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Application-based commercial ground transportation management system

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Inactive Publication Date: 2016-06-30
THE CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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Benefits of technology

The invention is a system that allows a permitting authority or their designated agent to track and monitor the activity of an ABCT-provider through their mobile device and computer systems. This is done without the need for specialized hardware like transponders or tracking equipment. The mobile device constantly sends information to the provider's computer system when the application is active. This information allows the provider to identify the driver's identity, vehicle information, location, and activity data. The technical effect of this system is improved monitoring and tracking of ABCT-providers without the need for additional hardware.

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ABCT has presented a new challenge for airports and other PAs because to place a transponder or other permanent tracking device in a vehicle that is not always used for commercial transportation would be impracticable.
It may also be regarded as restrictive by drivers whose private trips to an airport maybe tracked by the transponder readers.

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[0018]The present invention discloses systems and methods for a PA to manage the activities of an ABCT-Provider.

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[0019]An ABCT-Provider is a company that uses an online-enabled platform to connect passengers with ABCT-Drivers who are using their commercial or personal, non-commercial, vehicles to transport passengers. The ABCT-Drivers communicate with ABCT-Providers and passengers via mobile communication devices, such as a smart phone.

[0020]Each mobile communication device associates an ABCT-Driver with an ABCT-Vehicle and an ABCT-Provider though the use of an app within the ABCT-Driver's communication device. The ABCT-Driver's app communicates with the ABCT-Provider's ICT System. When active, the application within the ABCT-Driver's mobile communications device transmits the geographic location of the ABCT-Vehicle at regular intervals to the ABCT-Provider. The ABCT-Provider uses this information to show ABCT customers the location of nearby ABCT-Vehicles.

[0021]The ABCT-Prov...

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Abstract

A management system for a Permitting Authority (PA) or its appointed designee to monitor and track application-based commercial ground transportation (ABCT) Provider activity through the ABCT-Driver's mobile device, the ABCT-Provider's app, the ABCT-Provider's computer systems, and the PA's electronically-enabled geo-fence, all without the need for specialized hardware such as transponders or other tracking equipment. Each mobile communication device associated with an ABCT-Vehicle continually transmits information to an ABCT-Provider Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) System associated with an ABCT-Provider when an application on the mobile communication device is active. The information transmitted by the mobile communication device enables the ABCT-Provider ICT System to identify and monitor the ABCT-Driver's identity, the vehicle information, the geographic locus, and / or the ABCT-Vehicle's activity data.

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BACKGROUND[0001]A new mode of online enabled application-based commercial ground transportation (ABCT) has necessitated a new process for airports or other geographically-defined authorities, or “Permitting Authorities” (PA), to manage such transportation activity.[0002]Commercial transportation plays an important role in carrying passengers to and from airports. Commercial transportation includes taxicabs, limousines, busses, and shuttle vans. Commercial transportation also includes ABCT—online enabled application-based platforms used to connect passengers with drivers using their commercial or personal non-commercial vehicles. ABCT-Providers include what is known in the State of California as Transportation Network Companies (TNCs). Commercial transportation to and from airports is a lucrative business, with drivers typically earning their highest fares overall on trips to and from airports.[0003]State and local governments regulate the various modes of commercial transportation o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/06G06F17/30G06Q30/04H04W4/04H04W4/021
CPCG06Q10/06G06Q30/04G06F17/30353H04W4/046G06F16/2322H04W4/021
Inventor LAW, IANLOE, HUMPHREYCHEONG, EVADAVOL, ANGUS
Owner THE CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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