Interactive real time system and real time method of use thereof in conveyance industry segments
The inventive system and method address a long felt need for enhancing the efficiency of systems in the interactive conveyance industry for goods and services by providing for the filtering, selection and securing of conveyance services in accordance with one or more of client and representative preferences in substantially real time.
1. A network for communicating and securing one or more conveyance service requests from at least one conveyance client to at least one representative that controls at least one vehicle configured to perform conveyance services, the at least one conveyance client having a conveyance client device in communication with the network, the network comprising:
a plurality of external servers in communication with the network, each external server associated with a business entity that manages or controls a conveyance service, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of external servers is configured for receiving the one or more conveyance service requests from the at least one conveyance client, and wherein the one or more conveyance service requests comprise conveyance data associated with one or more of persons or objects to be transported, geographical location data, and one or more representative preference;
at least one central server in communication with the network, the at least one central server configured for receiving the one or more conveyance service requests from the at least at least a portion of the plurality of external servers;
at least one application associated with the at least one central server, the at least one application configured for entry of one or a combination of the geographical location data and the one or more representative preference via at least one interface having at least one input device and at least one display device;
wherein the at least one central server is configured to:
perform one or more of standardizing and aggregating the one or more conveyance service requests;
filter the one or more conveyance service requests by using one or a combination of the one or more representative preference and the geographical location data to identify a filtered subset of conveyance service requests;
identify one or more preferred conveyance service requests from the filtered subset of conveyance service requests based on the one or more representative preference; and
wherein the at least one application is further configured to:
generate at least one visual representation associated with one or more selectable request options comprising one or a combination of the filtered subset of conveyance service requests, the one or more preferred conveyance service requests, and the one or more representative preference, wherein the one or more selectable request options is displayed interactively within the at least one visual representation on the at least one display device, wherein the at least one visual representation comprises a dynamic map that is updated in substantially real time to display updated results for the one or more selectable request options; and
secure the one or more selectable request options in response to an entry by one or a combination of the at least one representative and the business entity via the at least one input device.
2. The network of claim 1 , wherein the business entity operates within a freight industry segment.
3. The network of claim 1 , wherein the at least one vehicle comprises at least one autonomous vehicle.
4. The network of claim 1 , wherein one or a combination of the at least one representative and the at least one conveyance client operates within a freight industry segment.
5. The network of claim 1 , wherein the business entity comprises one or more of an entity that conveys goods or services, an entity that produces or supplies freight, a freight provider, a service provider, a goods supplier, a fleet manager, a logistics provider, and a logistics supplier.
6. The network of claim 1 , wherein the at least one representative comprises at least one driver.
7. The network of claim 1 , wherein the one or more representative preference is entered by a controller on behalf of one or more of a driver, a business entity, and an autonomous vehicle.
8. The network of claim 1 , wherein the at least one representative comprises a controller that secures or obtains the one or more preferred conveyance service requests for one or more of a driver and an autonomous vehicle.
9. The network of claim 1 , wherein multiple external servers of the plurality of the external servers are associated with a single business entity.
10. The network of claim 1 , wherein the at least one application is further configured to select one or more additional selectable request options after securing the one or more selectable request options.
11. The network of claim 1 , wherein the at least one visual representation comprises one or more of a list, a geographical map, a dynamic map, and a heat map.
12. The network of claim 1 , wherein the at least one visual representation is configured to repeatedly update with at least one of subsequent or additional filtered subset of conveyance service requests, subsequent or additional one or more preferred conveyance service requests, the one or more additional selectable request options, conveyance data, and the one or more representative preference.
13. The network of claim 1 , wherein the at least one application comprises one or more of a website, a web application, a smart phone application, and a computer program.
14. The network of claim 1 , wherein the geographical location data comprises one or more of a beginning service geographical location, an ending service geographical location, a waypoint, and a substantially real time geographical location of the at least one representative.
