METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORT SERVICE INFORMATION, METHOD AND SERVER FOR MANAGING TRANSPORT SERVICE, AND METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORT SERVICE

• US 20140058896A1
• Filed: 08/23/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Byung-min
• Granted Patent: US 10,380,668 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.61
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method by which a mobile terminal provides transport service information, the method including transmitting information regarding a user and information regarding a transport service preferred by the user to a transport service managing server, for the user'"'"'s use of the transport service; receiving information regarding transport service providing means corresponding to the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user, from the transport service managing server; and confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service based on the information regarding the transport service providing means received from the transport service managing server and information acquired from the transport service providing means via a short-range wireless communication by the mobile terminal, when the transport service providing means is available for providing the transport service.

Claims

1. A method by which a mobile terminal provides transport service information, the method comprising:

transmitting information regarding a user and information regarding a transport service preferred by the user to a transport service managing server, for the user'"'"'s use of the transport service;

receiving information regarding a transport service provider corresponding to the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user, from the transport service managing server; and

confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service based on the information regarding the transport service provider received from the transport service managing server and information acquired from the transport service provider via a short-range wireless communication by the mobile terminal, when the transport service provider is available for providing the transport service.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising acquiring link information for communicating with the transport service managing server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the acquiring of the link information comprises acquiring the link information via at least one of a short-range wireless communication, a barcode, and an application.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying at least a part of the received information regarding the transport service provider.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user comprises at least one of information regarding conditions for a vehicle, information regarding conditions for a driver, information regarding an origin of departure, information regarding a destination, and information regarding payment methods.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information regarding conditions for a vehicle comprises at least one of information regarding type of the vehicle, information regarding color of the vehicle, information regarding the maximum number of passengers, information regarding additional equipment on the vehicle information regarding out-of-factory date of the vehicle, information regarding accident history of the vehicle, information regarding total mileage of the vehicle, and information regarding terms the vehicle was rented for, and

the information regarding conditions for a driver comprises at least one of gender of the driver, age of the driver, driving experience of the driver, and user evaluations on the driver.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding transport service provider comprises at least one of identification information regarding a vehicle, information regarding a current location of the vehicle, information regarding estimated time of arrival, information regarding a driver, information regarding user evaluations, information regarding authentication, and information regarding estimated amount for payment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the information regarding transport service provider comprises:

receiving a list of a plurality of transport service providers corresponding to the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user from the transport service managing server; and

receiving a user selection of at least one transport service provider from the list of the plurality of transport service providers.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the list of transport service providers comprises information regarding at least one of identification information, current locations, wait times, operation status, driver identifications, and user evaluations regarding the respective vehicles corresponding to the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the confirming of the user comprises acquiring the information regarding transport service provider from the transport service provider via at least one of a short-range wireless communication, BLUETOOTH, Wi-Fi, WFD, UWB, ZIGBEE, a 2D barcode, and a color code.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the confirming of the user'"'"'s use of the transport service comprises comparing the information acquired from the transport service provider via the short-range wireless communication to the information regarding the transport service provider received from the transport service managing server.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising, as the user finishes using the transport service, processing a payment via the short-range wireless communication with the transport service provider.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the processing of the payment comprises transmitting information regarding payment methods associated with the user to the transport service provider via the short-range wireless communication.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting information regarding the user'"'"'s evaluations on the transport service provider to the transport service managing server.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding the transport service provider to a favorite menu based on an input of the user.

37. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for implementing the method of claim 1.

16. A method by which a transport service managing server manages transport service, the method comprising:

receiving information regarding a user and information regarding a transport service preferred by the user from a mobile terminal, for the user'"'"'s use of the transport service;

extracting a transport service provider corresponding to the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user;

transmitting information regarding the transport service provider to the mobile terminal; and

transmitting service request information including the information regarding the user to the transport service provider,

wherein, the information regarding transport service provider is information for confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising, when the transport service provider is available for providing the transport service, receiving, from the mobile terminal, a result of confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service on the mobile terminal based on information acquired from the transport service provider via a short-range wireless communication and information regarding the transport service provider received from the transport service managing server.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the extracting of the transport service provider comprises:

