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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

May. 29, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Asuka Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Hosokawa, Kodaira, JP;

Shoichiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Yasutaka Nishimura, Yamato, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0125 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02);
Abstract

The present invention may be a method, a computer system, and a computer program product for grouping a plurality moving objects capable of communicating with a server computer. The server computer performs the method comprising: predicting travel routes of the plurality of moving objects, using current traveling data and travel history data; grouping the plurality of moving objects into at least one group, using the predicted travel routes; determining a representative moving object in each group; and communicating with the representative moving object.


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