System and method for monitoring children using school and daycare transportation
First Claim
1. A transportation monitoring and tracking system for monitoring passengers and transportation operators using passenger transportation, comprising:
- a geographical positioning system for tracking and monitoring passenger transportation in said transportation monitoring and tracking system;
a plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators;
a plurality of unique identification device readers that read and identify said plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators;
a plurality of destination station unique identification device readers located at a common destination of said passenger transportation that read and identify said plurality of portable identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators;
a central control station for continuously monitoring input received from said geographic positioning system, said plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators, and said plurality of destination station unique identification device readers, and determining if there are any passengers identified by said plurality of unique identification device readers but not identified by said plurality of destination station unique identification device readers at an end of a transportation route; and
a database for storing and retrieving information correlating specific portable unique identification devices to individual passengers and individual transportation operators.
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Abstract
A system includes a global positioning system that tracks and monitors the school and daycare transportation, a plurality of barcode scanners which enter the children into the system and a plurality of barcode bracelets, with a barcode bracelet provided to each of the children that is scanned with the plurality of barcode scanners when a child is entering onto and coming off of the school and daycare transportation. There is also a plurality of school stations that enter and remove the drivers from the system and a central control center that constantly monitors the plurality of school stations and 1 0 the global positioning system, the plurality of barcode scanners and the plurality of barcode bracelets.
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16 Claims
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1. A transportation monitoring and tracking system for monitoring passengers and transportation operators using passenger transportation, comprising:
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a geographical positioning system for tracking and monitoring passenger transportation in said transportation monitoring and tracking system;
a plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators;
a plurality of unique identification device readers that read and identify said plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators;
a plurality of destination station unique identification device readers located at a common destination of said passenger transportation that read and identify said plurality of portable identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators;
a central control station for continuously monitoring input received from said geographic positioning system, said plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators, and said plurality of destination station unique identification device readers, and determining if there are any passengers identified by said plurality of unique identification device readers but not identified by said plurality of destination station unique identification device readers at an end of a transportation route; and
a database for storing and retrieving information correlating specific portable unique identification devices to individual passengers and individual transportation operators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of monitoring and tracking passengers, transportation operators and transportation vehicles in a transportation system, said method of monitoring and tracking comprising:
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entering information regarding a specific passenger into a central database;
issuing a portable unique identification device to said specific passenger wherein said portable unique identification device corresponds to information regarding said specific passenger from said step of entering;
reading said portable unique identification device of said specific passenger upon entering a specific transportation vehicle in said transportation system to create an entrance information record of said specific passenger;
communicating said entrance information record to a central control station;
reading said portable unique identification device of said specific passenger upon exiting said specific transportation vehicle at a destination station unique identification device reader to create an exit information record of said specific passenger;
communicating said exit information record to said central control station;
comparing said entrance information record to said exit information record at said central control station; and
generating a record from said step of comparing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of monitoring and tracking passengers, transportation operators and transportation vehicles in a transportation system, said method of monitoring and tracking comprising:
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entering information regarding a plurality of passengers into a central database;
entering information regarding a specific transportation operator in said central database;
issuing portable passenger unique identification devices to each of said plurality of passengers wherein each of said portable passenger unique identification devices corresponds to information regarding each of said plurality of passengers from said step of entering information regarding said plurality of passengers;
issuing a portable operator unique identification device to said specific transportation operator wherein said portable operator identification device corresponds to information regarding said specific operator from said step of entering information regarding said specific transportation operator;
reading said portable operator unique identification device of said specific transportation operator upon entering a specific transportation vehicle in said transportation system at the beginning of a transportation route to create a transportation route initiation record for said specific transportation operator;
communicating said transportation route initiation record to a central control station;
reading said portable passenger unique identification devices of said plurality of passengers upon entering said specific transportation vehicle in said transportation system to create an entrance information record for each of said plurality of passengers;
communicating said entrance information record for each of said plurality of passengers to said central control station;
reading said portable passenger unique identification device for each of said plurality of passengers upon exiting said specific transportation vehicle at a destination station unique identification device reader to create an exit information record for each of said plurality of passengers;
communicating said exit information records to said central control station;
reading said portable operator identification device of said specific transportation operator upon completion of said transportation route to create a transportation route completion record for said specific transportation operator;
communicating said transportation route completion record to said central control station;
determining the completion of said transportation route based on the step of communicating said transportation route initiation record and communicating said transportation route completion record to said central control station;
comparing said entrance information records of each of said plurality of passengers to said exit information records of each of said plurality of passengers at said central control station;
determining if there are any entrance information records with corresponding exit information records, and generating a record of all corresponding entrance and exit information records;
determining if there are any entrance information records without corresponding exit information records, and generating a record of all entrance information records having no corresponding exit information records;
identifying said specific passengers having no corresponding exit information records based on said step of determining if there are any entrance information records without corresponding exit information records, by retrieving specific passenger information corresponding to specific passenger unique identification information from said central database; and
notifying the location of said destination station unique identification device reader of any passengers having not corresponding exit information records at said location of said destination station unique identification device reader. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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