SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALERTING THAT A VEHICLE WILL ARRIVE AT A POINT-OF-INTEREST WITHIN A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL
First Claim
1. A system for alerting a user that a vehicle will arrive at a point of interest within a predetermined time interval, the system comprising:
- a location-determining device connected to the vehicle for determining a location of the vehicle;
a first communication device connected to the location-determining device for sending data representative of the location of the vehicle over a communications network;
a second communication device for receiving the data from the first communication device; and
a computing device in communication with the second communication device for computing a time-geofence, and for alerting the user that the vehicle will arrive at the point of interest within the predetermined time interval.
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Abstract
A system alerts a user that a vehicle will arrive at a point of interest within a predetermined time interval and includes a vehicle-mounted assembly and a remote assembly. The vehicle-mounted assembly includes a location-determining device connected to the vehicle for determining the location of the vehicle, and a first communication device connected to the location-determining device for sending data comprising the location of the vehicle over a communications network. The remote assembly includes a second communication device for receiving the data from the first communication device over a communications network, and a computing device in communication with the second communication device for computing a time-geofence, and for alerting the user. The time-geofence corresponds to a boundary that if the location of the vehicle is within the boundary the vehicle will arrive at the point of interest at earlier than the expiration of a predetermined interval, and if the vehicle is outside the boundary the vehicle will arrive at the point of interest at later than the expiration of a predetermined interval.
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1. A system for alerting a user that a vehicle will arrive at a point of interest within a predetermined time interval, the system comprising:
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a location-determining device connected to the vehicle for determining a location of the vehicle; a first communication device connected to the location-determining device for sending data representative of the location of the vehicle over a communications network; a second communication device for receiving the data from the first communication device; and a computing device in communication with the second communication device for computing a time-geofence, and for alerting the user that the vehicle will arrive at the point of interest within the predetermined time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for alerting a user located at a point of interest that an agricultural vehicle will arrive at the point of interest within a predetermined time interval, the system comprising:
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a global positioning system (GPS) receiver connected to the agricultural vehicle for determining a location of the agricultural vehicle and a speed of the agricultural vehicle; a first communication device connected to the GPS receiver for sending data representative of the location of the agricultural vehicle and the speed of the agricultural vehicle; a second communication device for receiving the data; and a computing device in communication with the second communication device for computing a geofence and a time-geofence, and for alerting the user that the agricultural vehicle will arrive at the point of interest within the predetermined time interval.
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12. A method of alerting a user located at a point of interest that a vehicle will arrive at the point of interest within a predetermined time interval, the method comprising:
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receiving with a processing device a location signal containing data representative of a location of the vehicle; computing with the processing device, at least partially based on the location signal, a speed of the vehicle; determining with the processing device, at least partially based on the location signal and the speed of the vehicle, a time-geofence comprising a locus of points corresponding to geographic locations wherein locations within the time-geofence correspond to locations where the vehicle can arrive at the point of interest within the predetermined time interval, and locations outside the time-geofence correspond to locations where the vehicle cannot arrive at the point of interest within the predetermined time interval; determining with the processing device, at least partially based on the location signal and the speed of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is within the time-geofence; and alerting the user when the vehicle crosses the time-geofence. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer readable medium encoded with code segments for alerting a user that a vehicle will arrive at a point of interest within a predetermined time interval, the computer readable medium comprising:
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a location-determining code segment executable by a processing device for computing a geographic location of the vehicle; a geofencing code segment executable by the processing device for determining whether the location of the vehicle is within a defined boundary; a transmitting code segment executable by the processing device for transmitting the location of the vehicle if the location of the vehicle is within the defined boundary; a receiving code segment executable by the processing device for receiving the location of the vehicle; a time-geofencing code segment executable by the processing device for determining a time-geofence comprising a locus of points around the point of interest corresponding to geographic locations wherein locations within the time-geofence correspond to locations where the vehicle can arrive at the point of interest within the predetermined time interval, and locations outside the time-geofence correspond to locations where the vehicle cannot arrive at the point of interest within the predetermined time interval; and an alerting code segment executable by the processing device for alerting the user when the location of the vehicle is within the time-geofence. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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