TICKETING SOLUTION

• US 20130204647A1
• Filed: 05/25/2011
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Government of the United States of America)
• Original Assignee: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Government of the United States of America)
• Inventors: Behun, Gregory Irwin, Flynn, Anthony Paul, Toczylowski, Michael Thomas
• Application Number:
  US13/699,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20130204647A1
• 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 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00

Abstract

A system for use of an electronic ticket, the system comprising: a server arranged to: issue a ticket responsive to a passenger request; issue a bar coded travel document for passengers and segments in a reservation; generate a list of issued tickets for a predetermined vehicle, wherein the list comprises passenger ticketing information; and modify a ticket status during a period in which the vehicle is in motion to indicate use or modification of the issued ticket by a passenger.

Claims

2. A method of using an electronic ticket, the method comprising:

issuing a ticket for travel on a vehicle in response to a passenger itinerary request;

issuing a single bar-coded travel document via one or more media for all passengers and segments within a reservation; and

modifying a ticket status responsive to receipt of a status indication received during a period in which the passenger has begun the itinerary.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the issue travel document does not require re-issue upon modification of the reservation.

5. A memory or a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 2.

4-1. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the generating or updating is performed during a period in which the vehicle is in motion.