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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 6,748,318 Bl
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`(54) ADVANCED NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND
`METHODS UTILIZING A COMPUTER
`NETWORK
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`(75)
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`Inventor: Martin Kelly Jones, Dalton, GA (US)
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`(73) Assignee: ArrivalStar, Inc., Delray Beach, FL
`(US)
`
`( *) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
`
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis(cid:173)
`claimer.
`
`(21) Appl. No.: 08/852,119
`(22) Filed:
`May 6, 1997
`
`Related U.S. Application Data
`(63) Continuation of application No. 08/434,049, filed on May 2,
`1995, now Pat. No. 5,623,260, which is a continuation of
`application No. 08/432,898, filed on May 2, 1995, now Pat.
`No. 5,657,010, which is a continuation-in-part of application
`No. 08/432,666, filed on May 2, 1995, now Pat. No. 5,668,
`543, which is a continuation-in-part of application No.
`08/407,319, filed on Mar. 20, 1995, now abandoned, which
`is a continuation-in-part of application No. 08/063,533, filed
`on May 18, 1993, now Pat. No. 5,400,020.
`(60) Provisional application No. 60/039,925, filed on Mar. 10,
`1997.
`Int. Cl? ......................... G01C 21/30; GOSG 1!123
`(51)
`(52) U.S. Cl. ....................... 701/201; 701!204; 340/994;
`340/992; 340/996; 455/412.1; 455/414.2
`(58) Field of Search ............................ 701/117, 23, 24;
`340/990, 991, 994, 300, 988, 993; 342/352,
`357, 457; 455/457, 456, 461, 411, 403;
`711!109
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`(56)
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`"Public Transportation Information and Management Sys-
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`Primary Examiner-William A Cuchlinski, Jr.
`(74) Attorney, Agent,
`or Firm-Thomas, Kayden,
`Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
`
`An advance notification system notifies users of the impend(cid:173)
`ing 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 (BSCU) for
`sending messages to user computers in order to inform the
`users when the vehicle resides at a certain predefined time
`period, distance, prior stop, and/or location point from the
`vehicle stop. Moreover, vehicle tracking, the BSCU, a
`computer network (e.g., the Internet), and software located
`on a user computer may be combined in a plurality of
`configurations for launching and communicating a message
`of the impending arrival of a particular vehicle before it
`arrives. Significantly, the computer message is to advise of
`the impending arrival and preferably will exhibit a distinc(cid:173)
`tive display and/or sound on the recipient computer so that
`the recipient is informed of the message. The VCU sends
`vehicle location and/or stop information to the BSCU. The
`BSCU compares the vehicle route stop list with route
`management software, then determines when to send an
`impending arrival message by preferences, normally chosen
`by the system operator or a user preparing to receive the
`advance notification message. The user computer displays
`information associated with the impending arrival of a
`vehicle in the form of the name of the vehicle, when the
`vehicle has finished a previous delivery, the miles before a
`stop, the time before arriving, and/or an actual location of a
`vehicle when a vehicle reaches a certain point/place.
`Additionally, other addressable communication devices
`could be used in place of or in addition to the computer
`message, such as personal pagers, mobile telephones, tele(cid:173)
`vision box de-scramblers, etc. Users may also contact the
`computer site and/or computer address for impending arrival
`information.
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`Cearley et a!.
`............... 701!24
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`............ 364/449
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`........................ 364/436
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`................. 364/449
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`........................ 342/357
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`........ 395/200.51
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`.......... 379/119
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`................ 370/313
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`................ 342/357
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`.............. 342/457
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`........................ 342/357
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`.............. 342/457
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`. ................. 379/116
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`............... 379/116
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`............ 379/127
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`Jagadish et a!.
`Jagadish eta!. ............ 379/114
`Westerlage et a!. ......... 701!204
`Malik ......................... 379/114
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`Bouanaka et a!.
`.......... 379/115
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`Schmier et a!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701!200
`Wilson ....................... 340/904
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