| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7030781 |
Notification system and method that informs a party of vehicle delay |
April 18, 2006 |
| An advance notification system and method notifies passengers of the impending arrival of a transportation vehicle, for example, a school bus, at a particular vehicle stop. The system generally includes an on-board vehicle control unit for each vehicle and a base station control unit for |
| 6975998 |
Package delivery notification system and method |
December 13, 2005 |
| A package delivery notification system reports impending package deliveries and precisely notifies recipients of when to expect the deliveries. The package delivery notification system utilizes memory, a communications device, and a system manager. Package data identifying a package that |
| 6952645 |
System and method for activation of an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting |
October 4, 2005 |
| 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 |
| 6904359 |
Notification systems and methods with user-definable notifications based upon occurance of event |
June 7, 2005 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for a vehicle status reporting system for allowing a user to define when a user will receive a vehicle status report about the status of a mobile vehicle, in relation to a location, for establishing a communication link between the system and the user, a |
| 6859722 |
Notification systems and methods with notifications based upon prior package delivery |
February 22, 2005 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for maintaining a delivery list having a plurality of packages, for monitoring travel data associated with a vehicle in relation to the delivery list, and for sending, before, during, or after a delivery has been made, a communication to a party associat |
| 6804606 |
Notification systems and methods with user-definable notifications based upon vehicle proximitie |
October 12, 2004 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for permitting a user to define a plurality of different predetermined proximities corresponding respectively with a plurality of different mobile vehicles in relation to a location, for monitoring travel data associated with the plurality of mobile |
| 6763300 |
Notification systems and methods with purpose message in notifications |
July 13, 2004 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for implementation in connection with a computer system. The methods and systems practice the following: receiving an identification of (a) one or more communication methods for notification, (b) one or more mobile vehicles, and (c) one or more locat |
| 6763299 |
Notification systems and methods with notifications based upon prior stop locations |
July 13, 2004 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for maintaining a delivery list having a plurality of stop locations, for monitoring travel data associated with a vehicle in relation to the delivery list, and for, when the vehicle approaches, is at, or leaves a stop location, sending a communication t |
| 6748320 |
Advance notification systems and methods utilizing a computer network |
June 8, 2004 |
| An advance notification system notifies users of the impending arrival of a vehicle, for example, an overnight package delivery vehicle, at a particular vehicle stop. The system generally includes an on-board vehicle control unit (VCU) for each vehicle and a base station control unit (BS |
| 6748318 |
Advanced notification systems and methods utilizing a computer network |
June 8, 2004 |
| An advance notification system notifies users of the impending arrival of a vehicle, for example, an overnight package delivery vehicle, at a particular vehicle stop. The system generally includes an on-board vehicle control unit (VCU) for each vehicle and a base station control unit (BS |
| 6741927 |
User-definable communications methods and systems |
May 25, 2004 |
| Notification methods and systems are provided. One such method, among others, can be broadly summarized by the following steps: enabling a user to define at least two communications methods for receiving notifications relating to travel of a mobile thing; enabling a user to define one or |
| 6714859 |
System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a |
March 30, 2004 |
| Generally, the present invention monitors and communicates travel data transmitted from vehicles being monitored by the system to users requesting travel information on a particular vehicle. A travel data storage unit receives and stores the travel data. When a user desires to view s |
| 6700507 |
Advance notification system and method utilizing vehicle signaling |
March 2, 2004 |
| An advance notification system and method notifies passengers of the impending arrival of a transportation vehicle, for example, a school bus, at a particular vehicle stop. The system generally includes an on-board vehicle control unit for each vehicle and a base station control unit for |
| 6683542 |
Advanced notification system and method utilizing a distinctive telephone ring |
January 27, 2004 |
| An advance notification system (10) and method notifies passengers of the impending arrival of a transportation vehicle, for example, a school bus (19), at a particular vehicle stop. The system (10) generally includes an on-board vehicle control unit (VCU) (12) for each vehicle (19) and |
| 6618668 |
System and method for obtaining vehicle schedule information in an advance notification system |
September 9, 2003 |
| A vehicle monitoring and notification system includes a mapping application and a data manager. The mapping application receives data identifying a particular location and automatically translates this data into a set of location values. The mapping application then stores the foregoing |
| 6510383 |
Vehicular route optimization system and method |
January 21, 2003 |
| A vehicular route optimization system and method changes the order that a vehicle is expected to arrive at a plurality of destinations based on requests from users so that the vehicle arrives at the plurality of destinations at more opportune times for the users. The system includes |
| 6492912 |
System and method for efficiently notifying users of impending arrivals of vehicles |
December 10, 2002 |
| A vehicle monitoring and notification system includes memory and logic. The memory stores data indicating when notification messages are scheduled for transmission to remote communications devices to warn users of impending arrivals of at least one vehicle. The logic is configured to det |
| 6486801 |
Base station apparatus and method for monitoring travel of a mobile vehicle |
November 26, 2002 |
| An automated computer-based apparatus includes a communications device and a base station manager located at a base station. The base station manager tracks locations of a vehicle traveling along a predetermined route by communicating with a vehicle computer-based apparatus on the vehicl |
