Transmission of wireless messages of current vehicle location and estimated arrival time to requestors

• US 8,340,904 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2007
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bo-In Lin
• Original Assignee: Bo-In Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Bo-In
• Primary Examiner(s): Trammell, James
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shafi, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US11/650,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20070197231A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,180 Days
• Field of Search: 701200-226, 701400-541, 340988-996, 340/815.46, 340/825.24, 340/825.25, 342/357.21, 342/46, 715/752, 715/727, 715/728, 715/716, 715/978
• US Class Current: 701/465
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/42 for mass transport vehicles, e.g. buses, trains or aircraft

Abstract

A wireless communication device disposed on a moving vehicle. The wireless communication device further includes a geographic location determination processor for determining a geographic location on a city map. The wireless communication device further receives a vehicle location and arrival schedule request for sending a message to a passenger waiting for the vehicle for providing the geographic location on the city map and an estimated arrival time of the vehicle to a passenger waiting for the vehicle.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device disposed on a vehicle for public transportation scheduled to stop at a plurality stops comprising:

a vehicle location processor for receiving global position system (GPS) data for computing a geographic location of said vehicle; and

a request response subsystem for receiving a real-time wireless telephonic signal from a remote requestor intending to ride on the vehicle for public transportation carrying a portable communication device and automatically generates and transmits a real-time vehicle location message directly to the portable communication device of the remote requestor, without requiring to use a stationary communication device, to indicate the time when the vehicle will arrive at each of the plurality of stops.

2. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further sends the real-time vehicle location message and the time when the vehicle will arrive at each of the plurality stops directly from the wireless communication device as a short message (SM) to the portable communication device of the remote requestor.

3. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further sends the real-time vehicle location message and the time when the vehicle will arrive at each of the plurality stops directly from the wireless communication device as an electronic mail (e-mail) to the portable communication device of the remote requestor.

4. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further sends the real-time vehicle location message and the time when the vehicle will arrive at each of the plurality stops to the portable communication device of the remote requestor.

5. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further sends the real-time vehicle location message and the time when the vehicle will arrive at each of the plurality stops as an electronic file to the portable communication device of the remote requestor.

6. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further receives the real-time wireless telephonic signal as a short message (SM) directly from the portable communication device of the remote requestor without requiring to use the stationary communication device.

7. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further receives the real-time wireless telephonic signal as an electronic mail (e-mail) directly from the portable communication device of the remote requestor without requiring to use the stationary communication device.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further receives the real-time wireless telephonic signal as an audio message directly from the portable communication device of the remote requestor without requiring to use the stationary communication device.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further receives the real-time wireless telephonic signal with a requestor location data and a vehicle arrival time request directly from the portable communication device of the remote requestor without requiring to use the stationary communication device.

10. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further receives the real-time wireless telephonic signal directly from the portable communication device of the remote requestor sending the wireless telephonic signal directly from a cellular phone without requiring to use the stationary communication device.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further receives the real-time wireless telephonic signal directly from the portable communication device of the remote requestor sending the wireless telephonic signal directly from a personal digital assistant (PDA) without requiring to use the stationary communication device.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said request response subsystem further receives the real-time wireless telephonic signal directly from a traffic control center as the remote requestor without requiring to use the stationary communication device.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 1 wherein:

said vehicle location processor further receives and processes real-time traffic condition data from a traffic monitor system for calculating the time when the vehicle will arrive at each of the plurality stops.

14. A mobile communication device comprising:

a video camera built in the mobile communication device for scanning a bar code for activating a transmission of a wireless communication message includes a real time caller request message including a designated geographic location designated by the bar code, without requiring to use a stationary communication device, for requesting and receiving in real time directly from a wireless communication device disposed on a vehicle scheduled to arrive at the designated geographic location designated by the bar code a time of arrival to the designated location designated by the bar code.