1684 results about "Taxis" patented technology

An apparatus and method of reserving conveyance, such as taxis and limousines, in which the pickup locations, times, and contract are established and logged electronically. The system is configured to increase the assurance that the conveyance will arrive properly on time and on location, and that the patron will also keep their end of the agreement. The system preferably configured for disincentives for either party to not follow in accord with the contract.

A system and method for managing a plurality of stock option accounts each for a plurality of participants. The system invokes a particular option plan defined in the system that governs the transaction choices available to each participants The governing option plans are defined by the sponsoring company in terms of grant, vest and expiration date for the option contracts, and are defined in the system via a database of option holding information for each participant and an axiomatic rule system defining the criteria under which a given participant can exercise given options under the particular plan. The system implements the plans for multiple client companies providing several distinct modes for option exercise by the participant. The system preferably also allows for disbursement of proceeds in a currency different than that in which the underlying security for the option is traded, real time execution of the option transaction, and / or simulating the outcomes of different manners in which the participant may exercise vested options and the resulting economic outcome (disbursement, taxes, transaction fees).

A taxi customer requests a taxi dispatch using a mobile phone. A control center acquires the request and authenticates the telephone number by an incoming call log thereof, and then sends an e-mail with a URL to the e-mail address of the taxi customer. The taxi customer accesses the URL and inputs dispatch conditions, and these dispatch conditions are distributed to a plurality of taxi drivers. The control center selects the optimal taxi based on the offer or bid from the taxi drivers that satisfies the dispatch conditions. The taxi customer is notified of the selection, and the taxi driver and the taxi company are also automatically notified that a selection was made. Such an arrangement enables a taxi to be automatically dispatched without the need for a telephone conversation to the taxi customer who has specified the dispatch conditions. The taxi customer can therefore reliably take a taxi with the desired conditions.

Provided are methods for executing an action in response to a request for a service using location information in conjunction with service-specific parameters. A user may request a provider of a specified service (e.g., taxi, plumber, pharmacist, etc.). In evaluating the request, providers may be evaluated based on the location information in addition to service-specific parameters. An action in response may include merely displaying selected service provider(s) in response to the request, or acting on behalf of the user by communicating with a selected service provider.

A system and method for managing a plurality of stock option accounts each for a plurality of participants. The system invokes a particular option plan defined in the system that governs the transaction choices available to each participant. The governing option plans are defined by the sponsoring company in terms of grant, vest and expiration date for the option contracts, and are defined in the system via a database of option holding information for each participant and an axiomatic rule system defining the criteria under which a given participant can exercise given options under the particular plan. The system implements the plans for multiple client companies providing several distinct modes for option exercise by the participant. The system preferably also allows for disbursement of proceeds in a currency different than that in which the underlying security for the option is traded, real time execution of the option transaction, and / or simulating the outcomes of different manners in which the participant may exercise vested options and the resulting economic outcome (disbursement, taxes, transaction fees).

A transportation system and a method for operating the transportation system are provided. The transportation system provides a flexible, on-demand, and door-to-door transportation service to improve the accessibility of an existing public transit system. The transportation system may be operated by or in conjunction with the transit system and is uniquely different from either taxi, shuttle, or bus service. A vehicle of the transportation system transports a passenger between a pickup location and a predetermined node in response to a service request initiated by the passenger according to instructions that are dynamically determined in real time in consideration of the pickup location, a current location of the vehicle, and a predetermined travel time between the pickup location and the node.

A management server authenticates taxi drivers, searches for taxis near a taxi user, calls a taxi, searches for and tracks a taxi upon an emergency call from a taxi user, and updates assessment information about the services provided by taxi drivers. A taxi driver may undergo authentication on the taxi driver himself and his taxi before driving the taxi by putting his mobile terminal on a terminal holder mounted in the taxi upon a ride in the taxi. Before taking a ride in a taxi, a taxi user may receive driver information about taxis from the management server using a mobile terminal, and select a taxi after checking the received driver information.

