Event transportation system and method

• US 20060068840A1
• Filed: 09/08/2005
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Frank Sherman
• Original Assignee: Frank Sherman
• Inventors: Sherman, Frank
• Application Number:
  US11/220,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20060068840A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• 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

Abstract

An event guide system to coordinate passenger transport and to provide event information including a transport vehicle, a host processor, and a portable processor remote from the host processor. The vehicle includes a processor capable of receiving event information and video data from the portable processor, as well as transmitting vehicle status data to the portable processor. The portable processor is capable of receiving the vehicle status data fro the vehicle processor, as well as transmitting the vehicle status data to the host processor. The host site operable to receive and store the vehicle status data.

Claims

1. An event guide and transportation system comprising:

a host processor disposed at a host site operable to receive and store vehicle status data, and to transmit operational data and visual data;

a remote processor disposed at an event site remote from the host site operable to transmit the operational and visual data to a vehicle processor, wherein the remote processor is further operable to receive vehicle status data from the vehicle processor and transmit the vehicle status data to the host processor; and

a vehicle processor disposed in a mobile transport vehicle, wherein the vehicle processor is adapted to receive operational data and visual data, and is further capable of transmitting vehicle status data.

2. The event guide and transportation system of claim 1, wherein the mobile transport vehicle includes a video monitor operable to display the visual data;

3. A method of managing a plurality of vehicles at an event including the steps of

(a) transmitting operational data from a host processor to a remote processor;

(b) transmitting the operational data from the remote processor to a vehicle processor;

(c) transmitting vehicle status data from the vehicle processor to the remote processor; and

(d) transmitting the vehicle status data from the remote processor to the host processor.

4. The method of managing a plurality of vehicles of claim 3, wherein step (a) further comprises transmitting visual data to the remote processor, and step (b) further comprises transmitting the visual data to the vehicle processor.