US 11,775,921 B2
System and method for transportation management
William James Martin, Jr., Goshen, IN (US); Angela Blough, Middlebury, IN (US); Arthur James Hicks, Jr., Goshen, IN (US); and Thomas Franklin Smith, Osceola, IN (US)
Filed by Cogent Logistics, Goshen, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/834,830.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/197,978, filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0391837 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1091 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1091 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transportation management system, including:
a back-end system controlling a display depicting real-time location tracking of a plurality of drivers, transportation vehicles, and freight using a location tracking device including a GPS utility;
wherein a server of the back-end system executes a plurality of modules including at least:
a trip management module facilitating control of a trip, including request of the trip by a driver and assignment of the trip to the driver by the back-end system;
a driver management module facilitating—control of driver operations, including canceling the trip or abandoning a trip and notifying the driver via the end-user device;
a settlement management module facilitating settlement or completion of the trip, including submission of inspection documents of the freight or the transportation vehicle before the trip begins and after the trip has ended; and
an inspection module providing a digital checklist of an inspection, including submission of a photo or video clip documenting at least one item from the digital checklist;
wherein the server uses location sensing on the photo or video clip to confirm that the photo or video clip is taken within a predetermined radius relative to a drop off location.