Systems and methods provide vehicle ridesharing and vehicle ridesharing management. In one implementation, a system includes a memory storing ridesharing-related instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, a first ride request from a first user, the first ride request including a first starting point and a first desired destination; send a confirmation to the first user with an indication of an estimated pick-up time; direct a taxi to pick up the first user; receive a second ride request from a second user; direct the taxi to pick up the second user; and send to the first user a fare amount including a first fare portion corresponding to a first portion of the ride before picking up the second user and a second fare portion corresponding to a second portion of the ride after picking up the second user.

The present invention consists of a system for optimizing the operation of a transit network, where the transit network including one or more transit operators, each of the transit operators providing one or more transit vehicles, including: ferries, trains, elevated trains, subways, buses, streetcars, vans and taxis. The system is comprised of a) a data collection component adapted to collect data from said transit operators and said transit vehicles; b) a data processing component adapted to process said data to determine viable routing options within said transit network for a passenger to travel from a start point to an end point within said transit network; c) an algorithm for assessing said viable routing options to determine a routing option that minimizes one or more of: fare, time, travel distance, transfers, distance from the start point to entry onto the transit network; distance from the end point to entry onto the transit network or any other passenger-input criteria; and d) a data display component for presenting the routing option so determined to the passenger.

An international transaction system for operation over the internet / intranet provides a pre-transactional calculation of all charges involved in any international transaction. Upon the option of the customer, the goods can be viewed on catalogue sheets translated to a language of the customer's choice, and the price provided in a currency selected by the customer. The customer also has the option of initiating the order with automatic credit authorization, generation of an electronic title or commercial invoice and arrangements and payment of shipping charges and any taxes and import / export duties.

The invention relates to a bus arrival time prediction technique based on bus GPS data, which comprises sending out from the existing bus GPS data, making full use of auxiliary information such as pulling in, door opening and the like of a bus GPS apparatus, adopting a space dividing method to divide zones for bus lines, accounting the history arrival time of partitioned areas to each station in front according to the actual arrival time of a bus, and leading the bus arrival time to continuously do self-adapting update as the accumulation of history data, and meanwhile, predicating the bus arrival time by means of road traffic status which is calculated by GPS information of a taxi or road traffic status calculated by other systems, and improving the predicating accuracy.

The invention relates to a taxi intelligent comprehensive supervision and service system which comprises a taxi vehicle intelligent service system and a taxi comprehensive supervision service and operation analysis system. The taxi vehicle intelligent service system is connected with the taxi comprehensive supervision service and operation analysis system through a wireless network and sends on and off duty signing data of a driver, operation detail data, service evaluation data, passenger volume investigation and statistics data and alarm data to the taxi comprehensive supervision service and operation analysis system in real time; and the taxi comprehensive supervision service and operation analysis system receives and carries out mining analysis on the data and sends terminal control data, driver service quality star-level data, dynamic check data and public information data to the taxi vehicle intelligent service system, therefore, the invention can enhance the scientificity of industry management and decision and strengthen the supervision of a taxi industry, thereby enhancing the service level and the passenger satisfaction of the taxi industry.

This disclosure relates to a program controlled apparatus, system and method for identifying taxable financial transactions, collecting data based on the transactions and calculating any sales and / or use taxes due on the transactions. The apparatus comprises a first database having a directory of parameters identifying all domestic government authorities by zip code, geocode, and by jurisdiction name requiring payment of taxes. A second database is provided having a directory of parameters identifying the taxability of goods and / or services for each jurisdiction identified by zip code, geocode, and jurisdiction name in the first database. Also, a third database has a directory of parameters identifying all domestic sales, use and rental tax rates for each zip code, geocode and jurisdiction name. Finally, a server is utilized with programming for determining all taxes due on each transaction request input to the apparatus according to the directory parameters maintained by the first, second and third databases.

A system, method and computer program are provided for dispatching taxis. A list of the closest, available taxis is sent to a customer. The customer selects at least one taxi in the list that is to receive a travel request. After one of the taxis has accepted the travel request, a display is provided which indicates the location of the customer and the location of a taxi which has accepted the travel request. Updated location information is periodically submitted to determine updated locations for the customer and taxi throughout the pendency of the travel request.

