US 12,008,506 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 May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,740.
Application 17/824,740 is a continuation of application No. 17/384,567, filed on Jul. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,373,536.
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); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06395 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/26 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of analyzing service route data for a waste or recycling service vehicle on a service route, the method comprising:
collecting location information for the vehicle as the vehicle travels along the service route, wherein the location information is collected using a locating device capable of satellite communications associated with the vehicle;
identifying a vehicle stop point from the collected location information to determine whether the vehicle is providing collection services at the vehicle stop point, wherein the vehicle stop point for a residential stop comprises an exact vehicle stop point identified by determining that latitude and longitude location information is the same for two consecutive-in-time communications from the locating device, and wherein the vehicle stop point for a commercial stop comprises an interpolated vehicle stop point identified by determining that the calculated speed of the vehicle between two consecutive-in-time communications from the locating device is less than a predetermined value;
associating the vehicle stop point to a parcel to determine the street address;
determining whether the vehicle is providing collection services to a street address associated with the vehicle stop point;
associating the street address with stored customer related contract and stored customer information;
displaying, on an electronic viewing portal, the street address and an image captured by an optical sensor on the vehicle at the vehicle stop point; and
making the electronic viewing portal available for viewing by a user to confirm whether the street address is associated with the stored customer information.