Method and Arrangement for Arranging Practical Aspects of a Demand Responsive Transport System
First Claim
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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Abstract
Records are produced describing how a passenger uses a transport system in relation to other passengers. A transport server (1001) receives (203, 401) an identifier of a requested drop-off point and determines (204, 205, 403, 407) an identifier of a requested pick-up point. It also determines (405, 413, 803) a list of stopping point identifiers, which list includes the identifiers of the requested pick-up and drop-off points and constitutes an itinerary for a transport vehicle. A list of those passengers is determined (804) that have requested transport in the same vehicle. For each passenger on the list of passengers, there is determined (801, 804, 901, 904) which passenger-specific group of legs between stopping points belong to the transport requested by that passenger, and calculated (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.
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24 Claims
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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:
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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, and for 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for determining a fare to be paid by a passenger for the use of a transport system that is also used by other passengers, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a terminal device of a passenger an identifier of a requested drop-off point, determining an identifier of a requested pick-up point from which said passenger wants to be transported to said drop-off point, determining 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 trans-port vehicle, determining a list of passengers that have requested transport between stopping points the identifiers of which appear on said list of stopping point identifiers, for each passenger on said list of passengers, determining which passenger-specific group of legs between stopping points belong to the transport requested by that passenger and calculating 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 and determining a fare to be paid by a passenger by multiplying said record with a constant and adding thereto a flat rate independent of transport distance. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An arrangement (1001) for producing and maintaining records that describe how passengers use a transport system in relation to other passengers, characterised in that it comprises:
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reception means (1002, 1009) adapted to receive identifiers of requested drop-off points from terminal devices of passengers, pick-up point determining means (1011, 1012, 1013) adapted to determine an identifier of a requested pick-up point from which a passenger that has requested a drop-off point wants to be transported to said drop-off point, stopping point list determining means (1007, 1013) adapted to determine a list of stopping point identifiers, which list includes the identifiers of requested pick-up and drop-off points and constitutes an itinerary for a transport vehicle, passenger list determining means (1005, 1007, 1013) adapted to determine a list of passengers that have requested transport between stopping points the identifiers of which appear on a determined stopping point list, and means (1013, 1014) for determining, for each passenger on a certain list of passengers, which passenger-specific group of legs between stopping points belong to the transport requested by each passenger and calculating 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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24. A computer program product for producing and maintaining records that de-scribe how passengers use a transport system in relation to other passengers, characterised in that it comprises:
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computer code means (1102) adapted to receive and handle identifiers of re-quested drop-off points from terminal devices of passengers, computer code means (1102) adapted to determine an identifier of a requested pick-up point from which a passenger that has requested a drop-off point wants to be transported to said drop-off point, computer code means (1103) adapted to determine a list of stopping point identifiers, which list includes the identifiers of requested pick-up and drop-off points and constitutes an itinerary for a transport vehicle, computer code means (1103, 1104) adapted to determine a list of passengers that have requested transport between stopping points the identifiers of which appear on a determined stopping point list, and computer code means (1104) for determining, for each passenger on a certain list of passengers, which passenger-specific group of legs between stopping points belong to the transport requested by each passenger and calculating a re-cord 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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