@Road Adds Expanded Messaging Capabilities to Its Internet-Based Mobile Resource Management Solution.Business Editors & High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers FREMONT Fremont (frē`mŏnt). 1 City (1990 pop. 173,339), Alameda co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1956. Long an agricultural center, with champagne vineyards founded (1870) by Leland Stanford, it still ships fruits and vegetables. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2000 New Two-Way Messaging, Mobile Data Terminal and Keyboard Now Available for @Road FleetASAP Subscribers @Road(SM) Inc., a leading Internet information services See IIS. company that provides location-enhanced wireless Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the solutions for mobile commerce, Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant announced the availability of new messaging services designed to complement its mobile resource management solution, FleetASAP(SM). Launched in 1998, FleetASAP offers location to within 30 meters, monitoring, messaging, reporting and scheduling capabilities for businesses with fleet vehicles. FleetASAP is powered by @Road's patented LocationSmart(TM) technology platform, which combines technologies such as Global Positioning Systems Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (GPS), wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , the Internet and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technologies into a fully integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. designed to support the delivery of location-enhanced, fully integrated mobile commerce solutions. FleetASAP Messaging Basic and Messaging Plus, and the new iDT 2500 Internet Data Terminal and optional keyboard are designed to provide FleetASAP subscribers with expanded messaging and communication capabilities. The new offering includes:
-- Messaging Basic: Enables two-way, free-text messaging between the
dispatcher and driver, as well as the ability to select
pre-programmed, user-defined messages. Messaging Basic also
features the ability to generate online and/or downloadable
reports of outbound and inbound messages, each stamped with
location-specific information.
-- Messaging Plus: Includes all the features of Messaging Basic, with
the addition of user-defined forms, which can be used in the field
to complete and send out items such as invoices, receipts and
order forms. Online, downloadable reporting capabilities include
reports on all forms sent and received, sorted by vehicle, and
work flow status reports, which provide real-time status of all
fleet vehicles.
-- iDT 2500 and Keyboard: New Internet Data Terminal supports
Messaging Basic and Messaging Plus, and features three serial
ports to support peripherals, including the optional keyboard.
About @Road Based in Fremont, @Road is a leading Internet information services company that provides location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile commerce. Its patented LocationSmart technology platform combines positioning, wireless communications, the Internet and XML technologies into a fully integrated network that supports the delivery of location-enhanced wireless Internet services for business, mobile professionals and consumers. Note to Editors: @Road, the @Road logo, LocationSmart, FleetASAP and iDT 2500 are trademarks and/or service marks of @Road Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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