Method and apparatus to analyze GPS data to determine if a vehicle has adhered to a predetermined route

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8972179
APP PUB NO 20100185479A1
SERIAL NO

12724232

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System and method for analyzing position data from a vehicle equipped with a geographical position system to determine if the vehicle has adhered to a predetermined schedule, where the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at each one of a plurality of predetermined locations during a corresponding predetermined time window, the position data identifying a specific geographical location of the vehicle at a specific point in time. Position data from the vehicle is collected as the vehicle travels to the plurality of different locations, the position data identifying a specific geographical location of the vehicle at a specific point in time. Then the position data is analyzed to determine whether the vehicle was at each predetermined location during the corresponding predetermined time window. An exception report is automatically generated for each instance that the vehicle was not at one of the plurality of predetermined locations during the corresponding time window.

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  • ZONAR SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brinton, Brett Bellevue, US 42 1263
McQuade, Charles Michael Issaquah, US 99 2667

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