US 5,668,543 A · Advance notification system and method utilizing passenger calling report generator

A method for an advance notification system that notifies a user of an impending arrival of a vehicle at a vehicle stop, the system comprising (a) a user telephone interface, (b) a system telephone interface, and (c) a system control for monitoring travel of said vehicle in relation to the vehicle step and for initiating a telephone call with said system telephone interface to the user telephone interface before the vehicle reaches the vehicle stop to thereby indicate impending arrival of the vehicle at the vehicle stop, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) permitting said user telephone interface to solicit a report corresponding to a previous telephone call made by said system telephone interface to said user telephone interface including the following steps:
(1) permitting establishment of a telephone communication link between said user telephone interface and said system telephone interface;
(2) providing said report from said system control to said user telephone interface during said telephone communication link;
and
(3) indicating in said report whether said user telephone interface was busy when said system telephone interface initiated said previous telephone call to said user telephone interface.

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A method for an advance notification system that notifies a user of an impending arrival of a vehicle at a vehicle stop, the system comprising (a) a user telephone interface, (b) a system telephone interface, and (c) a system control for monitoring travel of said vehicle in relation to the vehicle stop and for initiating a telephone call with said system telephone interface to the user telephone interface before the vehicle reaches the vehicle stop to thereby indicate impending arrival of the vehicle at the vehicle stop, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) permitting said user telephone interface to solicit a report corresponding to a previous telephone call made by said system telephone interface to said user telephone interface including the following steps:
(1) permitting establishment of a telephone communication link between said user telephone interface and said system telephone interface;
(2) providing said report from said system control to said user telephone interface during said telephone communication link;
and
(3) indicating in said report whether said user telephone interface was not answered when said system telephone interface initiated said previous telephone call to said user telephone interface.

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A method for an advance notification system that notifies a user of an impending arrival of a vehicle at a vehicle stop, the method for permitting the user to solicit a report corresponding to a previous telephone call made by the system to the user, wherein the system comprises (a) a user telephone interface associated with said user;

(b) a vehicle control unit disposed on said vehicle, said vehicle control unit having:
(1) a vehicle travel monitoring means;
(2) a vehicle transmitter adapted to transmit a travel signal based upon said vehicle travel monitoring means;
(3) a vehicle processor controlling said vehicle travel monitoring means and said vehicle transmitter;
and (c) a base station control unit having:
(1) a receiver adapted to receive said travel signal from said vehicle control unit;
(2) a base station telephone interface;
(3) a base station processor controlling said receiver and said base station telephone, said base station processor for establishing a telephone connection between said base station telephone interface and said user telephone interface when said vehicle is at said preset time from said vehicle stop;
and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
(a) permitting said user telephone interface to solicit said report corresponding to said previous telephone call made by said base station telephone interface to said user telephone interface by the following steps:
(1) establishing a telephone communication link between said user telephone interface and said base station telephone interface;
(2) providing said report from said system control to said user telephone interface during said telephone communication link;
and
(3) indicating in said report that said user telephone interface was busy when said base station telephone interface initiated said previous telephone call to said user telephone interface.

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A method for an advance notification system that notifies a user of an impending arrival of a vehicle at a vehicle stop, the method for permitting the user to solicit a report corresponding to a previous telephone call made by the system to the user, wherein the system comprises (a) a user telephone interface associated with said user;

(b) a vehicle control unit disposed on said vehicle, said vehicle control unit having:
(1) a vehicle travel monitoring means;
(2) a vehicle transmitter adapted to transmit a travel signal based upon said vehicle travel monitoring means;
(3) a vehicle processor controlling said vehicle travel monitoring means and said vehicle transmitter;
and (c) a base station control unit having:
(1) a receiver adapted to receive said travel signal from said vehicle control unit;
(2) a base station telephone interface;
(3) a base station processor controlling said receiver and said base station telephone, said base station processor for establishing a telephone connection between said base station telephone interface and said user telephone interface when said vehicle is at said preset time from said vehicle stop;
and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
(a) permitting said user telephone interface to solicit said report corresponding to said previous telephone call made by said base station telephone interface to said user telephone interface by the following steps:
(1) permitting establishment of a telephone communication link between said user telephone interface and said base station telephone interface;
(2) providing said report from said system control to said user telephone interface during said telephone communication link;
and
(3) indicating in said report whether said user telephone interface was answered when said base station telephone interface initiated said previous telephone call to said user telephone interface.

