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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
System and method for automatically generating a third party notification when a traveler is overdue
Duane Curtis Hughes, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sarah Blodgett Hughes, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for generating a notification for a third party when a traveler is overdue at one or more waypoints. A traveler or other person specifies waypoints the traveler will pass during a trip. In response to the traveler beginning the trip, a latest arrival time is determined for the first waypoint. If the traveler has not arrived at a waypoint by the determined latest arrival time, a notification is generated for a third party. Conversely, if the traveler reaches the waypoint before the determined latest arrival time, no notification is generated. In either case, if there are remaining waypoints, a latest arrival time is determined for the next waypoint and the process continues.