US 12,462,204 B2
Vehicle journey management system
Neil Andrew Herron, Newcastle upon Tyne and Wear (GB); and Julian Wrigley, Newcastle upon Tyne and Wear (GB)
Assigned to GRID SMARTER CITIES LTD, (GB)
Appl. No. 18/280,127
Filed by GRID SMARTER CITIES LTD, Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne and Wear (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/GB2022/050548
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/185052, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2102919 (GB), filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0070579 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06312 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 2240/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a vehicle management system performed by a computing device, the method comprising:
registering a first time slot to a first vehicle as a first input to a booking application configured on the computing device to park in a first parking area, wherein the first vehicle is transporting goods that have a time delivery window;
registering a second time slot to a second vehicle as a second input to the booking application in said first parking area;
receiving location information in electronic data form as a third input to the booking application of the first vehicle from a global navigation satellite system or global positioning system;
receiving, as a fourth input to the booking application, at least one variable of said first vehicle or the goods therein in electronic data form, wherein the variable is measured by a sensor and compared against a predetermined standard to determine a condition of the goods to be delivered;
recalculating, by a processor of the computing device, the time delivery window for the first vehicle based, at least in part, on the condition of the goods to be delivered;
estimating, by the processor of the computing device, the respective expected arrival times of the first vehicle to arrive at the first parking area based on its location;
automatically reallocating, by the processor of the computing device, the first vehicle to the second time slot upon the recalculated time delivery window for the first vehicle being determined, by the processor of the computing device, to not overlap the first time slot and the estimated arrival time being determined, by the processor of the computing device, to overlap the second time slot; and
automatically communicating, by the processor, data indicating the reallocation to a user device having a display, the user device automatically displaying the data to a user on the display.