Patent ID: 6411897
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G01C,G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
A method for scheduling a vehicle transporting freight and passengers while traveling on a route using a host connected to a plurality of freight terminals and a plurality of passenger terminals, said method comprising:receiving new freight transportation requests containing pickup times, pickup locations, destination times, destination locations, and freight requirements at the host from said plurality of freight terminals; receiving new passenger transportation requests containing pickup times, pickup locations, destination times, destination locations, and the number of passengers at the host from said plurality of passenger terminals; receiving vehicle positioning data from a global positioning system from the vehicle at said host, creating a new route schedule at the host for the vehicle traveling on the route, the new route based on the received vehicle positioning data and the new freight and new passenger transportation requests that can be transported by said vehicle so as not to exceed a predetermined number of passengers and a predetermined freight requirement; delivering the new route schedule from the host to the vehicle for the vehicle to travel on a new route in the new route schedule.