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Method and apparatus for tracking vehicle location

US6026345A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 1998
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/202
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method computer aided dispatching. The present method includes providing a display 510 having a first display segment 530. The first display segment 530 includes a digitized representation of a selected area from a raster map, intelligent area data superimposed upon the selected area to provide intelligence, and a user locatable mark 520. The user locatable mark 520 defines a mobile unit position based upon a first value and a second value. The present method also includes using a dispatch system 811 operably coupled to the display. The dispatch system 811 includes order data from customers. A portion of the order data is transferred from a data acquisition 801, 808 device to the mobile unit 610.

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