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1. A system for tracking school buses [99] and schoolchildren to enhance the security and safety of schoolchildren and provide real-time information about the location of students and school buses [99] to teachers and administrators [117] and parents [120], the system comprising:
a. at least one instance of a client software component [116], hosted on a data storage unit and executed by one or more client microprocessors, whereby the client software component comprises a set of code instructions that enables one or more teachers and administrators [117] or one or more parents [120] to track the location of at least one school bus [99] and a schoolchild by communicating with and receiving data from, over a network [113], a Main Station [111] microprocessor located at a Main Station [111]; b. at least one instance of a school bus software component, hosted on a school bus microprocessor [103] and further located on the school bus [99], whereby the school bus software component comprises a set of code instructions that enables the school bus microprocessor [103] to communicate with and transmit data to, using a radio network component [101], the Main Station [111]; wherein the radio network component [101] comprises a radio transmitter module [102] located on the school bus, and a set of repeaters [109, 110], wherein the radio transmitter module is a 915 megahertz radio transmitter module which uses the 915 megahertz frequency, wherein a repeater collects data from the 915 megahertz transmitter module and repeats it to provide greater range of coverage; c. a Main Station [111] software component, hosted on the Main Station [111] microprocessor, whereby the Main Station [111] software component comprises a set of code instructions that enables the Main Station [111] microprocessor to communicate with and transmit and receive data from, via the radio network component [101], the school bus microprocessor [103], and also whereby the set of code instructions enables the Main Station [111] microprocessor to communicate with and transmit data to one or more of the client microprocessors, over the network [113]; d. that at least one client microprocessor, located on a computer-readable medium, whereby the client microprocessor is configured to receive data, over the network [113], transmitted by the Main Station [111] microprocessor, and whereby the client microprocessor is utilized by the teacher or administrators and the parents [120]; e. at least one Global Positioning System (“GPS”) component [100], operatively connected to the school bus [99] and the school bus microprocessor [103], and located on the school bus [99], whereby the GPS component [100] is configured to transmit real-time geospatial information about the school bus [99] to the Main Station [111] microprocessor; f. the radio network component [101], comprising the Main Station [111] and the school bus [99], whereby the radio network component [101] further comprises a radio transmitter module [102] located on the school bus, and a set of repeaters [109,110], whereby the radio network component [101] enables the existence of a radio network which permits the Main Station [111] to transmit to and receive information from the school bus [99]; g. a fingerprint scanning component [104], operatively connected to the school bus microprocessor [103] and located on the school bus [99], whereby the fingerprint scanning component [104] identifies and tracks the boarding of the schoolchildren corresponding to the unique fingerprints of each of the schoolchildren; h. that at least one school bus microprocessor [103], located on the school bus [99], whereby the school bus microprocessor [103] is configured to execute the school bus software component, receive data from the GPS component [100] and the fingerprint scanning component [104], and transmit said data, via the radio network component [101], to the Main Station [111] microprocessor; i. the Main Station [111], whereby the Main Station [111] further comprises the Main Station [111] microprocessor, executing the Main Station [111] software component and whereby the Main Station receives data about the school bus [99] via the radio network component [101] and can re-transmit said data to the client microprocessors over the network [113];whereby the system, in real-time, generates and tracks information about the location of the school bus [99] and school children for monitoring of said information by teachers and administrators [117] and parents [120] thereby enhancing the security and safety of school children, the system further comprising the following steps:
(i) activating a first school bus microprocessor [103] located on a first school bus [99]; (ii) scanning the fingerprint of a first student entering the first school bus [99] using the fingerprint scanning component [104]; (iii) repeating step (ii) x times, where x=the number of children that board the first school bus [99]; (iv) activating the GPS component [100] on the first school bus [99] to allow the system to track the location of the first school bus [99]; (v) transmitting information about the number of and identity of school children on the first school bus [99] and the location of the first school bus [99] from the school bus microprocessor [103] to the Main Station [111] microprocessor, via the radio network component [101] which permits the main station [111] to transmit to and receive information from the school bus [99]; (vi) re-transmitting said information, over the network [113], about the number of and identity of school children on the first school bus [99] and the location of the first school bus [99] from the Main Station microprocessor [111] to one or more of the client microprocessors, and (vii) repeating steps (i) through (v) y amount of times, where y=the total number of school buses within the system. |
