Patent ID: 6859722
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: G01S,G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for an automated notification system, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining at a host computer system delivery information identifying a plurality of packages to be delivered or services to be provided; storing user defined preferences data in memory associated with the host computer system; monitoring at a host computer system travel data associated with a vehicle transporting the packages or transporting a party that is to provide the services; and based upon an indication associated with a first delivery of a first package or of a first service by the vehicle and based upon the user preferences data, initiating at the host computer system a communication to a remote general-purpose communications device associated with a second party associated with a subsequent second delivery to notify the second party of impending arrival of the vehicle for delivery of a subsequent second package or of a subsequent second service, wherein the remote general-purpose communications device associated with the second party is designed to communicate with other communications devices that are undedicated to the automated notification system.