Taxi Calling System and Method Based on Handheld Mobile Terminals

• US 20150012310A1
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zhe Shen
• Original Assignee: Zhe Shen
• Inventors: Shen, Zhe
• Application Number:
  US14/380,891
• Publication Number:
  US 20150012310A1
• 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: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The taxi calling system and methods based on the handheld mobile terminal aims at resolving passengers'"'"' difficulty of calling a taxi, waste of traffic resource and the platform promotion of taxi calling system. This system contains the hand-held mobile terminal of the passengers, information processing server and the handheld mobile server of the driver. The information procession server can receive and save the dynamic geographic location information of the driver'"'"'s hand-held mobile terminal. The passengers use handheld mobile terminal to send order information that includes location information to the information processing server which will send request information to the driver'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal within the relevant area of the passenger. After the drivers receive the request information, they can grab the request, contact the passenger through voice or symbol communication under the coordination of information processing server, confirm the request affairs and finally provide carrying for the passenger. This system and method is convenient for passengers to lower empty rate of taxis and is easy to promote.

Claims

1. The taxi calling system and methods based on the hand-held mobile terminal contains the handheld mobile terminal of the passenger, information processing server and the handheld mobile terminal of the driver. Its characteristics are:

(1) The handheld mobile terminal of the passenger can send order information to information processing server, receive the driver'"'"'s identification information sent by information processing server, can carry on voice or symbol communication according to the above-mentioned driver identification information and driver'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal. The order information contains the geographic location information of the passenger and also the communication information of the passenger, the communication way includes voice or symbol method, the driver identification information contains the voice or symbol communication identification information within the system and the communication way information of the driver. The communication way contains voice or symbol way;

(2) Information processing server can receive and storethe dynamic geography information sent by the handheld mobile terminal of the driver, driver'"'"'s information on communication mode sent by driver'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal, order information sent by passengers'"'"' handheld mobile terminal, can generate passenger regional information according to the described geographic location information in the order information, can send taxi request information to the handheld mobile terminal within this region according to passenger regional information, can receive the order grabbing information sent by the handheld mobile terminal of the driver, can make choices according to order grabbing operation information and get handheld mobile terminal collection of drivers allowed to receive the order, can send passenger identification information to every driver'"'"' handheld mobile terminal, can send the driver'"'"'s identification information described in driver'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal to the passenger'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal. The passenger identification information contains the communication mode information of the passenger or the identification information used for voice or symbol communication within the system by the passenger.

(3) The handheld mobile terminal of the passenger can send described dynamic location information to the information processing server, can send the driver'"'"'s communication information to the information processing server, can receive request information sent by information processing server, can send order grabbing information to information processing server according to request information, can receive passenger'"'"'s identification information sent by the information processing server, and can carry on voice or symbol communication according to received passenger identification information and the passenger'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal.

2. The taxi calling methods based on the handheld mobile terminal contains steps as follows:

(1) The driver'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal sends the dynamic location information to the information processing server;

(2) Information processing server receives and stores the dynamic location information sent by the driver'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal;

(3) The passengers use their handheld mobile terminal to send order information to information processing server. The described order information contains passenger'"'"'s location information and also communication mode information of the passenger;

the communication mode contains voice or symbol mode;

(4) information processing server receives order information sent by handheld mobile terminal of the passenger, then generates passenger regional information according to location information of the passenger, and send request information to the handheld mobile terminal of the drivers according to the regional information of the passenger;

(5) The handheld mobile terminal of the driver receives the request information sent by the information processing server;

(6) The drivers use their handheld mobile termination to send order grabbing information to information processing server according to received request information, and send their communication mode information to information processing server, the communication mode includes voice or symbol mode;

(7) The information processing server makes choices according to order grabbing information, and gets the collection of the handheld mobile terminals of drivers allowed to accept order, send the identification information to the drivers'"'"' handheld mobile terminal, and then send the driver'"'"'s identification information to the handheld mobile terminal of the passenger. The described passenger identification information contains the passenger'"'"'s communication mode information or identification information used for voice or symbol communication within the system. The described driver identification information contains the driver'"'"'s communication mode information or identification information used for voice or symbol communication within the system of the driver'"'"'s handheld mobile terminal.

(8) The driver carries on voice or symbol communication with the passenger, confirms the carrying location, and drives to carry the passenger.