Patent ID: 8150780
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An automated system comprising: (a) a memory storing a plurality of potential reclaims in a reclaim queue, each associated with at least one parameter, where said plurality of potential reclaims includes at least one combination of said plurality of potential reclaims mutually exclusive with another combination of said plurality of potential reclaims; and (b) a processor that selectively, automatically applies a selected one of said combinations of potential reclaims to at least one movement cycle of a unit of railroad transport equipment, so as to maximize the total value of the selectively applied combination, by a comparison of said at least one parameter to numerical codes for said movement cycle, each numerical code respectively representing statistical information about said movement cycle, wherein the term “mutually exclusive” means that only one of two combinations of said plurality of reclaims can be applied to a movement cycle.