Patent Document ID: 20090216395
Application ID: 12035752
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for identifying at least one condition of at least one upcoming feature of at least one track in a track network, the system comprising: a positioning system configured to determine an estimated train position on a track within the track network; at least one database comprising track data and feature data, which comprises at least one of the following: status data, condition data, fault data, activity data, equipment state data, primary safety device data, secondary safety device data, primary safety arrangement data, secondary safety arrangement data, primary implemented safety action data, secondary implemented safety action data; a computer configured to: (i) obtain the determined estimated train position on at least one track from the positioning system; and (ii) for the at least one track, identify at least one condition for at least one upcoming feature based at least in part upon the track data and the feature data in the at least one database, wherein the feature data is dynamically updated while the train is traversing the track in the track network.