Patent ID: 6934624
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A system for notifying a first party of an impending arrival of a second party at a predetermined location, comprising: a first data structure that identifies a plurality of sites that said second party and a third party are scheduled to visit, wherein said second party is scheduled to visit said predetermined location; a second data structure that defines when said first party is to receive notification of impending arrival of said second party; a third data structure that identifies respective tasks to be performed by said second party at said plurality of sites; a fourth data structure that identifies dependencies associated with tasks identified in said third data structure that require said third party to arrive at a common location with said second party; an interface process for receiving navigational data that is indicative of locations of said second party and said third party; a monitoring process that utilizes said navigational data and said first, third, and fourth data structures to estimate arrival times associated with said plurality of sites; and a notification process that is operable in response to said monitoring process to generate a notification message for said first party to communicate said impending arrival of said first party according to said second data structure.