AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING A SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE ARRIVAL OF A VEHICLE

• US 20100082569A1
• Filed: 09/24/2009
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Darryl Hubbard, George Cresto
• Original Assignee: Darryl Hubbard, George Cresto
• Inventors: CRESTO, George, Hubbard, Darryl
• Application Number:
  US12/566,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082569A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/017 identifying vehicles G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A system, method, and computer readable medium for notifying a service provider of the arrival of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes an RFID reader that determines a unique vehicle code that is embedded with an RFID tag secured in or on the arriving vehicle and that transmits the unique vehicle code to a computer system. The computer system accesses a database for customer and vehicle information that corresponds to the unique vehicle code and transmits the customer and vehicle information to a remote user device.

Claims

1. A method for notifying a service provider of the arrival of a vehicle, comprising:

determining a unique vehicle code that is associated with the arriving vehicle;

transmitting the unique vehicle code to a computer system having an associated database;

accessing data stored in the database that corresponds to the unique vehicle code; and

displaying the data on a display screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen is a screen of a remote user device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining a unique code further comprises determining the unique code encoded in a radio frequency identification tag secured to or within the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying of data on a display screen includes sending a text message or email message to a user device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the data includes transmitting the data over a wireless communications network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of accessing data stored in the database includes accessing customer and vehicle information.

7. A system for notifying a service provider of the arrival of a vehicle, comprising:

a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader having an associated transceiver, wherein the RFID reader receives a transmission of a unique vehicle identification code from an RFID tag that is secured to the vehicle; and

a computer system, wherein the computer system receives the unique code transmitted from the RFID reader, accesses a database for data associated with the unique code, and displays the associated data on a display device, wherein the displayed data includes data about the customer and/or vehicle associated with the unique code.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the unique code is a vehicle identification number.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the display device includes a display screen, a computer, a cellular phone, or a personal digital assistant.

10. The system of claim 7, further comprising a video camera, wherein the video camera captures video of the vehicle and streams the video the display device.

11. The system of claim 7, further comprising a remote computer system, wherein the remote computer system communicates with the computer system via a wireless communications network to access data in the database.

12. A computer readable medium having a computer program for notifying a service provider of the arrival of a vehicle, the program comprising:

executable instructions for determining a unique vehicle code that is associated with the arriving vehicle;

executable instructions for transmitting the unique vehicle code to a computer system having an associated database;

executable instructions for accessing data stored in the database that corresponds to the unique code; and

executable instructions for displaying the data on a display screen.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the executable instructions for determining a unique code further comprises executable instructions for determining the unique code encoded in a radio frequency identification tag secured to or within the vehicle.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the executable instructions for displaying of data on a display screen includes executable instructions for sending a text message or email message to a user device.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the executable instructions for transmitting the data includes executable instructions for transmitting the data over a wireless communications network.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the executable instructions for accessing data stored in the database includes accessing customer and vehicle information.