DISPATCHING CAR APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090089105A1
• Filed: 10/02/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SHIH Hua Technology Limited
• Original Assignee: SHIH Hua Technology Limited
• Inventors: WU, Jen-Chang
• Application Number:
  US12/243,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20090089105A1
• 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 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

A dispatching apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a receiving module to receive the necessary car requirements from the passenger, wherein the necessary car requirements includes the condition of car and driver required by the passenger; a dispatching module for receiving the necessary car requirements; a memory unit storing information of cars and drivers of the dispatching companies, the dispatching module can compare the requirement with the information to select at least one car; and a wireless transferring network for broadcasting the necessary car requirements to at least one car and receiving responses from at least one car.

Claims

1. A dispatching apparatus for dispatching cars belonging to different dispatching companies to a passenger, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving module to receive the necessary car requirements from the passenger, wherein the necessary car requirements includes the condition of car and driver required by the passenger;

a dispatching module for receiving the necessary car requirements;

a memory unit coupling with the dispatching module, wherein the memory unit stores information of cars and drivers of the dispatching companies, the dispatching module can compare the requirement with the information to select at least one car; and

a wireless transferring network for broadcasting the necessary car requirements to at least one car and receiving responses from at least one car.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of receiver/transmitter units installed in the cars to receive the necessary car requirements and to send responses from the driver of the cars.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of input interfaces belonging to the different dispatching companies for inputting the necessary car requirements to the receiving module.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the passenger inputs the necessary car requirements to the receiving module through a web-page, wherein one of the dispatching companies has the web-page or the dispatching companies have the web-page together.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the passenger calls a telephone number to input the necessary car requirements to the receiving module, wherein one of the dispatching companies has the telephone number or the dispatching companies have the telephone number together.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising an arranging apparatus, wherein when the passenger calls the telephone number belonging to the dispatching companies together, the arranging apparatus transfers the call to one of the dispatching companies based on a rule, wherein the rule is set based on the number of cars that the dispatching companies have, the data and the order of the calls.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the necessary car requirements are sent to the receiving module through an E-mail, MMS, SMS or an instant message.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the condition of the car includes the engine type, the trunk size, the seating capacity, the age of the car, the equipment of the car.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the condition of the driver includes the ability of the foreign language, the sex and age of the driver, and the driving record.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one car is selected by the dispatching module from the cars belonging to a dispatching company that receives the necessary car requirements from the passenger, wherein when the dispatching company cannot dispatch a car, then, a car of other dispatching companies are selected by the dispatching module.

11. A dispatching method for dispatching cars belonging to different dispatching companies to a passenger, the method comprising:

receiving the necessary car requirements from the passenger, wherein the necessary car requirements includes the condition of the car and driver required by the passenger;

comparing the requirement with the information stored in a memory unit to select at least one car; and

broadcasting the necessary car requirements to at least one car and receiving responses from at least one car.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising inputting the necessary car requirements to the receiving module.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising inputting the necessary car requirements to the receiving module through a web-page, wherein one of the dispatching companies has the web-page or the dispatching companies have the web-page together.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising calling a telephone number to input the necessary car requirements to the receiving module, wherein one of the dispatching companies has the telephone number or the dispatching companies have the telephone number together.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising to transfer this call to one of the dispatching companies based on a rule when the passenger call the telephone number belonging to the dispatching companies together.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the rule is set based on the number of cars the dispatching companies have, the data and the order of the calls.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the necessary car requirements are sent to the receiving module is through an E-mail, MMS, SMS or an instant messaging.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the condition of the car includes the engine type, the trunk size, the seating capacity, the age of the car, the equipment of the car.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the condition of the driver includes the ability of the foreign language, the sex and age of the driver, and the driving record.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein at least one car is selected from the cars belonging to a dispatching company that receives the necessary car requirements from the passenger, wherein when the dispatching company cannot dispatch a car, then, a car of the other dispatching companies are selected.