Patent ID: 9171471
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying an overlapping area, the method comprising: receiving, via one or more processors, telematics data associated with a first vehicle, wherein the telematics data is collected while the first vehicle operates within a first geographic area; receiving, via the one or more processors, telematics data associated with a second vehicle, wherein the telematics data is collected while the second vehicle operates within a second geographic area; identifying, via the one or more processors, an overlapping area, wherein (1) the overlapping area is identified based at least in part from the (a) telematics data associated with the first vehicle and (b) the telematics data associated with the second vehicle, and (2) at least a portion of the overlapping area is within the first geographic area and the second geographic area; and assigning, via the one or more processors, one or more detected locations in the overlapping area to at least one of the first geographic area or the second geographic area for travel to the detected locations by a vehicle.