Modular Transit Fare Management Server Policy Updates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional transport fare management systems require a complete redesign and re-establishment whenever fare changes occur, leading to inefficiencies and additional costs, as they are not designed to efficiently update fare policies across multiple areas and transport means.

Innovation Solution

A modular transport fare management system that allows selection and transmission of parameters for specific fare modules to terminals, enabling seamless application of new or changed fare policies without requiring a new system development, by using a transport fare management server to manage and apply fare policies across distinct transport means.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a conventional transport fare management system is used, then the system can manage transport fares, but the entire system must be redesigned when fare policies change

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefare policy update capabilityVSAvoidsystem redesign requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The transport fare management system is divided into separate functional modules: fare policy management module, fare calculation module, and fare collection module. The fare policy is stored as independent data that can be updated without modifying the system structure, allowing policy changes without complete system redesign.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The fare policy is designed as dynamic data that can be modified and updated in real-time. The system allows administrators to change fare policies, effective dates, and parameters without requiring system reconfiguration, enabling flexible adaptation to changing transport fare requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If a centralized management system is introduced to collectively manage transport fares, then fare management efficiency improves, but the cost of updating fare policies increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefare management efficiencyVSAvoidfare policy update time

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Fare policy data is pre-configured with effective dates and validity periods. When updating fares, the system automatically determines which policies are currently effective and applies them, eliminating the need for manual system reconfiguration and reducing update time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses template-based fare policy structures that can be copied and reused across different transport means and areas. When updating fares, existing policy templates can be replicated and modified, significantly reducing the time and effort required for fare policy updates.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Adaptability or versatility

If the transport fare management system is designed for specific fares, then the system can manage those fares, but it cannot efficiently apply new fares to multiple areas

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemulti-area fare application capabilityVSAvoidsystem implementation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The fare policy management system is designed with universal functionality to manage fares across multiple transport means (buses, subways, trains) and geographic areas. The modular architecture and standardized data structures allow the same system to handle diverse fare policies without requiring area-specific implementations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10339620B2Method of managing transportation fare, server performing the same and system performing the same

Publication Date: 2019.07.02 LG CNS CO LTD

AI summary

Provided is a transit management server, system and method for managing transit fares for a transportation system. The method includes selecting, in a transit management server, at least one fare module according to a transit fare policy, the at least one fare module corresponding to a prescribed category of fare and configured to determine a fare based on the prescribed category, setting, in the transit management server, at least one parameter in the selected fare module, and transmitting, from the transit management server to at least one terminal communicatively coupled to the transit management server, the set parameter to update a corresponding fare module in the at least one terminal according to the transit fare policy.