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Method and apparatus for fleet management    
United States Patent5922040   
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Inventor(s)Prabhakaran; Sanjiv (San Jose, CA)
AbstractThe invention provides a system for fleet management having a main process 1501 and client processes 1503, 1505. The system has a graphical user interface user apparatus 1508 having a display and user interface such as a keyboard. The system also uses a main process manager 1501 operably coupled to the display 1508 through a central processor. The child processes include a current report receiver 1503 operably coupled to the display through said central processor, and a history report receiver 1505 operably coupled to the display through the central processor. The child processes are also each operably coupled to a mobile information center, which provides vehicle position data and the like. This vehicle position data are received and transmitted to a fleet of vehicles (e.g., couriers, etc.) through the mobile information center.



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Method and apparatus for fleet management
Inventor     Prabhakaran; Sanjiv (San Jose, CA)
Owner/Assignee     Mobile Information System, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
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Publication Date     July 13, 1999
Application Number     08/706,211
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Filing Date     August 30, 1996
US Classification     701/117 340/990 701/208
Int'l Classification     G06F 017/60
Examiner     Zanelli; Michael
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Attorney/Law Firm     Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
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Parent Case     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/443,062 filed May 17, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,636,122; issued Jun. 3, 1997 and is a continuation-in-part of Provisional Application Serial No. 60/003,153 filed Sep. 1, 1995, all in the name of the present assignee. This application is also related to application Ser. No. 08/443,063, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,758,313 filed May 17, 1995, in the name of the present assignee. Furthermore, this application is related to application Ser. Nos. 08,697,825 and 08/706,341 filed on the same date of this present application, all in the name of the present assignee. All of these documents are hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.
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USPTO Field of Search     701/208 701/300 701/207 701/117 340/990 340/992 340/993
Patent Tags     fleet management
   
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