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Method and apparatus for selectively disabling train location reports

  • US 20060212190A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2006
  • Published: 09/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a railway scheduling system in which each resource used in each scheduled activity has an incremental cost associated with it, and in which train location reports are automatically provided to the scheduler as an aid in the updating the schedule, a method of selectively disabling train location reports comprising:

  • (a) assigning a local movement activity to a selected train at a selected location;

    (b) automatically disabling the generation of train location reports by the selected train as a function of the distance of the train from the selected location.

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