Transport system
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1. A transport network including:
- a vehicle park as a first hub at which authorized commuters, on a non pre-designated basis, may park vehicles or take on board authorized commuters, said vehicle park having at least one pickup zone or lane, each said pickup zone having a specified destination,a computer implementing a record keeping system, said record keeping system;
having a record for each of a plurality of authorized commuters,identifying and recording which of the authorized commuters is the driver and which are the passengers,debiting each passengers authorized commuter record in relation to the pick up or set down, andcrediting the vehicle'"'"'s driver'"'"'s authorized commuter record, said credit related to said passenger'"'"'s debit.
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Abstract
A transport system having
- commuters with identification and/or vehicles with identification (“identifiers”) authorizing them to take part in the transport system,
- at least one vehicle park in which authorized commuters may park vehicles and/or take on board authorized commuters who may or may not have parked vehicles and transport them to a specified destination and/or for set down near the specified destination,
- a hub at which vehicles of authorized commuters or others may take on board authorized commuters and transport them to the or a said vehicle park,
- optionally near the specified destination, at least one pickup point from which authorized commuters may be transported back to the hub, and
- a benefit sharing system involving the use of the identifiers at the vehicle park(s) and/or said hub whereby an authorized commuter, when a driver of authorized commuter(s) leaving and/or returning to or arriving at the vehicle park(s) and/or hub, benefits at some detriment to each carried commuter.
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26 Claims
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1. A transport network including:
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a vehicle park as a first hub at which authorized commuters, on a non pre-designated basis, may park vehicles or take on board authorized commuters, said vehicle park having at least one pickup zone or lane, each said pickup zone having a specified destination, a computer implementing a record keeping system, said record keeping system; having a record for each of a plurality of authorized commuters, identifying and recording which of the authorized commuters is the driver and which are the passengers, debiting each passengers authorized commuter record in relation to the pick up or set down, and crediting the vehicle'"'"'s driver'"'"'s authorized commuter record, said credit related to said passenger'"'"'s debit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of operating a transport network on a computer, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying, by the computer, a vehicle park as a first hub at which authorized commuters, on a non pre-designated basis, may park vehicles or take on board authorized commuters, the vehicle park having a specified destination for at least one pick up zone or lane, creating, by the computer, a record for a plurality of authorized commuters, recording, by the computer, which of the authorized commuters is the driver and which are the passengers, debiting, by the computer, each passenger'"'"'s authorized commuter record in relation to the pick up or set down, and crediting, by the computer, the vehicle driver'"'"'s authorized commuter record, said credit related to said passenger'"'"'s debit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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