TRANSPORT ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE
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1. A transport allocation and payment system comprising:
- a plurality of vehicles, each comprising a positional locator and a transceiver;
a base station comprising a transceiver and a server;
a user device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a display and a user interface;
the positional locator of each vehicle being arranged to transmit the location of each vehicle to the base station using the vehicle'"'"'s transceiver;
the base station being arranged to receive the location of each vehicle via the base station'"'"'s transceiver and to update a positional database stored on the server;
the user device being arranged to receive a request for transport from a user via a user interface and to transmit said request and the location of the user device to the server of the base station via the user device'"'"'s transceiver;
the base station being arranged to transmit data corresponding to the locations of at least some of the plurality of vehicles to the user device;
the user device being arranged to display the location of the at least some of the plurality of vehicles on the display;
the user interface being arranged to receive a user input indicative of which one of the at least some of the plurality of vehicles the user wishes to hire;
the user device being arranged to transmit data corresponding to the user input to the base station; and
the base station being arranged to transmit the data corresponding to the user input to the one of the plurality of vehicles.
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Abstract
A system and method whereby a customer requiring hire of a taxi can view available taxis on their mobile phone and can select a taxi for hire. An authorisation of payment is carried out and the selected taxi allocated to the customer if the authorisation is successful.
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1. A transport allocation and payment system comprising:
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a plurality of vehicles, each comprising a positional locator and a transceiver; a base station comprising a transceiver and a server; a user device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a display and a user interface; the positional locator of each vehicle being arranged to transmit the location of each vehicle to the base station using the vehicle'"'"'s transceiver; the base station being arranged to receive the location of each vehicle via the base station'"'"'s transceiver and to update a positional database stored on the server; the user device being arranged to receive a request for transport from a user via a user interface and to transmit said request and the location of the user device to the server of the base station via the user device'"'"'s transceiver; the base station being arranged to transmit data corresponding to the locations of at least some of the plurality of vehicles to the user device; the user device being arranged to display the location of the at least some of the plurality of vehicles on the display; the user interface being arranged to receive a user input indicative of which one of the at least some of the plurality of vehicles the user wishes to hire; the user device being arranged to transmit data corresponding to the user input to the base station; and the base station being arranged to transmit the data corresponding to the user input to the one of the plurality of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of transport allocation and payment comprising the steps of
transmitting the location of each of a plurality of vehicles to a base station using a respective transceiver of each of the plurality of vehicles; -
receiving the location of at least one of the plurality of vehicles via a transceiver at a base station; updating a positional database stored on a server of the base station; receiving a request for transport from a user at a user device via a user interface; transmitting the request and the location of the user device to the server of the base station via a transceiver of the user device; transmitting data corresponding to the locations of at least some of the plurality of vehicles from the base station to the user device; display the location of the at least some of the plurality of vehicles on a screen of the user device; receiving a user input indicative of which one of the at least some of the plurality of vehicles the user wishes to hire at the user interface; transmitting data corresponding to the user input to the base station from the user device; and transmitting the data corresponding to the user input to the one of the plurality of vehicles from the base station. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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