DYNAMIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PASSENGER INTERACTIVE EXCHANGE
First Claim
1. A network system for exchanging information and providing products and services to passengers on board transportation vehicles, the system comprising:
- at least one passenger transportation vehicle traveling to destination comprising;
at least one passenger computerized access terminal,at least one computer server connected with the passengers terminals and also with a central station outside the vehicle,a geographic positioning device able to determine the global position of the vehicle in real time;
communication link connecting the vehicle to other elements of the network;
a router with access to the internet and to other elements of the network,a central station for processing the data and operating the services offered by the system;
at least one vendor with computer and communication provisions at the vehicle'"'"'s destination,wherein said information system enables passengers traveling in transportation vehicles to be exposed to selective information from participating vendors and acquire products and services from said vendors offered at destinations, merging on line the purchase power of individual customers into enhanced purchase power of a group of customers, wherein the total potential customer group consists of the number of interested passengers of each vehicle multiplied by the number of vehicles planned to arrive at destination at substantially the same time frame.
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Abstract
An on-board dynamic and interactive information and exchange system and method enabling passengers while traveling in transportation vehicles to acquire services from selective vendors located at intended destinations merging the purchase power of an individual customer into the purchase power of a group of customers. It also can merge in real time the purchasing powers of said groups of passengers in a plurality of vehicles traveling towards same destinations at given time intervals into a common network forming an even greater purchasing group. It also enables passengers to receive prices and deals at changing terms as getting closer to destination, and vendors to gain ‘captive audience’ prospective customers at concrete times.
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1. A network system for exchanging information and providing products and services to passengers on board transportation vehicles, the system comprising:
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at least one passenger transportation vehicle traveling to destination comprising; at least one passenger computerized access terminal, at least one computer server connected with the passengers terminals and also with a central station outside the vehicle, a geographic positioning device able to determine the global position of the vehicle in real time; communication link connecting the vehicle to other elements of the network; a router with access to the internet and to other elements of the network, a central station for processing the data and operating the services offered by the system; at least one vendor with computer and communication provisions at the vehicle'"'"'s destination, wherein said information system enables passengers traveling in transportation vehicles to be exposed to selective information from participating vendors and acquire products and services from said vendors offered at destinations, merging on line the purchase power of individual customers into enhanced purchase power of a group of customers, wherein the total potential customer group consists of the number of interested passengers of each vehicle multiplied by the number of vehicles planned to arrive at destination at substantially the same time frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for connecting between passengers while on board transportation vehicles and selected vendors offering products and services at the destinations of the vehicles, the connection being interactive and on line network enabling the passengers to acquire products and services at improved terms and the vendors to acquire focused on board customers due to arrive to destination at known time frame, the method comprising:
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recruiting selected vendors offering their goods and services at destinations enjoying the benefit of focused customers with identified needs to be fulfilled after arrival to destination; exposing the passengers of vehicles to information and offers provided by the selected vendors members of the network; establishing and managing an on line communication network connecting interactively between said vendors and passengers utilizing the purchase power of multiple passengers traveling at same time interval to same destination and requiring there substantially the same products and services; and using facilities, equipment, processing and communication means to enable effective operation of said network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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