The invention discloses a block chain-based online taxi-hailing service system. The system includes a traffic cloud database, a traffic cloud artificial intelligence system (TAI) and a mobile client. With the block chain-based online taxi-hailing service system adopted, a decentralized, trustless, collectively maintained, asymmetric cryptography reliable database basic infrastructure and underlying internet protocol can be provided for traffic cloud; and a mobile SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) application pattern, a distributed computing normal form and a group intelligence model which can establish high-degree connections for travelers based on time stamp, achieve travel resource allocation consensuses and provide services according to demands can be realized.

A system and method are provided for improving efficiency of operation and convenience of access to a fleet of taxis, or other service vehicles, requiring rapid, on-demand dispatch to customer-determined locations. Automatic speech recognition (ASR) and / or radiolocation technology are used to automate the entry of the customer pickup location, and optionally the dropoff location and other relevant information as well. A customer speaks the pickup location into a cellular telephone which then digitizes and transmits it as a data communication to an ASR system. The ASR system decodes the digitized utterance into a pickup location which is passed to a vehicle matching and dispatch system. The vehicle matching and dispatch system matches a taxi and dispatches it to the pickup location. In one embodiment, the identified pickup location is transmitted to the customer's cellular telephone for confirmation or correction, before dispatch of the requested taxi.

The present invention relates generally to arranging for free or discounted transportation to an advertiser's business location. More specifically, the invention involves automatically comparing the cost of transportation and the potential profit from a completed transaction using a number of real-time calculations. For example, the calculation may consider various factors including a consumer's current location, the consumer's most likely route and form of transportation (such as train, personal car, taxi, rental car, or shared vehicle), the consumer's daily agenda, the price competing advertisers are willing to pay for the customer to be delivered to alternate locations, and other costs. In this regard, the customer's obstacles to entering a business location are reduced while routing and cost calculations are automatically handled based on the demand for the advertiser's goods and potential profit margins.

An apparatus and method for tracking aircraft wingtip position during taxi operations to prevent wingtip ground incursion. A patterned illumination source is attached proximal the wingtips to project a readily discernable target pattern in the direction of taxi travel. At least a portion of the target pattern is reflected off of any obstructions that lie in the straight-line direction of travel, such that the pilot can maneuver to avoid striking the obstruction. By way of example, the patterned illumination source comprises a laser module positioned with the navigation and / or strobe light of the aircraft. The device may be retrofitted to existing aircraft without additional wiring with the control of activation being selectable via power cycling of existing aircraft lighting controls. One aspect of the invention provides a tip tracking module bulb that may be retrofitted into existing light sockets to simplify system installation.

The present invention relates to a collision avoidance warning system for an aircraft (1). The system comprises a light source (8, 9), sensors (10, 11, 12) mounted on the aircraft (1) and processing means for determining the dimensions and location of an object (15) relative to the aircraft (1) so as to determine whether a collision alert is to be given. The present invention is particularly suited to providing collision alert warnings on the ground, such as when the aircraft (1) is taxiing and manoeuvring on runways and in aircraft hangars.

A system, a method, and a computer program for performing an online, real-time tax consultation for preparation of a client's taxes by a tax agent, wherein the tax agent is remote from the client, and the system is implemented via an electronic, online application accessible via a communications network. Embodiments allow for a client desiring tax preparation of a tax return to initiate the tax preparation with a tax agent via an online, integrated platform; electronically upload or otherwise push the client's tax-related information and documents to the tax agent; participate in an online tax consultation so that the tax agent may investigate, learn, or otherwise obtain the tax information necessary for completing the client's tax return; and electronically approve and file the completed tax return.

The present system can perform machine learning of prototypical descriptions of data elements for extraction from machine-readable documents. Document templates are created from sets of training documents that can be used to extract data from form documents, such as: fill-in forms used for taxes; flex-form documents having many variants, such as bills of lading or insurance notifications; and some context-form documents having a description or graphic indicator in proximity to a data element. In response to training documents, the system performs an inductive reasoning process to generalize a document template so that the location of data elements can be predicted for the training examples. The automatically generated document template can then be used to extract data elements from a wide variety of form documents.

