the first and second mobile resources for the first and second optimal routes respectively.

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