Patents by Inventor Mark Robert DUNLOP

Mark Robert DUNLOP has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10664770
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for routing vehicles in a vehicle fleet includes a location assignment module comprising computer hardware and a routing module. The location assignment module can be configured to iteratively: determine whether quotas are met for a plurality of territories based at least on locations assigned to individual territories of the plurality of territories, and in response to determining that the quota is unmet for one or more individual territories, assign one or more additional locations to the one or more individual territories having unmet quotas based at least on a proximity of the one or more additional locations to a different reference location associated with each of the one or more individual territories having unmet quotas. The routing module can be configured to generate routes including the locations assigned to the individual territories for vehicles in a vehicle fleet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: William George Looman, Jefferson Ray Tan Hidayat, Katherine Winnie Kok, Mark Robert Dunlop
  • Patent number: 10528062
    Abstract: A computerized vehicle control system for fleet routing includes a fleet of vehicles where each vehicle in the fleet of vehicles is configured to travel over streets and including an engine and wheels. Each vehicle further includes an in-vehicle electronic device comprising digital logic circuitry and a port configured to couple with a vehicle computer installed in the vehicle and in communication with a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle. The in-vehicle electronic device further comprises a display. The computerized vehicle control system further includes a vehicle management system comprising memory and computer hardware and configured to communicate over a network with each in-vehicle electronic device in the fleet of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: William George Looman, Jefferson Ray Tan Hidayat, Katherine Winnie Kok, Mark Robert Dunlop
  • Publication number: 20190251485
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for routing vehicles in a vehicle fleet includes a location assignment module comprising computer hardware and a routing module. The location assignment module can be configured to iteratively: determine whether quotas are met for a plurality of territories based at least on locations assigned to individual territories of the plurality of territories, and in response to determining that the quota is unmet for one or more individual territories, assign one or more additional locations to the one or more individual territories having unmet quotas based at least on a proximity of the one or more additional locations to a different reference location associated with each of the one or more individual territories having unmet quotas. The routing module can be configured to generate routes including the locations assigned to the individual territories for vehicles in a vehicle fleet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: William George LOOMAN, Jefferson Ray Tan HIDAYAT, Katherine Winnie KOK, Mark Robert DUNLOP
  • Patent number: 10311385
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a memory device and a hardware processor. The memory can store multiple locations positioned along a network of streets in a geographic region. The hardware processor can assign some of the multiple locations to multiple territories associated with multiple vehicles by iteratively: determining whether an allocation threshold is met for the multiple territories and, in response to determining that the allocation threshold is unmet for at least two of the multiple territories, assigning one of the multiple locations not yet assigned to the multiple territories to one of the at least two of the multiple territories. In addition, the hardware processor can generate multiple routes connecting the multiple locations for the multiple vehicles so that each of the multiple routes connects the locations of the multiple locations assigned to one of the multiple territories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: William George Looman, Jefferson Ray Tan Hidayat, Katherine Winnie Kok, Mark Robert Dunlop
  • Publication number: 20170277198
    Abstract: A computerized vehicle control system for fleet routing includes a fleet of vehicles where each vehicle in the fleet of vehicles is configured to travel over streets and including an engine and wheels. Each vehicle further includes an in-vehicle electronic device comprising digital logic circuitry and a port configured to couple with a vehicle computer installed in the vehicle and in communication with a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle. The in-vehicle electronic device further comprises a display. The computerized vehicle control system further includes a vehicle management system comprising memory and computer hardware and configured to communicate over a network with each in-vehicle electronic device in the fleet of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: William George Looman, Jefferson Ray Tan Hidayat, Katherine Winnie Kok, Mark Robert Dunlop
  • Publication number: 20170061335
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a memory device and a hardware processor. The memory can store multiple locations positioned along a network of streets in a geographic region. The hardware processor can assign some of the multiple locations to multiple territories associated with multiple vehicles by iteratively: determining whether an allocation threshold is met for the multiple territories and, in response to determining that the allocation threshold is unmet for at least two of the multiple territories, assigning one of the multiple locations not yet assigned to the multiple territories to one of the at least two of the multiple territories. In addition, the hardware processor can generate multiple routes connecting the multiple locations for the multiple vehicles so that each of the multiple routes connects the locations of the multiple locations assigned to one of the multiple territories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: William George LOOMAN, Jefferson Ray Tan HIDAYAT, Katherine Winnie KOK, Mark Robert DUNLOP
  • Publication number: 20130339266
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for routing vehicles in a vehicle fleet includes a location assignment module comprising computer hardware and a routing module. The location assignment module can be configured to iteratively: determine whether quotas are met for a plurality of territories based at least on locations assigned to individual territories of the plurality of territories, and in response to determining that the quota is unmet for one or more individual territories, assign one or more additional locations to the one or more individual territories having unmet quotas based at least on a proximity of the one or more additional locations to a different reference location associated with each of the one or more individual territories having unmet quotas. The routing module can be configured to generate routes including the locations assigned to the individual territories for vehicles in a vehicle fleet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: William George LOOMAN, Jefferson Ray Tan HIDAYAT, Katherine Winnie KOK, Mark Robert DUNLOP
  • Publication number: 20130339098
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for routing vehicles in a vehicle fleet includes a location assignment module comprising computer hardware and a routing module. The location assignment module can be configured to iteratively: determine whether quotas are met for a plurality of territories based at least on locations assigned to individual territories of the plurality of territories, and in response to determining that the quota is unmet for one or more individual territories, assign one or more additional locations to the one or more individual territories having unmet quotas based at least on a proximity of the one or more additional locations to a different reference location associated with each of the one or more individual territories having unmet quotas. The routing module can be configured to generate routes including the locations assigned to the individual territories for vehicles in a vehicle fleet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: TELOGIS, INC.
    Inventors: William George LOOMAN, Jefferson Ray Tan HIDAYAT, Katherine Winnie KOK, Mark Robert DUNLOP