US 11,727,337 B1
System and method for customer and/or container discovery based on GPS drive path and parcel data analysis for a waste / recycling service vehicle
Sergiy Savchenko, Houston, TX (US); Hemachandra Pillutla, Houston, TX (US); Eugene Munoz, Houston, TX (US); and Kenneth Simonelic, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,171.
Application 17/848,171 is a continuation of application No. 17/384,567, filed on Jul. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,373,536, issued on Jun. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,748, filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,343, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06395 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/26 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing parcel data analysis for a residential service route for a waste or recycling service vehicle, the method comprising:
collecting location information for the waste or recycling service vehicle during a plurality of time intervals as the service vehicle travels along the service route, wherein the location information is collected using a global positioning system (GPS) associated with the waste or recycling service vehicle;
associating the location information with street network data relating to the service route; identifying a vehicle stop point on the service route, determining whether the waste or recycling service vehicle is providing collection services to a residential street address associated with the vehicle stop point, wherein the residential street address is determined using the street network data; and
further comprising detecting a service area based on identifying the lowest average speed for a time period greater than one minute.