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Method and Arrangement for Arranging Practical Aspects of a Demand Responsive Transport System

  • US 20080270204A1
  • Filed: 05/02/2005
  • Published: 10/30/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for producing and maintaining a record describing how a passenger uses a transport system in relation to how other passengers use the transport system, characterised in that it comprises the steps of:

  • receiving (203, 401) from a terminal device (101) of a passenger an identifier of a requested drop-off point,determining (204, 205, 403, 407) an identifier of a requested pick-up point from which said passenger wants to be transported to said drop-off point,determining (405, 413, 803) a list of stopping point identifiers, which list includes the identifiers of said requested pick-up and drop-off points and constitutes an itinerary for a transport vehicle,determining (804) a list of passengers that have requested transport between stopping points the identifiers of which appear on said list of stopping point identifiers, andfor each passenger on said list of passengers, determining (801, 804, 901, 904) which passenger-specific group of legs between stopping points belong to the transport requested by that passenger and calculating (802, 805, 806, 807, 808, 902, 904, 905, 906, 907) a record that represents the relation between the passenger-specific group of legs and those other groups of legs that are specific to other passengers on said list of passengers.

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