Method to regularize and to stimulate the solidary transport of passengers

• US 20130036026A1
• Filed: 07/14/2010
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Marcio Henrique Nigro
• Original Assignee: Marcio Henrique Nigro
• Inventors: Nigro, Marcio Henrique
• Application Number:
  US13/641,866
• Publication Number:
  US 20130036026A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.41
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

The present invention refers to a method to allow and to stimulate the solidary transport of passengers, in the common way called hitchhiking or carpool.

Claims

1-5. -5. (canceled)

6. A method for regularizing and stimulating solidary transport of passengers the method comprising:

(a) providing a website capable of intermediating on-line payment transactions;

the website providing a virtual monetary unit used in the on-line payments on the website;

where a user converts local currency into the virtual monetary units;

(b) establishing a monetary value for each distance unit of a trip;

generating and suggesting a pre-determined value for each specific trip;

(c) subscribing at least one commercial entity to the website, the commercial entity accepting the monetary unit as payment;

(d) subscribing at least one passenger and at least one driver to the website;

the website validating and authenticating the information of the subscribed passenger and subscribed driver and creating a virtual account of the subscribed passenger and a virtual account of the subscribed driver for each specific trip;

for the on-line payment transactions of the monetary unit;

(e) The subscribed passenger acquiring an amount of monetary units on-line on the website for the subscribed passenger virtual account;

(f) the subscribed passenger transferring an amount of monetary units on-line from the virtual account of the subscribed passenger to the virtual account of the subscribed driver, as an advanced payment for the specific trip;

(g) the subscribed driver transporting the subscribed passenger for the paid specific trip, and

(h) the subscribed driver redeeming the monetary unit for use in the at least one subscribed commercial entity.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein in item (c) the subscribed commercial entity is any commercial entity that provides products or services using web commerce.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the validating and authenticating of the information of the subscribed passenger and subscribed driver on the website is done through suitable authentication information and suitable entities.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the subscribed driver is able to accept multiple subscribed passengers for one same trip.