Patent ID: 7484663
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for providing advance notice of arrival of a delivery vehicle to a staging area at which the delivery vehicle will be unloaded and/or loaded, said system comprising: an information management system for processing data associated with operation of said staging area; and a driver's terminal operable to convey information to a driver of the delivery vehicle while the driver is in a position to drive the vehicle; wherein said driver's terminal is programmed with a geofence and configured to send a signal to the information management system upon the terminal crossing the geofence to indicate that the delivery vehicle is inbound to the staging area and is within a predetermined proximity to the staging area corresponding to said geofence; and wherein said information management system is configured to, pursuant to receiving said signal from the driver's terminal, send to the driver's terminal a driver's dispatch instructing the driver where within the staging area to deliver an incoming load and/or where within the staging area to pickup an outgoing load.