Apparatus for and method of creating delivery route maps
US5197009A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/047
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for employing a computer program through a console having a touch screen operated CRT and related memory to produce a route map with customer address, delivery route instructions and directions on an area map which relates the location of the store from which a customer's order is made up for delivery to that customer. The make up of the apparatus includes an audio system for voice input and output to the motherhood of the CPU, and a modem which allows the computer to communicate to the outside world for purposes of updating the software and map data from a remote data base source.
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