Patent ID: 8909466

Claim:
A method of off-board navigation, comprising: receiving, at a navigation device, routing information relating to a route from a starting point to a destination; tracking a location of the navigation device; detecting an off-route condition in which the location of the navigation device has departed from the route; sending, from the navigation device to a server, a route request message including the location of the navigation device and vehicle attributes, the vehicle attributes being related to a vehicle associated with the navigation device; detecting an availability of a response from the server to the route request message; and if the response is detected as being available: receiving a route correction message from the server, the route correction message including a multi-stop route to the destination based on the location of the navigation device, the vehicle attributes provided by the navigation device, and a set of fleet rules associated with a plurality of vehicles including the vehicle associated with the navigation device, wherein the vehicle attributes include one or more of a vehicle height, a vehicle weight, and load restrictions, and wherein the multi-stop route is further based on expected changes to one or more of the vehicle attributes during transit; and updating a portion of the route at the navigation device based on the route correction message.