Method and Device for Reserving Tickets and/or Extra Charges for Utilizing Chargeable Means of Transport Conveying Passengers

• US 20080140461A1
• Filed: 12/02/2005
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mcity GmbH
• Original Assignee: Mcity GmbH
• Inventors: Stoffelsma, Bouke C., Feiter, Manfred
• Application Number:
  US11/791,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140461A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0652 e-cash with decreasing value according to a parameter, e.g. time
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/381 Currency conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• 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: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0042 for hiring of objects
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/08 by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means without personal verification means G07F7/02
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for reserving tickets and/or extra charges for utilizing chargeable means of transport conveying persons with the aid of a display unit (10) and at least one user terminal (26). According to said method, the user terminal (26) is advanced to a display field (14; 16; 18; 20; 24) of the display unit (10) indicating a type of ticket and/or extra charge, whereupon a communication that triggers the reservation of the type of ticket and/or extra charge takes place between the user terminal (26) and the corresponding display field (14; 18; 20; 24).

Claims

1. A method for reserving tickets and/or extra charges for the use of a means of transport with costs for conveying passengers by using a display device and at least one user terminal, where the user terminal is brought up to a display field of the display device displaying a type of ticket and/or extra charge, whereupon a communication triggering the reservation of the type of ticket and/or extra charge takes place between the user terminal and the corresponding display field.

2. The method according to claim 1, whereby a transmitter allocated to the display field sends out signals containing the corresponding ticket and/or extra charge information which are received by a receiver integrated into user terminal as soon as the latter comes within the transmission range of the transmitter, and the received ticket and/or extra charge information is further processed in user terminal for reserving the corresponding ticket and/or extra charge.

3. The method according to claim 1, whereby display device comprises several display fields, each of which a signal is allocated to.

4. The method according to claim 1, whereby at least one display field is a deletion field which allocated signal is a deletion signal which triggers the deletion of individual or all ticket and/or extra charge information.

5. The method according to claim 1, whereby display device comprises at least one actuation device and the transmitters are adapted to emit signals for a pre-determined period upon actuation of the actuation device.

6. The method according to claim 1, whereby at least one transmitter sends out different signals.

7. The method according to claim 1, whereby display device comprises at least one receiver which is adapted to receive signals from user terminals.

8. The method according to claim 7, whereby display device comprises a acknowledgement device which is adapted to emit an acknowledge signal as soon as the at least one receiver receives a receipt acknowledgement signal from a user terminal.

9. The method according to claim 1, whereby user terminal has a transmitter which sends out at least one identification identifying the user terminal or the user unambiguously, which identification is received by a receiver allocated to a display field as soon as the receiver comes into the transmission range of the transmitter, and the received identification is further processed together with the ticket and/or extra charge information allocated to the display field for the purpose of reserving the corresponding ticket and/or the corresponding extra charge.

10. The method according to claim 9, whereby display device comprises several display fields, whereby each of them is allocated to a receiver, whereby the display fields can also comprise one or more deletion fields.

11. The method according to claim 9, whereby display device comprises an activation device which activates the transmitter as soon as the latter approaches a display field, whereupon the transmitter emits out signals.

12. The method according to claim 9, whereby display device comprises an acknowledgement device which is adapted to emit an acknowledge signal as soon as at least one of the receivers allocated to the display fields receives a signal from a transmitter of a user terminal.

13. The method according to claim 1, whereby the transmitter is an RFID transmitter with a short transmission range.

14. The method according to claim 1, whereby the transmission range of the transmitter is only a few centimetres.

15. The method according to claim 1, whereby the transmitter is adopted to emit signals continuously or in pre-determined time intervals.

16. A display device which is adopted to carry out suitable the method according to claim 1.

17. The display device according to claim 16, whereby the display fields are retained modularly and interchangeably at a frame.

18. The display device according to claim 17, whereby the display fields are retained positively or non-positively at the frame.