METHOD AND SYSTEM USING SMS NOTIFICATION AND AN INTERNET BROWSER TO PROVIDE REALTIME TRANSPORT INFORMATION

• US 20090024316A1
• Filed: 07/08/2004
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Navcity Pty., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Navcity Pty., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sutanto, Jonathan Adhi
• Application Number:
  US11/571,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20090024316A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096822 where the segments of the route are transmitted to the vehicle at different locations and times
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA

Abstract

A method of tracking travel plans, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a current travel plan on an internet interactive database; (b) initially forwarding a coded indicator of the current travel plan on a mobile communications device; (c) utilising the coded indicator to interrogate a remote database of current travel information to determine travel logistic information relevant to the current travel plan; (d) communicating issues associated with the logistics of the current travel plan with the mobile communications device; (e) conveying the issues to a user of the mobile communications device.

Claims

1. A method of tracking travel plans, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) forming a current travel plan on an internet interactive database;

(b) initially forwarding a coded indicator of the current travel plan on a mobile communications device;

(c) utilizing said coded indicator to interrogate a remote database of current travel information to determine travel logistic information relevant to said current travel plan;

(d) communicating issues associated with the logistics of said current travel plan with said mobile communications device;

(e) conveying said issues to a user of said mobile communications device.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said forwarding comprises sending an SMS message with the coded indicator to said mobile communications device.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said SMS message includes a return address for interrogating said remote database.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said step (a) includes interacting with travel route planning software utilizing an internet browser.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said remote database is further interconnected with externally provided transport information databases for real time updates of transport information.

6. A system for formulating and modelling travel plans, the system including:

first interactive system for creating coded indicators of travel plans;

a mobile communications device for receipt of said coded indicator;

real time monitoring system for later receipt of said coded indicator from said mobile communications device, said monitoring system interrogating a current database to determine if any information relevant to a corresponding travel plan to said coded indicator exists and forwarding said information to said mobile communications device for review by a user.

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