15. A network for communicating and securing one or more conveyance service requests from at least one conveyance client to at least one representative that controls at least one vehicle configured to perform conveyance services, the at least one conveyance client having a conveyance client device in communication with the network, the network comprising:
at least one central server in communication with the network;
at least one application associated with the at least one central server, the at least one application configured for entry of one or a combination of geographical location data and one or more representative preference via at least one interface having at least one input device and at least one display device;
a plurality of external servers in communication with the network, each external server associated with a business entity that manages or controls a conveyance service, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of external servers is configured for receiving the one or more conveyance service requests comprising conveyance data associated with one or more persons or objects to be transported, the geographical location data, and the one or more representative preference, wherein each of the at least a portion of the plurality of external servers is further configured for first filtering the one or more conveyance service requests according to at least one of the geographical location data and at least a portion of the one or more representative preference to define one or more first filtered conveyance service requests;
wherein the at least one central server is configured to:
perform one or more of standardizing and aggregating the one or more first filtered conveyance service requests; and
second filter the one or more first filtered conveyance service requests by using one or combination of the one or more representative preference and the geographical location data to identify one or more second filtered conveyance service requests; and
wherein the at least one application is further configured to:
generate at least one visual representation associated with one or more selectable request options comprising one or a combination of the one or more second filtered conveyance service requests, the one or more first filtered conveyance service requests, and the one or more representative preference, wherein the one or more selectable request options is displayed interactively within the at least one visual representation on the at least one display device, wherein the at least one visual representation comprises a dynamic map that is updated in substantially real time to display updated results for the one or more selectable request options; and
secure the one or more selectable request options in response to an entry by the at least one representative or the business entity via the at least one input device.
16. The network of claim 15 , wherein the at least one central server identifies the one or more second filtered conveyance service requests using one or more of a sorting algorithm, a selection algorithm, a search algorithm, a merge algorithm, a maximum function, a minimum function, and a comparison.
17. The network of claim 15 , wherein the at least one vehicle comprises at least one autonomous vehicle.
18. The network of claim 15 , wherein one or a combination of the at least one representative and the at least one conveyance client operates within a freight industry segment.
19. The network of claim 15 , wherein the business entity comprises one or more of an entity that conveys goods or services, an entity that produces or supplies freight, a freight provider, a service provider, a goods supplier, a fleet manager, a logistics provider, a map provider, and a logistics supplier.
20. The network of claim 15 , wherein the at least one representative comprises at least one driver.
21. The network of claim 15 , wherein the one or more representative preference is entered by a controller on behalf of one or more of a driver, the business entity, and an autonomous vehicle.
22. The network of claim 15 , wherein the at least one representative comprises a controller that secures or obtains the one or more second filtered conveyance service on behalf of one or more of a driver, the business entity, and an autonomous vehicle.
23. The network of claim 15 , wherein the at least one application is further configured to select one or more additional selectable request options after securing the one or more selectable request options.
24. The network of claim 15 , wherein the at least one visual representation comprises one or more of a list, a geographical map, a dynamic map, and a heat map.
25. The network of claim 15 , wherein the at least one visual representation is configured to repeatedly update with at least one of additional first filtered conveyance service requests, additional second filtered conveyance service requests, the one or more additional selectable request options, conveyance data, and the one or more representative preference.
26. The network of claim 15 , wherein the at least one application comprises one or more of a website, a web application, a smart phone application, and a computer program.
27. The network of claim 15 , wherein the geographical location data comprises one or more of a beginning service geographical location, an ending service geographical location, a waypoint, and a substantially real time geographical location of the at least one representative.
28. A method for communicating and securing one or more conveyance service requests from at least one conveyance client to at least one representative that controls at least one vehicle configured to perform conveyance services, the at least one conveyance client having a conveyance client device in communication within the network, the method comprising:
a) receiving at, at least one central server in communication with the network, in any order:
i) the one or more conveyance service requests from at least one external server associated with a business entity that manages or controls a conveyance service, the one or more conveyance service requests comprising conveyance data associated with one or more persons or objects to be transported from at least one first geographical location to at least one second geographical location;
ii) one or more representative preference entered via at least one terminal having a display device and an input device; and
iii) geographical location data;
b) processing the one or more conveyance service requests by:
i) filtering the one or more conveyance service requests by using the one or more representative preference and the geographical location data to identify a filtered subset of conveyance service requests; and
ii) identifying one or more preferred conveyance service requests from the filtered subset of conveyance service requests based on the one or more representative preference; and
c) generating at least one visual representation associated with one or more selectable request options comprising one or a combination of the filtered subset of conveyance service requests, the one or more preferred conveyance service requests, the one or more representative preference, wherein the one or more selectable request options is interactively displayed as options within the at least one visual representation on the display device, wherein the at least one visual representation comprises a dynamic map that is updated in substantially real time to display updated results for the one or more selectable request options; and
d) securing the one or more selectable request options in response to an entry by the at least one representative or the business entity via the input device.