Patent ID: 6618668
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
A vehicle tracking system, comprising:a mapping application module configured to receive data identifying a particular location from a user interface in one of a plurality of formats and to automatically translate said data identifying said particular location into a set of location values, in a format compatible with the location values produced by a location sensor said mapping application module further configured to store said set of location values; and a data manager configured to retrieve said set of location values stored by said mapping application module and to monitor travel of a vehicle based on a set of location values produced by said location sensor coupled to said vehicle, said data manager configured to determine, by comparing said set of location values produced by said location sensor to said set of location values retrieved by said data manager, when said vehicle is within a predefined proximity of said particular location, said data manager further configured to cause a notification message to be transmitted to a user communications device for notifying a user of an impending arrival of said vehicle at said particular location when said data manager determines that said vehicle is within said predefined proximity of said particular location.