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Systems and methods for providing information regarding the arrival of a party

  • US 6,934,624 B2
  • Filed: 07/09/2003
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for notifying a first party of an impending arrival of a second party at a predetermined location, comprising:

  • a first data structure that identifies a plurality of sites that said second party and a third party are scheduled to visit, wherein said second party is scheduled to visit said predetermined location;

    a second data structure that defines when said first party is to receive notification of impending arrival of said second party;

    a third data structure that identifies respective tasks to be performed by said second party at said plurality of sites;

    a fourth data structure that identifies dependencies associated with tasks identified in said third data structure that require said third party to arrive at a common location with said second party;

    an interface process for receiving navigational data that is indicative of locations of said second party and said third party;

    a monitoring process that utilizes said navigational data and said first, third, and fourth data structures to estimate arrival times associated with said plurality of sites; and

    a notification process that is operable in response to said monitoring process to generate a notification message for said first party to communicate said impending arrival of said first party according to said second data structure.

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