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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Vincil C. Dean, Louisville, CO (US);
Djangir A. Babayev, Boulder, CO (US);
Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A fleet monitoring system provides the ability to collect location information for a number of different fleet vehicles and identify clusters of activities based on frequency of activities occurring within a defined distance from each other. The activities being clusters may be associated with location with locations where fleet vehicles are parked after they have reached their destinations. To monitor a fleet, vehicles in the fleet are equipped with a GPS unit to record location information. The location information is later analyzed at a central location to identify clusters of stop locations based on latitude and longitude information reported by the GPS units in the vehicles. The clustering program is used to detect locations frequently visited by the field representatives.