REMOTE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

• US 20140046710A1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: XRS Corporation (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: XRS Corporation (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Mohn, Charles, Sekula, Christopher A., Kakumanu, Sarat, Tuttle, Odell R., Fuglewicz, Daniel P., Anderson, Peter S., Martin, Thomas J. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 10,922,988 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 7/00 Details or accessories common to the registering or indicating apparatus of groups G07C3/00 and G07C5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/00 Traffic control systems for road vehicles arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00 ; automatic vehicle control B62D
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/167 Control of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A network device includes a memory, a display, a processor, and a network communication module configured to receive vehicle data, driver information, and driver communications from a plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display device via a long-range wireless network, each portable wireless data transfer and display device being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of vehicles. The memory configured to store the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications. The processor is configured to process at least one of: the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communication into summary electronic reports and present the summary electronic report of the plurality of vehicles in real-time by location via the display. The network device is configured to allow for selection of the drivers presented and is configured to send work requests to wireless devices in use by the selection of the drivers presented.

Claims

1. A network device comprising:

a memory;

a display;

a processor; and

a network communication module configured to receive vehicle data, driver information, and driver communications from a plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display device via a long-range wireless network, each portable wireless data transfer and display device being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of vehicles,

wherein the memory configured to store the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications,

wherein the processor is configured to process at least one of;

the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communication into summary electronic reports,

wherein the network device is configured to present the vehicle data, the driver information, the driver communication, and the summary electronic report of the plurality of vehicles in real-time by location via the display, and

wherein the network device is configured to allow for selection of the drivers presented and is configured to send work requests to wireless devices in use by the selection of the drivers presented.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the real-time by location display includes route information for one of more vehicles.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the location real-time by location display uses a street view.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the real-time by location display uses an aerial view display.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the network communication module is further configured to send at least one of:

the vehicle data, the driver information, the driver communication, the summary electronic report to at least one portable wireless data transfer and display device via the long-range wireless network.

6. The device of claim 1,

wherein the network communication module is further configured to receive subscriber information from one or more remote computing devices via a network, the subscriber information associating one or more subscribers with the vehicle data and the driver information from a plurality of the portable wireless data transfer and display devices,

wherein the network communication module is further configured to receive a request for vehicle data and driver information from a remote subscriber device and provide the remote subscriber device with the vehicle data and driver information associated with a subscriber according the subscriber information.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to process the subscriber information, one or more of the vehicle data, and one or more of the driver data into a subscription report.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the communication module is further configured to receive a request for the subscription report from a remote subscriber device and provide the remote subscriber device with the subscription report associated with the subscriber according the subscriber information.

9. The device of claim 1,

wherein the network device is configured to group the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications according to predetermined criteria into a grouping,

wherein the network device is configured to present a grouping for the plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display devices specified by the user with associated items from the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications via the display,

wherein the network device is further configured to allow the user to modify the grouping, the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communication and present a modified grouping with associated items from the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications via the display.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the predetermined criteria is selected from a group consisting of:

an organization;

a vehicle'"'"'s status;

a driver'"'"'s status;

a location; and

driver schedule availability.

11. The device of claim 1,

wherein the network device is configured to store the vehicle data and the driver information via the memory and successively store any updates of the vehicle data and the driver information via the memory for each of the plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display devices when the communication module receives the vehicle data and the driver information, at predetermined times, from the plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display devices,

wherein the communication module is further configured to receive data requests for the vehicle data and the driver information from one of more remote computer devices via a network,

wherein the communication module is further configured to send the vehicle data and the driver data, corresponding to the data request from the remote computer device, to the remote computer device via the long-range wireless network.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the network device is further configured to receive driver communications from a plurality wireless data transfer and display devices via the long-range network, wherein the network device is configured to store the driver communications via the memory and is configured for successive storage any updates of the driver communications via the memory, and wherein the communication module is further configured to send the driver communication corresponding to the data request from the remote computer device to the remote computer device via the network.

13. A network device comprising:

a means for receiving vehicle data, driver information, and driver communications from a plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display devices, each portable wireless data transfer and display device being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of vehicles, via a long-range wireless network;

a means for storing the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications;

a means for processing at least one of;

the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communication into summary electronic reports;

a means for presenting the vehicle data, the driver information, the driver communication, and the summary electronic report of the plurality of vehicles in real-time by location;

a means for receiving a selection of the drivers presented; and

a means for sending work requests to wireless devices in use by the selection of the drivers presented.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein presenting the vehicle data, the driver information, the driver communication, and the summary electronic report of the plurality of vehicles in real-time by location includes presenting route information for one of more vehicles.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein presenting the vehicle data, the driver information, the driver communication, and the summary electronic report of the plurality of vehicles in real-time by location includes displaying a street view.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein presenting the vehicle data, the driver information, the driver communication, and the summary electronic report of the plurality of vehicles in real-time by location includes an aerial view display.

17. The device of claim 13, further comprising a means for sending at least one of:

the vehicle data, the driver information, the driver communication, the summary electronic report to at least one portable wireless data transfer and display device.

18. The device of claim 13, further comprising:

a means for receiving subscriber information from one or more remote computing devices via a network, the subscriber information associating one or more subscribers with the vehicle data and the driver information from the plurality of the portable wireless data transfer and display devices; and

a means for receiving a request for vehicle data and driver information from a remote subscriber device and provide the remote subscriber device with the vehicle data and driver information associated with a subscriber according the subscriber information.

19. The device of claim 18, further comprising a means for processing the subscriber information, one or more of the vehicle data, and one or more of the driver data into a subscription report.

20. The device of claim 18, further comprising:

a means for grouping the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications according to predetermined criteria into a grouping;

a means for presenting the grouping for the plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display devices specified by the user with associated items from the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications via the display;

a means for modifying the grouping, the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communication via a user input; and

a means for presenting a modified grouping with associated items from the vehicle data, the driver information, and the driver communications.