Patent ID: 8374927

Claim:
A method of routing a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving vehicle information from a vehicle main computer and a global positioning satellite device associated with the vehicle; scanning an image representing a shipping document comprising shipping information for at least one package utilizing a scanning device; processing the image utilizing an image processor on board the vehicle; and generating image data from the processed image; calculating an estimated time of arrival based at least in part on the vehicle information; wirelessly transmitting estimated time of arrival data corresponding to the calculated estimated time of arrival to a remote processor, and wirelessly transmitting the image data to a remote processor, wherein the remote processor extracts and generates billing information in advance of arrival of the at least one package at an arrival destination; wirelessly receiving updated route information data from the remote processor, the updated route information data based at least in part on the image data, the estimated time of arrival, or combinations thereof; and displaying a graphical representation of the updated route information data, wherein the acts of receiving, scanning, processing, calculating, transmitting and displaying are performed by an onboard device terminal.