METHOD, SERVER, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A TRANSPORTATION FARE

• US 20160042347A1
• Filed: 08/26/2014
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG CNS Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG CNS Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Chang Ha, SON, Min Jeong
• Granted Patent: US 10,504,112 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0855 involving a third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/34 using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2240/00 Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

A method, a server, and a system includes a central server configured to compare an authorization result of a fare payment means upon boarding a transportation means with an authorization result of the fare payment means upon leaving the transportation means, determine whether to update at least one of a boarding terminal and a departure terminal based on the comparison result, and transmit update information to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal based on the determination result. The boarding terminal performs an authorization process of the fare payment means upon boarding if a network connection between the central server and the boarding terminal is unstable, and the departure terminal performs an authorization process of the fare payment means upon leaving if a network connection between the central server and the departure terminal is unstable.

Claims

1. A method of a central server, the method comprising:

comparing an authorization result of a fare payment means upon boarding a transportation means with an authorization result of the fare payment means upon leaving the transportation means;

determining whether to update information stored in at least one of a boarding terminal and a leaving terminal, based on the comparison result; and

transmitting update information to at least one of the boarding terminal and the leaving terminal, based on the determination result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to update information comprises determining to update at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal when the authorization result upon boarding and the authorization result upon leaving are different from each other.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the update information is transmitted to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal if authorization upon boarding is performed by the boarding terminal and the authorization upon leaving is performed by the central server.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the update information is transmitted to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal if authorization upon boarding is performed by the central server and authorization upon leaving is performed by the departure terminal.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the update information is periodically transmitted to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal if authorization upon boarding and authorization upon leaving are performed by the central server.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting the update information related to the authorization of the fare payment means from an authority server.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an authorization request for the approval of the fare payment means from the boarding terminal or the departure terminal; and

requesting an authority server for authorization of the fare payment means upon boarding or leaving according to the authorization request.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an authorization request for the approval of the fare payment means from the boarding terminal or the departure terminal;

determining a connection state of a network between an authority server and the central server; and

performing, by the central server, an authorization process upon boarding or leaving, based on the connection state of the network between the authority server and the central server.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving the authorization result of the fare payment means upon boarding or leaving from the authority server,

wherein the authorization result is determined by the authority server, based on a list including information on whether the fare payment means is usable.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing the authorization result of the fare payment means upon boarding or leaving; and

transmitting the authorization result of the fare payment means upon boarding or leaving to the boarding terminal or the departure terminal.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the update information to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal at regular time intervals.

12. A central server of a transportation system, the central server comprising:

a processor configured to compare an authorization result of a fare payment means upon boarding a transportation means with an authorization result of the fare payment means upon leaving the transportation means, and determine whether to update at least one of a boarding terminal and a departure terminal, based on the comparison result; and

an interface unit configured to transmit update information to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal, based on the determination result.

13. The central server of claim 12, wherein when the authorization result upon boarding and the authorization result upon leaving are different from each other, the processor determines to update at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal.

14. The central server of claim 12, wherein the processor causes the interface unit to transmit a request to an authority server for the authorization of the fare payment means if a network connection between the authority server and the central server is stable, and performs the authorization of the fare payment means if a network connection between the authority server and the central server is unstable.

15. The central server of claim 12,

wherein the interface unit transmits the update information to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal if the authorization upon boarding is performed by the boarding terminal and the authorization upon leaving is performed by the central server,

wherein the interface unit transmits the update information to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal when the authorization upon boarding is performed by the central server and the authorization upon leaving is performed by the departure terminal, and

the interface unit periodically transmits the update information to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal when the authorization upon boarding and the authorization upon leaving are performed by the central server.

16. The central server of claim 12, wherein the interface unit receives the authorization result of the fare payment means upon boarding or leaving from an authority server, and

wherein the authorization result is determined by the authority server based on a list including information on whether the fare payment means is usable.

17. The central server of claim 16, further comprising:

a memory configured to store the authorization result of the fare payment means upon boarding or leaving.

18. A system for processing a transportation fare, the system comprising:

a boarding terminal configured to read a fare payment means upon boarding a transportation means;

a departure terminal configured to read the fare payment means upon leaving the transportation means; and

a central server configured to compare an authorization result of the fare payment means upon boarding the transportation means with an authorization result of the fare payment means upon leaving the transportation means, determine whether to update at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal based on the comparison result, and transmit update information to at least one of the boarding terminal and the departure terminal based on the determination result.

19. The system of claim 18,

wherein the boarding terminal performs an authorization process of the fare payment means upon boarding if a network connection between the central server and the boarding terminal is unstable, and

wherein the departure terminal performs an authorization process of the fare payment means upon leaving if a network connection between the central server and the departure terminal is unstable.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

an authority server configured to determine whether to approve the fare payment means upon boarding or leaving, based on a list including information on whether the fare payment means is usable.