System and method for providing disparate networked, off-road guidance in rural areas
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1. A system for providing directional guidance to a driver of goods to a destination location, said system comprising:
- a data repository configured to store sets of historical positional locations that define respective driving paths of delivery drivers who previously delivered goods to a destination location that is not capable of being determined by a mapping application, the positional locations being (i) outside of an area of which the mapping application can determine driving directions and (ii) based on geographic coordinates from electronic devices carried by vehicles of the delivery drivers used to make the deliveries;
a processing unit configured to;
receive a destination location;
access said data repository by an historical positional locations manager to identify historical positional locations associated with the destination location;
determine (i) driving directions to a last mappable location of which the mapping application is capable of determining and (ii) driving directions to the destination location to extend driving directions from the last mappable location to the destination location based on the at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations;
communicate, by a communications manager, at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations to the mapping application being executed by an electronic device of a delivery driver, at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations causing the mapping application to display (i) the driving directions to the last mappable location and (ii) the portions of the sets of historical positional locations on a map from the last mappable location to the destination location to provide driving directions inclusive of the at least a portion of the paths of the delivery drivers who previously delivered goods to the destination location for the delivery driver, thereby enabling the delivery driver to view at least one path previously traveled to the destination location by other delivery drivers between the last mappable location and the destination location; and
automatically command the mapping application to display satellite imagery in response to determining that the driver passes the last mappable location.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a listing service for farmers in rural areas. A farmer may be able to “drop a pin” on an interactive map to a location, such as a barn, to where supplies may be delivered by a delivery driver. By providing such a map, natural barriers to entry into a marketplace may be broken down for suppliers, thereby enabling a marketplace to expand with suppliers.
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1. A system for providing directional guidance to a driver of goods to a destination location, said system comprising:
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a data repository configured to store sets of historical positional locations that define respective driving paths of delivery drivers who previously delivered goods to a destination location that is not capable of being determined by a mapping application, the positional locations being (i) outside of an area of which the mapping application can determine driving directions and (ii) based on geographic coordinates from electronic devices carried by vehicles of the delivery drivers used to make the deliveries; a processing unit configured to; receive a destination location; access said data repository by an historical positional locations manager to identify historical positional locations associated with the destination location; determine (i) driving directions to a last mappable location of which the mapping application is capable of determining and (ii) driving directions to the destination location to extend driving directions from the last mappable location to the destination location based on the at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations; communicate, by a communications manager, at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations to the mapping application being executed by an electronic device of a delivery driver, at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations causing the mapping application to display (i) the driving directions to the last mappable location and (ii) the portions of the sets of historical positional locations on a map from the last mappable location to the destination location to provide driving directions inclusive of the at least a portion of the paths of the delivery drivers who previously delivered goods to the destination location for the delivery driver, thereby enabling the delivery driver to view at least one path previously traveled to the destination location by other delivery drivers between the last mappable location and the destination location; and automatically command the mapping application to display satellite imagery in response to determining that the driver passes the last mappable location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing directional guidance to a driver of goods to a destination location, said method comprising:
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storing sets of historical positional locations that define respective driving paths of delivery drivers who previously delivered goods to a destination location that is not capable of being determined by a mapping application; receiving a destination location; identifying historical positional locations associated with the destination location; determining (i) driving directions to a last mappable location of which the mapping application is capable of determining and (ii) driving directions to the destination location to extend driving directions from the last mappable location to the destination location based on the at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations; communicating at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations to the mapping application being executed by an electronic device of a delivery driver, at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations causing the mapping application to display (i) the driving directions to the last mappable location and (ii) the portions of the sets of historical positional locations on a map from the last mappable location to the destination location to provide driving directions inclusive of the at least a portion of the paths of the delivery drivers who previously delivered goods to the destination location for the delivery driver, thereby enabling the delivery driver to view at least one path previously traveled to the destination location by other delivery drivers between the last mappable location and the destination location; and automatically commanding the mapping application to display satellite imagery in response to determining that the driver passes the last mappable location. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for providing directional guidance to a driver of goods to a destination location, said system comprising:
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a data repository configured to store sets of historical positional locations that define respective driving paths of delivery drivers who previously delivered goods to a destination location that is not capable of being determined by a mapping application, the positional locations being (i) outside of an area of which the mapping application can determine driving directions and (ii) based on geographic coordinates from electronic devices carried by vehicles of the delivery drivers used to make the deliveries to the destination location; a processing unit configured to; receive the destination location; execute the mapping application configured to; receive directions to a last mappable location that the mapping application is capable of displaying driving directions to the destination location; display a map with the driving directions to the last mappable location; automatically command the mapping application to display satellite imagery in response to determining that the driver passes the last mappable location; and execute a communications manager configured to; communicate via a communications network with an historical positional locations manager to identify historical positional locations associated with the destination location; and receive at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations; and execute an historical positional locations overlay module configured to; communicate the at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations with the mapping application; cause the mapping application to overlay the at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations on the displayed map to provide driving directions for the delivery driver, thereby enabling the delivery driver to view at least one path previously traveled to the destination location by other delivery drivers so as to extend driving directions from the last mappable location to the destination location based on the at least a portion of the sets of historical positional locations.
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