US 12,093,857 B2
Grounded operations management system and method therefor
Jimmy H Pang, Southlake, TX (US); Douglas Harvey Gage, Como, MS (US); and Angela Roush, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,754.
Application 18/328,754 is a continuation of application No. 17/678,974, filed on Feb. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,669,787.
Application 17/678,974 is a continuation of application No. 16/952,669, filed on Nov. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,288,605, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0316174 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A truck client device for facilitating a truck spot check-in in a distribution facility, comprising:
a client device disposed within a truck;
a GPS receiver operably coupled to the client device and configured to determine the location of the client device;
a display operably coupled to the client device and configured to display a truck user interface related to a truck spot check-in; and
a processor operably coupled to the client device and capable of executing machine-readable instructions to perform program steps, wherein execution of the machine-readable instructions to perform the program steps includes spawning a plurality of concurrent computer processes each configured to process at least a portion of the machine-readable instructions to increase a speed of execution of the machine-readable instructions, the program steps comprising:
transmitting pre-outgate and request lift to a truck spot check-in server via a client device disposed within a truck;
receiving a truck spot assignment and notifying a driver to proceed to an assigned truck spot or closest available spot via the client device;
generating, via the client device, a message having one or more fields indicating the actual spot that the truck is parked in while awaiting a freight deposit;
transmitting the message fields to the truck spot check-in server;
generating, via the client device, an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) including one or more selectable options on the truck client device allowing a truck operator to generate a comment related to the truck spot check-in;
initiating a communication session on the client device, wherein the communication includes a transfer of at least one message including the comment using the interactive GUI, wherein the at least one message includes one or more of an instant message, an audio data message, and a video data message, and wherein the at least one message is packetized during the transfer of the at least one message; and
generating a notification that action is being taken to correct an exception.