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A method for an advance notification system that notifies a user of an impending arrival of a vehicle at a vehicle stop, the method for permitting the user to solicit a report corresponding to a previous telephone call made by the system to the user, wherein the system comprises:

(a) a user telephone interface associated with said user;
(b) a vehicle control unit disposed on said vehicle, said vehicle control unit having:
(1) a vehicle travel monitoring means;
(2) a vehicle transmitter adapted to transmit a travel signal based upon said vehicle travel monitoring means;
(3) a vehicle processor controlling said vehicle travel monitoring means and said vehicle transmitter;
and (c) a base station control unit having:
(1) a receiver adapted to receive said travel signal from said vehicle control unit;
(2) a base station telephone interface;
(3) a base station processor controlling said receiver and said base station telephone, said base station processor for establishing a telephone connection between said base station telephone interface and said user telephone interface when said vehicle is at said preset time from said vehicle stop;
and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
(a) permitting said user telephone interface to solicit said report corresponding to said previous telephone call made by said base station telephone interface to said user telephone interface by the following steps:
(1) permitting establishment of a telephone communication link between said user telephone interface and said base station telephone interface;
(2) providing said report from said system control to said user telephone interface during said telephone communication link;
and
(3) indicating in said report whether said user telephone interface was not answered when said base station telephone interface initiated said previous telephone call to said user telephone interface.

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A method for an advance notification system that notifies a user of an impending arrival of a vehicle at a vehicle stop, the method for permitting the user to solicit a report corresponding to a previous telephone call made by the system to the user, wherein the system comprises (a) a user telephone interface associated with said user;

(b) a vehicle control unit disposed on said vehicle, said vehicle control unit having:
(1) a vehicle travel monitoring means;
(2) a vehicle transmitter adapted to transmit a travel signal based upon said vehicle travel monitoring means;
(3) a vehicle processor controlling said vehicle travel monitoring means and said vehicle transmitter;
and (c) a base station control unit having:
(1) a receiver adapted to receive said travel signal from said vehicle control unit;
(2) a base station telephone interface;
(3) a base station processor controlling said receiver and said base station telephone, said base station processor for establishing a telephone connection between said base station telephone interface and said user telephone interface when said vehicle is at said preset time from said vehicle stop;
and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
(a) permitting said user telephone interface to solicit said report corresponding to said previous telephone call made by said base station telephone interface to said user telephone interface by the following steps:
(1) permitting establishment of a telephone communication link between said user telephone interface and said base station telephone interface;
(2) providing said report from said system control to said user telephone interface during said telephone communication link;
and
(3) indicating in said report whether said user telephone interface was out of service when said base station telephone interface initiated said previous telephone call to said user telephone interface.

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A method for an advance notification system that notifies a passenger of an impending arrival of a vehicle at a vehicle stop, the method for permitting the passenger to solicit a report corresponding to a previous telephone call made by the system to the passenger, wherein the system comprises:

(a) a passenger telephone associated with said passenger;
(b) a vehicle control unit disposed on said vehicle, said vehicle control unit having:
(1) a vehicle travel monitoring means;
(2) a vehicle transmitter adapted to transmit a travel signal based upon said vehicle travel monitoring means;
(3) a vehicle processor controlling said vehicle travel monitoring means and said vehicle transmitter;
and (c) a base station control unit having:
(1) a receiver adapted to receive said travel signal from said vehicle control unit;
(2) a base station telephone interface;
(3) a base station processor controlling said receiver and said base station telephone, said base station processor for establishing a telephone connection between said base station telephone surface and said passenger telephone when said vehicle is at said preset lime from said vehicle stop;
and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
(a) permitting said passenger to solicit said report corresponding to said previous telephone call made by said base station telephone interface to said passenger telephone by the following steps:
(1) establishing a telephone communication link between said passenger and said base station telephone interface;
(2) providing said report from said system control to said passenger during said telephone communication link;
and
(3) indicating in said report a time when said previous telephone call was initiated by said base station telephone interface to said passenger telephone.

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An advance notification system for notifying a user of an impending arrival of a vehicle at a vehicle stop and for permitting the user to solicit a report corresponding to a previous telephone call made by the system to the user, comprising:

a user telephone interface associated with said user;
a system control for monitoring travel of said vehicle in relation to the vehicle stop;
a system telephone interface in communication with said system control, said system telephone interface for establishing a telephone connection with said user telephone interface at a time before said vehicle reaches said vehicle stop;
and
report generator associated with said system control for generating and providing said report to said user telephone interface during a telephone communication link between said user telephone interface and said system telephone interface, said report generator having a means for indicating in said report whether said user telephone interface was not answered when said system telephone interface initiated said previous telephone call to said user telephone interface.

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