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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
Stephen J. Boies, Mahopac, NY (US);
Samuel H. Dinkin, Austin, TX (US);
David Perry Greene, Ossining, NY (US);
Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Philip S. Yu, Chappagua, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, method and computer program product for determining optimum routing of vehicles based on historical information as well as user preferences and current travel conditions. Historical data is compiled and statistically analyzed to determiner characteristics of each possible route between two points. The characteristic information is then used along with user preference information and current travel condition information to determine an optimum route between the two points.