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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109796 | Taxi Service Control System Apparatus for taxi service controlling, the apparatus comprising: a token data reader, installed in a vehicle of a fleet, configured to read token data from a machine readable medium provided by a passenger, and a vehicle data communicator, in communication with the tok... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120024951 | PASSENGER TRANSPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING TICKETS IN SUCH A SYSTEM A method for obtaining tickets for journeys in a passenger transportation system which comprises stations for entering and/or leaving transport means of the system for journeys between the stations, wherein at least one station of the system is assigned at least one con... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120006892 | SHIPMENT TRACKING METHOD, DEVICE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE A method for tracking shipments of a letter or package shipped by at least one shipper to an address of at least one addressee including printing a bar code on each shipment to be tracked, wherein the bar code includes at least one part for identification of the shipper... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110313821 | Anti Fare Evasion System A system for monitoring passengers on a vehicle includes one or more detectors for detecting passenger data including one or more passenger identification properties. A computer system receives data from the detectors and uniquely identifies each passenger based on the ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110290875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING BOARDING PASSES TO APPLY BUSINESS RULES A capability is provided for using boarding passes to apply business rules for travelers. The information encoded in a region of a boarding pass of a traveler is read or otherwise accessed. The information from the encoded region of the boarding pass is propagated towar... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110208645 | VIRTUAL FARE CARD AND VIRTUAL FARE DEVICE Embodiments of systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for enabling a uniquely-identifiable item as fare media in a transit system. Embodiments generally include collecting a unique identifier from the item, and sending the unique identifier, and othe... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110163159 | SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MONITORING THE TRANSFER OF CARGO TO AND FROM A TRANSPORTER Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for monitoring the transfer of cargo, such as a shipping container, to and from a transporter, such as a truck. Identification codes are provided on the cargo and the transporter to aid in the ident... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110153495 | MOBILE WIRELESS PAYMENT AND ACCESS Embodiments of systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for enabling wireless mobile devices to be automatically detected and used as fare media on vehicles in a transit and/or transportation system. Embodiments include detecting a wireless mobile device and utilizin... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110079167 | Highway vehicle towing system A highway vehicle towing system includes a light railroad track embedded in a highway and capable of transmitting electricity from a power supply plant, and a towing tractor movable along the light railroad track to tow a car. The owing tractor has multiple pairs of met... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20100308971 | RFID TAG DISABLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Systems and methods for disabling transponders used in electronic toll collection or other RFID systems, wherein the transponders include an antenna and RFID circuitry. The transponders can be selectively disabled by releasably securing a disabling device having a metal... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100243724 | Payment Apparatus for a Personal Transportation System A payment apparatus for a personal transportation system includes a display device for displaying a calculated fare for a passenger's desired travel. A card slot accepts a passenger's payment card for payment of the fare. A bill slot accepts paper currency for payment o... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100176198 | ONBOARD COMPUTER TICKETING TERMINAL The present invention relates to an onboard ticketing terminal notably aboard a public transport vehicle. The ticketing terminal (30) comprises a body (39) equipped with at least:
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| 20100174567 | MOBILITY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Apparatus (1) for enabling temporary access to a wheelchair (15) comprises a number of wheelchair containers (2) and a control unit (5) which communicates with the containers and is arranged to interact with a user to permit release of the wh... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20090314835 | SYSTEM FOR SHIPPING AN ITEM USING AN ELECTRONIC ENVELOPE The disclosed system enables a sender to ship an item in an envelope using a mobile shipping application running on a computing device or carrier computer. This system includes an electronic envelope having an updateable flexible electronic visual display that displays ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090277961 | Baggage check-in using short term message service A check-in method for airlines allows passengers to use Short Message Service (SMS) to check-in themselves and baggage. A passenger requests to check-in via SMS from practically anywhere and not limited to the airport. After receipt of the request, a confirmation messag... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090272802 | PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS INITIATED VIA A USER'S SHOE A method includes wearing a shoe on a user's foot. The shoe incorporates a proximity payment device. The method also includes bringing the shoe into proximity with a proximity reader to make or evidence a payment.... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090231207 | CIRCULARLY POLARIZED PATCH ANTENNA WITH SINGLE SUPPLY POINT An antenna for circularly polarized radiation having a lamina of electrically conductive material with a generally square shape and a first chamfer on a first vertex of the generally square shape. The chamfer determines an asymmetrical shape of the lamina.... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090210299 | Method and Apparatus for Simplifying the Handling of Complex Payment Transactions A predetermined amount, which may, in general, be zero, less than, the same as, or greater than a (yet-to-be-determined) final transaction amount, is charged upon first presentation of a payment device to a merchant. A final transaction amount is calculated, preferably ... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090179076 | On-line bar-coded ticket for transient parking, which requires a server connection only at either entrance or exit, but not both An on-site system for calculating a transient parking fee. The system includes a ticket and a machine-readable storage device. The machine-readable storage device is disposed on, and is machine-readable from, the ticket, contains data necessary to compute the transient ... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090166412 | AUTOMATIC INTEGRATED SENSING AND ACCESS CONTROL An access control system for sensing exposure to items of interest for a person associated with a unique identifier of a fare card or ticket is disclosed. The access control system includes the unique identifier, an exposure detector and a processor. The unique identifi... