Patent ID: 6233517
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
In a computer system including a processor coupled to a bus, and a memory unit coupled to said bus for storing information, a computer-implemented method for indicating which of a plurality of vehicles to dispatch to a location within a geographic area comprising the steps of.a) dividing a geographic region into a plurality of geographic cells;b.) calculating a cost for a vehicle to travel from a first of said geographic cells to a second of said geographic cells by considering road classifications;c.) incorporating geographic cell information into an automatic vehicle location system such that position information for a plurality of vehicles monitored by said automatic vehicle location system further comprises an indication of said geographic cell in which said plurality of vehicles are respectively located;d) determining which of said plurality of vehicles is able most efficiently to be dispatched by a computer aided dispatch system to a location within one of said geographic cells; ande) communicating to said computer aided dispatch system which of said plurality of vehicles should be dispatched.