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US 8,949,023 B2Granted
Transmission of wireless messages of current vehicle location and estimated arrival time to requestors
AssigneeBo-In Lin
InventorBo-In Lin
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Abstract
A wireless communication device disposed on a moving vehicle. The wireless communication device further includes a geographic location determination processor for determining a geographic location on a city map. The wireless communication device further receives a vehicle location and arrival schedule request for sending a message to a passenger waiting for the vehicle for providing the geographic location on the city map and an estimated arrival time of the vehicle to a passenger waiting for the vehicle.
Claims13
A method of operating a vehicle comprising:
- placing a wireless communication device on said vehicle wherein the communication device having a global position system (GPS) processor and a transmitter for receiving global position system (GPS) data for computing a geographic location of said vehicle;
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- the transmitter further receiving a real-time wireless telephonic signal including a vehicle location request message from a remote requestor carrying a portable communication device and automatically generates and transmits a real-time vehicle location message directly to the portable communication device of the remote requestor to indicate the geographic location of the vehicle at the time when the real-time wireless telephonic signal is received in response to the vehicle location request message sent by the remote requestor as the real-time wireless telephonic signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.