Transport system user inspection
First Claim
1. A method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system, wherein an inspection system comprises a portable inspection device and a server, the server being remote from the portable inspection device, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by the portable inspection device, identification data of the user device of the user of the transport system;
generating an inspection result of the user device, by the inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective plurality of users of the transport system;
conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection;
receiving, by the server, batches of entry data from a plurality of computing devices at a respective plurality of locations; and
generating, within a database, a second record in dependence on the received batches, wherein the second record comprises, for each location, determined time and status data of the most recently received batch from that location.
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Abstract
A method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system includes obtaining, by a portable inspection device, identification data of a user device of a user of a transport system; generating an inspection result of the user device, by an inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective of users of the transport system; and conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection.
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1. A method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system, wherein an inspection system comprises a portable inspection device and a server, the server being remote from the portable inspection device, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by the portable inspection device, identification data of the user device of the user of the transport system; generating an inspection result of the user device, by the inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective plurality of users of the transport system; conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection; receiving, by the server, batches of entry data from a plurality of computing devices at a respective plurality of locations; and generating, within a database, a second record in dependence on the received batches, wherein the second record comprises, for each location, determined time and status data of the most recently received batch from that location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system, wherein an inspection system comprises a portable inspection device and a server, the server being remote from the portable inspection device, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by the portable inspection device, identification data of the user device of the user of the transport system; generating an inspection result of the user device, by the inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective plurality of users of the transport system; conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection; and further comprising a computing device for a location; receiving entry data of a plurality of user devices from all of the entry user device readers at the location; determining a time at which all of the received entry data, that has not already been transmitted to the server, is to be provided to the server; generating a batch of entry data that has not already been transmitted to the server, the batch comprising received entry data at, or prior to, the determined time; and transmitting the batch of entry data to the server, wherein the transmitted batch comprises time data that provides the determined time for the entry data comprised in the batch. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An inspection system comprising a portable inspection device and a server, the server being remote from the portable inspection device, the inspection system being operative to perform a method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system comprising:
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obtaining, by the portable inspection device, identification data of the user device of a user of the transport system; generating an inspection result of the user device, by the inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective plurality of users of the transport system; conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection; receiving, by the server, batches of entry data from a plurality of computing devices at a respective plurality of locations; and generating, within a database, a second record in dependence on the received batches, wherein the second record comprises, for each location, determined time and status data of the most recently received batch from that location. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. An inspection system comprising a portable inspection device and a server, the server being remote from the portable inspection device, the inspection system being operative to perform a method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system comprising:
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obtaining, by the portable inspection device, identification data of the user device of a user of the transport system; generating an inspection result of the user device, by the inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective plurality of users of the transport system; and conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection; the inspection system further comprising a computing device for a location, the computing device being operative to; receive entry data of a plurality of user devices from all of the entry user device readers at the location; determine a time at which all of the received entry data, that has not already been transmitted to the server, is to be provided to the server; generate a batch of entry data that has not already been transmitted to the server, the batch comprising received entry data at, or prior to, the determined time; and transmit the batch of entry data to the server, wherein the transmitted batch comprises time data that provides the determined time for the entry data comprised in the batch. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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