ACTIVATION SYSTEM FOR AN ADVANCE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE STATUS OF VEHICLE TRAVEL

摘要

An automated monitoring system (100) for monitoring the travel of vehicles in response to requests from users at remote locations (71). A user at the remote location submits a vehicle indicator (such as a bus number) and a location indicator (such as a bus stop) to a vehicle control unit (15) which comprises vehicle data manager (29). A GPS sensor (18) is coupled to the vehicle control unit for determining the coordinate values of the vehicle relative to a predetermined reference point or location. A cellular network or communications interface (48) is coupled between the vehicle control unit (15) and a base station control unit (38) from transmitting a user's request. The base station control unit also comprises a base station manager (39). The vehicle data manager (29) automatically retrieves travel data and location data based on the vehicle indicator and the location indicator. The data manager that compares the travel data and the location in order to determine whether the vehicle is a predetermined proximity from the location represented by the location data. When the vehicle is a predetermined proximity from the location identified by the location data, the data manager automatically transmits a notification message to the user at the remote location.