Method and apparatus for providing information pertaining to vehicles located along a predetermined travel route

A system for providing information regarding vehicle location relative to a travel route, the system comprising:

• a server for generating a matrix associated with the travel route;
• and
• a processing system disposed in the vehicle remotely, from the server, the processing system generating position information and comparing the position information with the position of a zone whose location varies over time, the processing system forwarding an alert to the server when the position information indicates that the position of the processing system is outside the zone such that the server is notified by said forwarded alert that the vehicle is outside the zone.

A system for tracking one or more fleets of vehicles each having one or more vehicles, the system comprising:

• at least one server for generating a geo-matrix associated with each fleet;
• and
• a set of vehicle processing systems associated with each fleet, each vehicle processing system being disposed in a vehicle of the fleet and generating position information relating to the position of said vehicle at predetermined time intervals relative to a propagating zone defined by the geo-matrix associated with the fleet, the vehicle processing system notifying the server when the vehicle is determined to lie outside a geographical region associated with the propagating zone by forwarding “a left route” alert to the server indicative of same.

A system for tracking one or more fleets of vehicles each having one or more vehicles, the system comprising:

• at least one server for generating a geo-matrix associated with each fleet;
• and
• a set of vehicle processing systems associated with each fleet, each vehicle processing system being disposed in a vehicle of the fleet and generating position information relating to the position of said vehicle at predetermined time intervals relative to a propagating zone defined by the geo-matrix associated with the fleet, the vehicle processing system notifying the server when the vehicle is determined to lie outside a geographical region associated with the propagating zone by forwarding a “left route” alert to the server indicative of same, wherein system performance is improved by adaptation to historical data so as to minimize false “left route” alerts.

A system for tracking one or more fleets of vehicles each having one or more vehicles, the system comprising:

• at least one server for generating a geo-matrix associated with each fleet;
• and
• a set of vehicle processing systems associated with each fleet, each vehicle processing system being disposed in a vehicle of the fleet and generating position information relating to the position of said vehicle at predetermined time intervals relative to a propagating zone defined by the geo-matrix associated with the fleet, the vehicle processing system notifying the server when the vehicle is determined to lie outside a geographical region associated with the propagating zone by forwarding one or more of “left route”, “behind schedule” and “ahead of schedule” alerts, wherein system performance is improved by adaptation to historical data so as to minimize false “behind schedule” and “ahead of schedule” alerts.