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090128432 | Combination ETC terminal and rear view mirror for vehicles A combination Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) terminal and rear view mirror for vehicles is disclosed. The rear view mirror includes a Radio Frequency (RF) antenna, and an ETC module. The RF antenna is fastened to the upper end of a stay in order to transmit and receiv... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090012851 | WIRELESS TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM An assembly of devices for charging and cashless automatic payment of costs, e.g. toll, bridge toll, entrance and the like, charged on the basis of geographical locations and/or geographical areas and for the information on the events on the basis of the above-mentioned... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080308631 | Hand-Held Device for Parking Meter Enforcement The present invention provides a hand-held violation ticket issuing device which incorporates a digital camera so that the ticket can be printed with an image of the vehicle license plate and the expired meter and/or expired parking receipt or other evidence of a violat... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080296372 | Park user management system and park user management method using the same A park user management system having a plurality of radio frequency tag readers installed along usable routes in a park for recognizing information stored in a radio frequency tag provided to each park user and an exercise quantity management module for calculating exer... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080277468 | PARKING METER A parking system using parking meters which accept payment by credit card or smart cards. The user can start the parking payment period by swiping a credit card in the reader. A fixed pre-payment is charged to the card. The payment period is terminated when the same car... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080179398 | Method of and apparatus for translating shipping documents A method of translating a shipping document regarding one or more shipment items being shipped, tracked and delivered to a final destination using a Web-based shipping, tracking, and delivery information network. At the point of shipment pickup, the method involves digi... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080173710 | Digital color image capture and processing module A digital image capture and processing module for use with an Internet-based shipping, tracking and delivery network. The module includes a housing having a light transmission aperture with an optically transparent imaging window mounted thereover. A digital camera boar... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080156873 | Method And System For Using Contactless Payment Cards In A Transit System An automatic fare collection solution for a transit system exploits the use of smart payment cards (e.g., MasterCard's PayPass cards) by the commercial payment card industry. The smart payment cards that are issued by commercial card issuers and banks to customers confo... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080093445 | Data ignition card Data Ignition Card is a card with a magnetized strip and/or a microchip embedded in a magnetized strip and an electronic card reader connected to a vehicle's ignition system. To use Data Ignition Card, an individual inserts the card into the card reader prior to startin... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080054072 | Vehicle information systems and methods In some of the embodiments described herein, a vehicle information system may be used to generate route map information, schedule information, estimated time of arrival information, or the like based upon location information received from passenger-carried or cargo-car... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080041945 | Ticket reconstruction Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing ticket changes are described.... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080029595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT A system and method for order fulfillment includes receiving an order for a plurality of items, initiating collection of the plurality of items for the order, detecting presence of a user at a selected one of a plurality of delivery locations when the plurality of items... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080011839 | Material hauling and delivery monitoring system A system and apparatus monitors dump truck loads and activity. A truck picks up a load and haul ticket at one location, such as a gravel or sand pit, and delivers them to another, such as a job fill site. An operator at the job site scans a bar code on the truck to log ... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070290039 | Method and apparatus for in vehicle low price fuel finder A method for recommending service stations for vehicles based on a users route or location is disclosed. The method comprises mapping a user's current location, collecting fuel prices from stations that are within a predetermined distance from the user's location and di... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070278300 | VARIABLE RATE TOLL SYSTEM A method and system are provided in which average vehicle speeds of tolled and non-tolled road segments between two locations are monitored and saved for reference in providing dynamic adjustment of the toll amount to be charged for use of the tolled segment in order to... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070267473 | Portable data storage module A portable data storage module comprises a control module, a wireless communication module, a rewriteable memory and a data transfer button. When the data transfer button is actuated, the portable data storage module wakes from a sleep mode and the control module initia... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070267479 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING PARKING TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS A payment processing system configured to provide merchant-specific accounts to consumers, such as virtual prepaid parking accounts, that are accessed by payment instruments. In one embodiment, the payment processing system can create and provide a variety of payment me... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070235526 | System for preventing banned drivers from driving A system for allowing access to a driver of a vehicle based on validity information of the driver is provided. The system requires the driver to insert a valid driving license card into a card reader installed in the vehicle for checking the validity of the driving lice... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070205272 | Method of operating a terminal A method of operating a terminal at an airport beyond security screening, the terminal having a housing, a display, a reader configured to read data from an information bearing medium comprising the steps of: reading a personal identification; performing at least one of... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070205279 | Integrated explosives detector and transit fare collection system and method An integrated fare collection and security system is provided. The system include an apparatus for detecting trace amounts of explosives or other substances of interest as part of a ticket purchasing transaction. Signals then are generated to prevent suspects form enter... | 09/06/2007 |
