Systems and methods for improved augmentation for GPS calculations
First Claim
1. A system for providing improved augmentation for a global positioning system, the system comprising:
- (a) a GPS enabled vehicle device associated with a delivery vehicle traveling on a delivery route;
(b) a communication device associated with the delivery vehicle in electronic communication with the GPS enabled vehicle device;
(c) a stationary GPS device associated with an operating object located along the delivery route, wherein the stationary GPS device is configured to;
(1) receive signals from a plurality of satellites associated with the global positioning system;
(2) determine a calculated location of the operating object for which the stationary GPS device is affixed based on the received signals; and
(3) determine an error correction based on a predetermined location of the stationary GPS device and the calculated location of the stationary GPS device; and
(d) a stationary communication device, associated with the operating object, configured to receive the error correction from the stationary GPS device and communicate the error correction to the communication device associated with the delivery vehicle as the delivery vehicle travels within a predetermined distance of the operating object,wherein the communication device communicates the error correction to a second GPS enabled device proximate to the delivery route as the delivery vehicle travels the delivery route.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for providing improved augmentation for GPS calculations. In general, various embodiments of the invention involve using a plurality of GPS devices associated with stationary objects associated with a common carrier'"'"'s delivery network and the common carrier'"'"'s delivery fleet to calculate error corrections and to communicate these error corrections to a number of GPS enable devices to be used by these devices to augment GPS calculations to correct errors associated with GPS signals. Further, various embodiments of the invention involve collecting GPS data for a plurality of delivery routes traveled by the common carrier'"'"'s delivery fleet. In particular embodiments, this collected data may be used to provide more accurate address information for locations along these delivery routes and more accurate renderings of various landscapes along these delivery routes.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for providing improved augmentation for a global positioning system, the system comprising:
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(a) a GPS enabled vehicle device associated with a delivery vehicle traveling on a delivery route; (b) a communication device associated with the delivery vehicle in electronic communication with the GPS enabled vehicle device; (c) a stationary GPS device associated with an operating object located along the delivery route, wherein the stationary GPS device is configured to; (1) receive signals from a plurality of satellites associated with the global positioning system; (2) determine a calculated location of the operating object for which the stationary GPS device is affixed based on the received signals; and (3) determine an error correction based on a predetermined location of the stationary GPS device and the calculated location of the stationary GPS device; and (d) a stationary communication device, associated with the operating object, configured to receive the error correction from the stationary GPS device and communicate the error correction to the communication device associated with the delivery vehicle as the delivery vehicle travels within a predetermined distance of the operating object, wherein the communication device communicates the error correction to a second GPS enabled device proximate to the delivery route as the delivery vehicle travels the delivery route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for augmenting GPS data associated with a global positioning system, the method comprising the steps of:
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(1) receiving signals from a plurality of satellites associated with the global positioning system by a stationary GPS device, the stationary GPS device being one of a plurality of stationary GPS devices disposed along a plurality of delivery routes; (2) determining a calculated location of the stationary GPS device, by the stationary GPS device, based on the received signals; and (3) determining an error correction, by the stationary GPS device, based on a predetermined location of the stationary GPS device and the calculated location of the stationary GPS device; (4) communicating the error correction to one or more communication devices associated with one or more of delivery vehicles as the one or more delivery vehicles travel proximate the stationary GPS device; and (5) communicating the error correction to one or more GPS enabled devices proximate to the one or more delivery routes as the one or more delivery vehicles travel one or more of the plurality of delivery routes to cause each of the GPS enabled devices use the error correction to augment for GPS calculations performed by the one or more GPS enabled devices based on the global positioning system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing executable code for providing improved augmentation for GPS enabled devices associated with a global positioning system, that when executed by at least one computer processor associated with an operating object located along at least one of a plurality of delivery routes causes the at least one computer processor to:
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(1) receive signals from a plurality of satellites associated with the global positioning system; (2) determine a calculated location of the operating object based on the received signals; and (3) determine an error correction based on a precise location of the operating object and the calculated location of the operating object; and (4) communicate the error correction to one or more communication devices located on one or more of the delivery vehicles as the one or more delivery vehicles travel proximate to the operating object, wherein, as the one or more delivery vehicles travel one or more of the plurality of delivery routes, the one or more communication devices communicate the error correction to provide the error correction to one or more of the GPS enabled devices proximate to the one or more delivery routes to cause each of the GPS enabled devices to use the error correction to augment a GPS calculation performed by the GPS enabled device based on the global positioning system.
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