Method and apparatus for notifying passengers of delay exception events in transit systems

• US 20020032587A1
• Filed: 02/23/2001
• Published: 03/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Grapevine Partners, LLC
• Original Assignee: Grapevine Partners, LLC
• Inventors: Bermel, Paul
• Application Number:
  US09/792,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20020032587A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 27/14 Following schedules
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station

Abstract

An apparatus (10) for advance notification to passengers (16) of transit system interruption events, in which a central controller (12) contains a database (14) of a plurality of transit itineraries for a plurality of passengers and a correlated database of transit system routes and schedules. An evaluator analyzes interruption events that cause delays to the schedules of the transit systems and determines which transit itineraries are affected by the interruption events. A communicator (21) communicates information from the central controller (12) to the passengers (16) having transit itineraries affected by the interruption events, so that the passengers may make alternate travel arrangements.

Claims

1. An apparatus for advance notification to passengers of transit system interruption events, comprising:

a central controller containing a database of a plurality of transit itineraries for a plurality of passengers and a correlated database of transit system routes and schedules;

an evaluator for analyzing interruption events that cause delays to the schedules of the transit systems and determining which transit itineraries are affected by the interruption events;

a communicator for communicating information from the evaluator to the passengers having transit itineraries affected by the interruption events,

whereby the passengers are provided with advance information about the interruption for transit travel in order to make alternate arrangements.