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Transportation alert application for a mobile communication device

  • US 8,878,702 B2
  • Filed: 10/18/2010
  • Issued: 11/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing notification about approaching transportation, said method comprising:

  • a user, of a mobile communication device associated with a transportation vehicle that makes multiple transportation stops along predefined routes, activating a transportation notification application on the mobile communication device;

    the user selecting a predefined route, having multiple transportation stops to be traversed by said transportation vehicle, from said transportation notification application on said mobile communication device;

    the user selecting a current transportation stop of said selected predefined route using said transportation notification application on said mobile communication device; and

    said transportation notification application on said mobile communication device automatically sending a transportation notification message, in response to said selecting of a current transportation stop, to a plurality of user communication devices of known users of said transportation vehicle associated with at least one subsequent transportation stop of said transportation vehicle.

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