System and method for providing vehicle and fleet profiles

• US 9,569,965 B1
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Connect Development Limited
• Original Assignee: Fleetmatics Development Limited (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Mitchell, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Kan, Yuri
• Application Number:
  US13/083,852
• Time in Patent Office: 2,136 Days
• Field of Search: 701/117, 705/2, 705/7.33, 705/4, 705/7.13, 707/201, 188/158, 180/167, 455/456.3, 370/242, 370/252, 342/357.31
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/28 with correlation of data from several navigational instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/004 Remote reading of utility meters to a fixed location
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0825 using optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed are a computer systems, methods and products including at least one computer processor and computer readable storage medium or media including computer code and at least one storage device in which is stored GPS data for a plurality of vehicles. One or more processors are programmed at least to receive GPS event data transmitted from a plurality of GPS devices, each GPS device associated a vehicle; for each vehicle, store in a memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, the GPS event data; analyze the GPS event data to derive a plurality of operational metrics for each vehicle; and provide, for a graphic user interface, an interactive display configured display a graphic presentation of at least one operational metric for each of a plurality of vehicles.

Claims

1. A computer system for managing a vehicle fleet based on historical GPS event data, the system comprising:

one or more processors programmed at least to;

receive GPS event data transmitted from a plurality of GPS devices, each GPS device being associated with a vehicle of the vehicle fleet that has a plurality of vehicles;

for each vehicle, store, in a memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, the GPS event data;

analyze the GPS event data to derive a plurality of operational metrics for each vehicle; and

provide, for a graphic user interface, an interactive display configured display a graphic presentation of an operational metric for each of a plurality of vehicles,

wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to determine an incorrect position of a vehicle as reported in the GPS event data, exclude the incorrect position from the GPS event data, and recalculate a trajectory based on a position prior to the incorrect position.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

provide, for the graphic user interface, the graphic presentation of the operational metric, the operational metric including an operation metric selected from the group consisting essentially of;

engine on/off, vehicle mileage, idling, number of stops, and speed.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

provide, for the graphic user interface, an alert when an operational metric for a vehicle meets or exceeds at least one predetermined criterion established for the operational metric.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein

the operational metric includes at least one of:

engine on/off, vehicle mileage, idling, and speeding.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

correct, using a correction algorithm, the GPS event data.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein

the one or more processors are further programmed to:

store, in a memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, a record of a route from an origin location to a destination location; and

record the route for provision to a computer configured to display the route as a map.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

for each vehicle, store, in the memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, historical GPS event data for a plurality of operation periods.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

generate a report based on said historical event data.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein

the report includes:

vehicle activity over a predetermined time period;

a speed report;

an idling report;

vehicle operational reports;

employee performance;

driver behavior; and

fleet performance.

10. A method for managing a vehicle fleet based on historical GPS event data, the method comprising:

receiving GPS event data transmitted from a plurality of GPS devices, each GPS device being associated with a vehicle of the vehicle fleet that has a plurality of vehicles;

storing, for each vehicle, in a memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, the GPS event data; and

analyzing the GPS event data to derive a plurality of operational metrics for each vehicle; and

providing, for a graphic user interface, an interactive display configured display a graphic presentation of an operational metric for each of a plurality of vehicles,

wherein the method further comprises determining an incorrect position of a vehicle as reported in the GPS event data, excluding the incorrect position from the GPS event data, and recalculating a trajectory based on a position prior to the incorrect position.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

providing, for the graphic user interface, the graphic presentation of the operational metric, the operational metric including at least one of;

engine on/off, vehicle mileage, idling, number of stops, and speed.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

providing, for the graphic user interface, an alert when an operational metric for a vehicle exceeds a predetermined criterion established for the operational metric.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein

the operational metric includes an operational metric selected from the group consisting essentially of:

engine on/off, vehicle mileage, idling, and speeding.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

correcting, using a correction algorithm, the GPS event data.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

storing, in a memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, a record of a route from an origin location to a destination location; and

recording the route for provision to a computer configured to display the route as a map.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

for each vehicle, storing, in the memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, historical GPS event data for a plurality of operation periods.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

generating a report based on said historical event data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein

the report includes:

vehicle activity over a predetermined time period;

a speeding report;

an idling report;

vehicle operational reports;

employee performance;

driver behavior; and

fleet performance.

19. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processor within a computer system that comprises one or more processors and a memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, cause the computer system to execute a method for managing a vehicle fleet based on historical GPS event data, the method comprising:

receiving GPS event data transmitted from a plurality of GPS devices, each GPS device being associated with a vehicle of a vehicle fleet that has a plurality of vehicles;

for each vehicle, storing in a memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, the GPS event data;

analyzing the GPS event data to derive a plurality of operational metrics for each vehicle; and

providing, for a graphic user interface, an interactive display configured display a graphic presentation of an operational metric for each of a plurality of vehicles,

wherein the method further comprising determining an incorrect position of a vehicle as reported in the GPS event data, excluding the incorrect position from the GPS event data, and recalculating a trajectory based on a position prior to the incorrect position.