EP 1269420 A1 20030102 - TRANSIT BEST FARE SYSTEM AND METHOD
Title (en)
TRANSIT BEST FARE SYSTEM AND METHOD
Title (de)
SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN FÜR DEN BESTEN FAHRPREIS
Title (fr)
SYSTEME ET PROCEDE D'APPLICATION DU TARIF DE TRANSPORT LE PLUS AVANTAGEUX
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0205267 W 20020220
- US 27003501 P 20010220
- US 31620601 P 20010831
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO02067203A1] A mass transit system of a transit authority automatically determines and applies the lowest possible transit fare to a patron's account, thereby releasing the patron from decisions leading to the most cost effective fare instrument for his or her transit pattern. A fair fare system and method utilizes the transit authorit's existing hardware infrastructure, i.e., mainframe, vendors, gates, smart card and Point of Issue (POI) devices, with additinoal processing mechanisms for determining the best fare over rolling time periods. Because a relatively large storage capacity of the fare instrument is required, smart cards are employed for use with the fare fair system.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07B 15/00 (2011.01); G07F 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G06Q 20/3572 (2013.01); G06Q 20/363 (2013.01); G07B 15/00 (2013.01); G07F 7/0866 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 02067203A1
Citation (examination)
WO 9302430 A2 19930204 - WARD WILLIAM [GB], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0205267 W 20020220; EP 02714959 A 20020220