System and method for activation of an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting status of vehicle travel
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1. A system for automatically reporting upon travel status of vehicles in response to activation requests by users at remote locations, comprising:
- a data manager configured to receive an activation request, said activation request including a vehicle indicator and a location indicator, said data manager further configured to automatically correlate said vehicle indicator with a vehicle and said location indicator with a location along a route of travel of said vehicle, to automatically identify a proximity based on said location indicator, to track travel of said vehicle based on travel data received from said vehicle, said travel data identifying said vehicle, and to automatically transmit a message in response to a determination that said vehicle is within said identified proximity; and
a communications interface configured to receive said activation request from a user at a remote location, to automatically transmit said activation request to said data manager, to receive said message from said data manager, and to transmit said message to said user.
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Abstract
Generally, the present invention automatically monitors the travel of vehicles in response to requests from users at remote locations. In this regard, a user at a remote location submits a vehicle indicator (such as a bus number, for example) and a location indicator (such as a bus stop number, for example) to a data manager at a vehicle tracking system. The data manager automatically retrieves travel data and location data based on the vehicle indicator and the location indicator. The travel data indicates the current location of the vehicle identified by the vehicle value, and the location data represents a location along the vehicle'"'"'s route of travel. The data manager then compares the travel data and the location data in order to determine whether the vehicle is a predetermined proximity from the location represented by the location data. When the vehicle is a predetermined proximity from the location identified by the location data (i.e., arrival of the vehicle at the location is imminent), the data manager automatically transmits a notification message to the user at the remote location.
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47 Claims
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1. A system for automatically reporting upon travel status of vehicles in response to activation requests by users at remote locations, comprising:
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a data manager configured to receive an activation request, said activation request including a vehicle indicator and a location indicator, said data manager further configured to automatically correlate said vehicle indicator with a vehicle and said location indicator with a location along a route of travel of said vehicle, to automatically identify a proximity based on said location indicator, to track travel of said vehicle based on travel data received from said vehicle, said travel data identifying said vehicle, and to automatically transmit a message in response to a determination that said vehicle is within said identified proximity; and
a communications interface configured to receive said activation request from a user at a remote location, to automatically transmit said activation request to said data manager, to receive said message from said data manager, and to transmit said message to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising:
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a data manager configured to receive a vehicle indicator and a location indicator, to identify a proximity based on said location indicator, to identify a vehicle based on said vehicle indicator, to monitor travel of said vehicle, to analyze travel data indicative of whether said vehicle is within said proximity, to determine whether to transmit a message based on said travel data and said vehicle indicator, and to transmit said message in response to a determination that said vehicle is within said proximity; and
a communications interface configured to receive said vehicle indicator and said location indicator from a user at a remote location, to transmit said vehicle indicator and said location indicator to said data manager, to receive said message from said data manager, and to transmit said message to said user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for automatically reporting upon travel status of vehicles in response to activation requests by users at remote locations, comprising:
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means for receiving an activation request from a user at a remote location, said activation request including a vehicle indicator and a location indicator;
means for identifying a vehicle based on said vehicle indicator;
means for identifying a location based on said location indicator;
means for specifying a proximity based on said location;
means for monitoring travel of said vehicle;
means for analyzing travel data indicative of whether said vehicle is within said specified proximity;
means for determining whether to transmit a message to said user based on said analyzing means and said vehicle indicator; and
means for transmitting said message to said user based on said determining means. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for automatically activating vehicle status reporting within a vehicle tracking system, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a vehicle indicator and a location indicator from a user at a remote location;
identifying a vehicle based on said vehicle indicator;
identifying a proximity based on said location indicator;
receiving travel data identifying said vehicle and indicating a location of said vehicle;
monitoring travel of said vehicle based on said travel data;
determining, based on said monitoring step, whether said vehicle is within said proximity; and
transmitting a message to said user in response to a determination in said determining step that said vehicle is within said proximity. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for enabling reporting of impending vehicle arrivals, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a vehicle indicator and a location indicator from a remote user, said vehicle indicator identifying a vehicle and said location indicator indicating a location along a route of travel of said vehicle;
identifying a proximity based on said location indicator;
monitoring travel of said vehicle as said vehicle travels along said route; and
transmitting a message to said user, based on said monitoring step, when said vehicle is within said proximity.
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37. A system for automatically monitoring and reporting upon travel status of vehicles in response to an activation request by users at remote locations, comprising:
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a data manager configured to receive a vehicle indicator and a location indicator, to automatically correlate said vehicle indicator with a vehicle and said location indicator with a location along a route of travel of said vehicle, and to transmit a message in response to a determination that said vehicle is within a predetermined proximity of said location; and
a communications interface configured to receive said vehicle indicator and said location indicator from a user at a remote location, to transmit said vehicle indicator and said location indicator to said data manager, and to receive said message from said data manager and to transmit said message to said user. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41. A system, comprising:
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a data manager configured to receive a vehicle indicator and a location indicator, to retrieve location data based on said location indicator, to correlate said location data with travel data based on said vehicle indicator, to compare said location data to said travel data, and to transmit a message in response to a determination that said vehicle is a predetermined proximity from a first location along a route of travel of said vehicle, said location data indicating said first location and said travel data indicating a second location of said vehicle along said route of travel; and
a communications interface configured to receive said vehicle indicator and said location indicator from a user at a remote location, to transmit said vehicle indicator and said location indicator to said data manager, to receive said message from said data manager, and to transmit said message to said user. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. A method for automatically activating a vehicle tracking system, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a vehicle indicator and a location indicator from a user at a remote location;
identifying a vehicle based on said vehicle indicator;
monitoring travel of said vehicle;
retrieving location data based on said location indicator;
comparing said location data to travel data associated with said vehicle;
determining whether said vehicle is within a predetermined proximity of a location defined in data by said location data; and
transmitting a message to said user in response to a determination in said determining step that said vehicle is within said predetermined proximity of said location. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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