Network based Mobile Alarm

This need was much sought for when I had missed to get-off on a station or my sleep was spoiled in the anxiety of missing the station :-)

This idea of a network based alarm was penned down in 2007. It is very much possible via smartphones with enabled GPS. I wish this was possible for a non-smartphone user as well i.e. tightly integrated solution by the network provider itself. 

For an operation 'Network Alarm', the provider needs to allow-

1. Browsing for the destination networks. Say one starts by train from Agra to New Delhi.  One should be allowed to browse and select the destinations. For setting the alarm one chooses New Delhi. In our case, one should select "New Delhi -> Railway Station" as the network alarm setting from the starting point itself. (as the train reaches New Delhi railway station area the alarm should ring) .

2. Triggering an Alarm. As the network changes, a check is performed with in the mobile phone software. If the (current network == destination network) is true then the alarm is raised.

Several apps are already there for the smart phone users .. just google "gps based alarm".

.. wait .. May be this is good candidate for IRCTC? :-) this is how it can be made to work:

• I book my ticket
• Start my travel
• And IRCTC sends me an SMS when the destination is reached
• The SMS invokes the alarm

Think about it.