System and method for wirelessly rostering a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method of automatically generating a roster of drivers and passengers for vehicles comprising:
- a) determining an identification associated with a person occupying a vehicle, by a rostering system (RS) at least partially on-board a vehicle, the RS comprising at least one processor having access to a memory, a clock, a wireless communication module, and a database, the determining an identification comprising at least one of;
a1) establishing communication, with the wireless communication module, between the RS and a mobile device of the person, the mobile device providing the identification to the RS in response to the establishing communication, anda2) taking biometric data of the person with the RS, the biometric data corresponding to the identification;
b) making, by the RS in response to step a), a record in the memory, the record comprising the identification, the record further comprising a time stamp based on the clock; and
,c) determining an authentication of the person, by the RS, as authenticated if an identity in the database corresponds to the identification and not authenticated otherwise;
d) wherein steps a), b), and c) are performed, at a plurality of events, for persons occupying the vehicle;
whereby a roster of occupants for the vehicle comprises the records.
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Abstract
A system and method for wirelessly generating a roster of drivers and passengers in transportation vehicles. A driver'"'"'s or passenger'"'"'s smartphone can communicate using short-range communications with the vehicle, or a smartphone in the vehicle, so that the ID associated with the phone can be linked to a vehicle ID, date and time stamped, and stored in a log or database. Any unauthorized person can be refused admittance (by not permitting the vehicle to start or otherwise being denied the right to be a driver or passenger). A downloaded application is used for this purpose. The invention also can include a secure, remote database as well as a mobile device such as a smartphone running the application, a wireless receiver/transmitter in the vehicle, and a wireless communication network such as a cellular network.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of automatically generating a roster of drivers and passengers for vehicles comprising:
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a) determining an identification associated with a person occupying a vehicle, by a rostering system (RS) at least partially on-board a vehicle, the RS comprising at least one processor having access to a memory, a clock, a wireless communication module, and a database, the determining an identification comprising at least one of; a1) establishing communication, with the wireless communication module, between the RS and a mobile device of the person, the mobile device providing the identification to the RS in response to the establishing communication, and a2) taking biometric data of the person with the RS, the biometric data corresponding to the identification; b) making, by the RS in response to step a), a record in the memory, the record comprising the identification, the record further comprising a time stamp based on the clock; and
,c) determining an authentication of the person, by the RS, as authenticated if an identity in the database corresponds to the identification and not authenticated otherwise; d) wherein steps a), b), and c) are performed, at a plurality of events, for persons occupying the vehicle; whereby a roster of occupants for the vehicle comprises the records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of automatically generating a roster of drivers and passengers for vehicles comprising:
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a) determining an identification, by a rostering system (RS) comprising a processor, a memory, a clock, a wireless communication module, and a database, the identification associated with a person occupying a vehicle, the determining an identification comprising at least one of; establishing communication through the wireless communication module between the RS and a mobile device of the person, in response to which the identification is provided by the mobile device to the RS, and detecting biometric data of the person by a camera of the RS, the biometric data corresponding to the identification; b) authenticating the person with the database, if an identity in the database corresponds to the identification and not authenticating the person otherwise; and c) making a record comprising the identity in the memory, the record further comprising a time stamp from the clock and at least one of an identification of the vehicle obtained by the RS through an interface to the vehicle and location data obtained by the RS from a global positioning system; d) wherein steps a)-c) are performed for each different person occupying the vehicle at a plurality of different times; whereby a roster of occupants for the vehicle comprises the records. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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