extracting a plurality of transport service providers corresponding to the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user;

transmitting a list of the plurality of transport service providers to the mobile terminal; and

receiving a user selection regarding at least one transport service provider from the list of the plurality of transport service providers from the mobile terminal.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising, when the user'"'"'s use of the transport service is successfully confirmed on the mobile terminal, receiving information regarding an origin of departure and information regarding time of departure from the mobile terminal or the transport service provider.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising, when the transport service provider arrives at a destination of the user, receiving information regarding the destination and information regarding time of arrival from the transport service provider or the mobile terminal.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

calculating transport service fare of the user based on the information regarding the origin of departure, the information regarding time of departure, the information regarding the destination, and the information regarding time of arrival; and

transmitting information regarding the transport service fare to at least one from between the mobile terminal and the transport service provider.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the transmitting of the service request information comprises transmitting at least one of identification information of the user, contact information of the user, and information regarding a location of the user to the transport service provider.

23. The method of claim 16, further comprising, when the user finishes using the transport service, receiving information regarding user evaluations on the transport service provider from the mobile terminal.

24. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving a request to add the transport service provider to a favorite menu based on an input of the user.

25. A method by which a transport service providing vehicle provides a transport service, the method comprising:

receiving, from a transport service managing server, a service request information including information regarding a user who wants to use the transport service; and

transmitting information for confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service to a mobile terminal of the user via a short-range wireless communication, when the transport service providing vehicle is available for providing transport service to the user,

wherein the information for confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service includes at least one from between information regarding the transport service providing vehicle and information regarding a driver thereof.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the information regarding the user comprises at least one of identification information of the user, contact information of the user, and information regarding a location of the user.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the information for confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service is compared to information regarding a transport service provider received from the transport service managing server on the mobile terminal.

28. The method of claim 25, further comprising confirming the user based on a user information acquired from the mobile terminal via the short-range wireless communication and a user information received from the transport service managing server.

29. The method of claim 25, further comprising, when the transport service providing vehicle arrives at a destination of the user, transmitting information regarding the destination and information regarding time of arrival to the transport service managing server.

30. The method of claim 25, further comprising, when the user finishes using the transport service, receiving information regarding transport service fare of the user from the transport service managing server.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

receiving information regarding payment methods associated with the user from the mobile terminal of the user via the short-range wireless communication; and

processing a payment for the transport service fare based on the information regarding payment methods.

32. The method of claim 25, further comprising, when the user finishes using the transport service, receiving information regarding user evaluations on the transport service providing vehicle from the transport service managing server.

33. A mobile terminal comprising:

a communication unit, which, transmits information regarding a user and information regarding a transport service preferred by the user to a transport service managing server for the user'"'"'s use of the transport service and receives information regarding a transport service provider corresponding to the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user, from the transport service managing server; and

a control unit, which, confirms the user'"'"'s use of the transport service based on the information regarding the transport service provider received from the transport service managing server and information acquired from the transport service provider via a short-range wireless communication by the mobile terminal, when the transport service provider is available for providing the transport service.

34. The mobile terminal of claim 33, further comprising a display unit, which displays at least a part of the received information regarding the transport service provider.

35. A transport service managing server comprising:

a reception unit, which receives information regarding a user and information regarding a transport service preferred by the user from a mobile terminal, for the user'"'"'s use of the transport service;

an extraction unit, which extracts a transport service provider corresponding to the information regarding the transport service preferred by the user;

a transmission unit, which transmits information regarding the transport service provider to the mobile terminal and transmits service request information including information regarding the user to the transport service provider; and

a control unit, which controls the reception unit, the extraction unit, and the transmission unit,

wherein the information regarding the transport service provider is information for confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service.

36. A transport service providing vehicle comprising:

a reception unit, which receives, from a transport service managing server, a service request information including information regarding a user who wants to use a transport service;

a transmission unit, which transmits information for confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service to a mobile terminal of the user via a short-range wireless communication, when the transport service providing vehicle is available for providing transport service to the user; and

a control unit, which controls the reception unit and the transmission unit,

wherein the information for confirming the user'"'"'s use of the transport service includes at least one from between information regarding the transport service providing vehicle and information regarding a driver thereof.