ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,204, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GRID SMARTER CITIES LTD (Great Britain).
"Vehicle journey management system" was invented by Neil Andrew Herron (Newcastle upon Tyne and Wear, Great Britain) and Julian Wrigley (Newcastle upon Tyne and Wear, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of operating vehicle management systems are disclosed in particular for the delivery of goods which potentially degrade during a journey for example concrete. The method includes registering a different delivery time slots for multiple vehicles to a location. Using GPS to determine the locations of the vehicles on their journeys and estimati...