Systems and methods for providing information regarding the arrival of a party
First Claim
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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Abstract
Representative embodiments are directed to systems and methods for notifying a first party of an impending arrival of a second party. One of the systems comprises: a first data structure that identifies a plurality of sites that the second party is scheduled to visit that includes a predetermined location; a second data structure that defines when the first party is to receive notification of impending arrival of the second party; an interface process for receiving navigational data that is indicative of a location of the second party; a monitoring process that utilizes the navigational data and the first data structure to estimate arrival times associated with the plurality of sites; and a notification process that is operable in response to the monitoring process to generate a notification message for the first party to communicate the impending arrival of the first party according to the second data structure.
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20 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for notifying a first party of an impending arrival of a second party at a predetermined location, comprising:
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storing first data 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;
storing second data that defines when said first party is to receive notification of impending arrival of said second party;
storing third data that identifies respective tasks to be performed by said second party at said plurality of sites;
storing fourth data that identifies dependencies associated with tasks identified in said third data that require said third party to arrive at a common location with said second party;
receiving navigational data that is indicative of locations of said second party and said third party;
estimating arrival times associated with said plurality of sites utilizing said navigational data and said first, third, and fourth data; and
sending a message in response to said estimating to notify said first party to communicate said impending arrival of said first party according to said second data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for notifying a first party of an impending arrival of a second party at a predetermined location, comprising:
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means for identifying 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;
means for defining notification criteria;
means for receiving data associated with locations of said second party and said third party;
means for determining amounts of time to be spent at said plurality of sites in reference to respective tasks to be performed by said second party;
means for identifying dependencies associated with tasks identified by said means for determining that require said third party to arrive at a common location with said second party;
means for estimating arrival times associated with said plurality of sites utilizing said data associated with said locations and said plurality of sites and in response to said means for determining and said means for identifying; and
means for sending a message, in response to said means for estimating, to notify said first party to communicate said impending arrival of said first party according to said notification criteria. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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