Provided is a bird countermeasure system. The bird countermeasure system includes a bird countermeasure robot configured to be operated through a remote command while patrolling or moving in an area adjacent to a runway or taxiway along which airplanes take off, land or taxi so as to approach the runway or taxiway or to detect or repel birds located close to the runway or taxiway.

The invention relates to a wireless car rental system and a car rental method for using between passengers and a car renting company, comprising a mobile phone, a local information background service system, a taxi background management system, a built-in taxi GPS calling device and a mobile communication network platform; the mobile phone forms bidirectional wireless communication with the signal receiving and transmitting ends of the local information background service system and the taxi background management system by the mobile communication network platform, and the signal receiving and transmitting ends of the taxi background management system form bidirectional wireless communication with the GPS calling devices in n taxis. The invention has the following advantages: 1. aimless running of the taxi on the road is avoided; 2. fuel consumption and mechanical wear of the taxi are reduced, and traffic jam is relieved; 3. a user can call a taxi only by dialing the button calling the taxi in local service wherever the user is and regardless of difference of the taxi number all around the country; and 4. the invention provides effective passenger-picking up route for traffic balance, thus realizing effective car-sharing service.

All the users have a portable terminal with them for transmitting and receiving formation to or from a server. User A is already onboard a taxi and sends his / her willingness to accept a parson to share the taxi. Users who wish to share a taxi also send their willingness to share the taxi. The server selects some users from among these users based on the destinations and locations of these users and the taxi. The server informs the user A about the selected users and their personal information such as male / female, drunk / non-drunk ect. The user A finally decides a candidate person with whom he / she would like to share the taxi. The information that he / she has been selected is sent to the candidate. The taxi driver is informed to pick-up the candidate from his / her present location.

The invention provides an order pushing method and an order confirmation method for network taxi taking and particularly relates to the internet field. According to the order pushing method for network taxi taking, various kinds of resource information are comprehensively matched; compared with the situation that orders are sent to all drivers within a certain range regardless of order conditions, driver conditions and road conditions and consequently system resources are wasted in the prior art, various kinds of resource information such as order information, driver information and traffic information are obtained in advance, specific contents in the three kinds of the information are matched and calculated, a driver who possibly can receive an order is confirmed within a certain range to serve as a driver to be confirmed, the order sent by a passenger is sent to the driver to be confirmed so that order pushing can be finished, it is guaranteed that the order of the passenger can be effectively received, and meanwhile system resource waste caused by invalid passenger order pushing to a system is reduced.

The invention is a taxi operation safety and dispatching control system consisting of vehicle device, GSM / GPRS or 3G mobile communication platform, road traffic information module, calling module, preserving and calling module, passenger position identifying module, monitor module, geographic information module, safety module, guide module, charging module and so on. The system sends the passenger on and off information into dispatching center and records vehicle coordinate and line to dispatching center data base.

The embodiment of the invention provides a taxi service providing method, a server and a system. The method includes the steps of receiving taxi calling request information sent by a passenger client, and selecting at least one service taxi on the basis of distance, deadhead conditions, road conditions, passenger preference information and service taxi assessment information; feeding back received vehicle information corresponding to at least one vehicle-mounted terminal receiving an order to the passenger client sending a taxi calling request; receiving information, fed back by the passenger client, of the service taxi selected by a passenger according to the vehicle information, and forwarding order success information to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the service taxi selected by the passenger. Preference of the passenger to service taxis and work wills of drivers of the service taxis are fully taken into consideration, the service taxi satisfying the passenger and good in service is sent to provide taxi calling service to the passenger, use experience of users is improved, meanwhile, the success rate of taxi calling transactions is guaranteed, and overall efficiency of the taxis calling service provided by taxi calling software is improved.

Each taxi detects, by a GPS terminal mounted thereon, its present location using information sent from a GPS satellite and sends to a center equipment the present location and information on a destination specified by a customer. The center equipment finds an optimal route, a charge for the route, and the like, according to the information on the present location and the destination, received via the Internet. The equipment then transmits the optimal route, charge, and the like to the taxi. The center equipment which controls taxis in a centralized manner has a function to calculate an optimal route from the present location to the destination. This minimizes the cost for a taxi company and simplifies administration of taxis.