Method and device for time control of movement or position of persons, animals or objects

• US 20030054836A1
• Filed: 09/10/2002
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IER Inc.
• Original Assignee: IER Inc.
• Inventors: Michot, Gerard
• Application Number:
  US10/168,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20030054836A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code

Abstract

The invention concerns a method comprising the following successive steps: reading with a reading device (31) data stored by an identifying transponder chip (10), and transmitting the read data to a mobile telephone (20) whereto the reading device is connected, transmitting by mobile telephone to a control centre (1) a signalling message containing the data read by the reading device, reception at the control centre of the signalling message, and storing the data contained in the message received associated with data identifying the signalling message transmitter, and the time and date at which said message is received.

Claims

1. Method for time-controlling the movement of objects or persons, characterised in that it includes the following successive stages.

reading by a reading/writing device (31) of information memorised by an identification transponder chip (10) and the transmission of the information read to a mobile telephone (20) connected to the reading device,

transmission by the mobile telephone to a control centre (1) of a signalling message containing the information read by the reading device,

the receiving by the control centre of the signalling message and the memorisation of the information contained in the received message in association with the identification information of the sender of the signalling message,

the sending back by the control centre (1) to the mobile telephone (20) of an acknowledgement message,

the writing in the transponder chip by the reading/writing device of information received by the mobile telephone.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that said memorisation of the information contained in the received message is carried out in association with identification information of the sender of the signalling message and the date and hour of receiving this message.

3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that said information received by the mobile telephone includes an identification code

4. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the transmission of the information read in the chip is carried out in the form of a short message.

5. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification information of the sender of the signalling message includes the telephone number of the mobile telephone (20) of the sender and is recovered by the control centre (1) when the latter receives the sign,a message.

6. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that on receiving of a signalling message transmitted by a mobile telephone (20), the control centre (1) sends back to the transmitting mobile telephone an acknowledgement message and the transmitting mobile telephone indicates on its display screen that an acknowledgement message has been received.

7. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the control centre (1) calculates the time elapsed between receiving two signalling messages transmitted by a given mobile telephone and containing the same identification code.

8. Device for time-controlling the movement of objects or persons, characterised in that it includes a transponder chip (10) memorising identification information and a mobile telephone (20) connected to a transponder chip reading device (31) designed so as to read tie identification information memorised by the chip, and means (32) to trigger reading by the reading device of information memorised by a chip and the radio transmission of a message containing the read information to a control centre (1).

9. Device according to claim 8, characterised in that the transponder chip (10) is a no-contact type chip.

10. Device according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that the transponder chip (10) comprises memorisation means (14) accessible both on writing and reading so as to be able to memorise the information received by the mobile telephone (20) and which is transmitted to it by the reading device (31).

11. Device according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterised in that the chip reading device (31) has been designed so as to be connected to the connector (33) provided on the mobile telephones so as to connect a computer or peripheral elements, the chip reading device (31) being activated with the aid of a control button (32) provided on the box of the reader which triggers the reading from a chip (10) and the transmission of the read information to the mobile telephone (20).

12. Device according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterised in that the chip reading device (31) is integrated in the box of the mobile telephone (20) and is triggered with the aid of a key (23) or by means of control selection menus provided in the mobile telephone.