METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION USE TRACKING AND BILLING
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Abstract
A user registers with an automated transportation use and billing system. The user'"'"'s geographical location/position is monitored and periodically compared with the geographical location/position of one or more public transportation systems. When a determination is made that the user'"'"'s geographical location/position is the same as the geographical location/position of a public transportation system, an assumption is made that the user is making use of the public transportation system and once the user'"'"'s geographical location/position data differs from the public transportation system'"'"'s geographical location/position data, it is further assumed that the user is no longer making use of the public transportation system. Data indicating the users assumed use of the public transportation system, calculated as described above, is then recorded and credited to the user'"'"'s account.
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33 Claims
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12. A computing system implemented process for providing an automated transportation use and billing system comprising the following, which when executed by one or more processors, perform a process comprising:
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monitoring the geographical location of a user mobile computing system associated with a user and obtain user geographical location/position data; obtaining transportation geographical location/position data associated with a public transportation system element; analyzing the user geographical location/position data and the transportation geographical location/position data to determine that the user and the public transportation element are at a location only used by the transportation element, thus determining when the user makes use of the public transportation system element; and charging, as a direct result of determining that the user and the public transportation element are at a location only used by the transportation element, the user for the determined use of the public transportation system element. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An automated transportation use and billing system comprising:
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a user mobile computing system associated with a user; a public transportation system including one or more public transportation system elements; and one or more processors associated with one or more computing systems, the one or more processors associated with one or more computing systems configured to execute, and executing a process for providing an automated transportation use and billing system, the process for providing an automated transportation use and billing system including; monitoring the geographical location of the user mobile computing system associated with a user and obtain user geographical location/position data; obtaining transportation geographical location/position data associated with a public transportation system element of the public transportation system; analyzing the user geographical location/position data and the transportation geographical location/position data to determine that the user and the public transportation element are at a location only used by the transportation element, thus determining when the user makes use of the public transportation system element; and charging, as a direct result of determining that the user and the public transportation element are at a location only used by the transportation element, the user for the determined use of the public transportation system element. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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