Patent ID: 7657452
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for optimizing a tour having a first segment with an origination point and a destination point and a second segment with an origination point and a destination point, comprising steps implemented by a computer processor of: receiving first load data about a first load and second load data about a second load, using the computer processor; evaluating a fit of the first load data on the first segment and a fit of the second load data on the first segment, using the computer processor, wherein evaluating the fit of the first load data further comprises: evaluating a fit of the first load data on the second segment and a fit of the second load data on the second segment, using the computer processor; ranking, in a first list comprising available loads for the first segment, the relative fits of the first load data and the second load data against the first segment, using the computer processor; ranking, in a second list comprising available loads for the second segment, the relative fits of the first load data and the second load data against the second segment, using the computer processor; assigning the load having the highest ranking fit from the first list to the first segment and removing that load from the second list, using the computer processor; assigning the load having the highest ranking fit from the second list to the second segment, using the computer processor; and storing the tour using the assigned loads on a memory coupled to the processor.