# US 10,121,162 B2 · System and method for rewarding travel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,121,162 B2 - Document ID: US10121162B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/134,031 - Filed: 2016-04-20 - Published: 2016-08-11 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-26 - Applicants: Freewheeler PTY LTD. - Inventors: Paul Fletcher; Alexander Fletcher - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121162B2 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0207: Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G06Q 30/0226: Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - B60L 2200/12: Bikes - G06Q 50/14: Travel agencies - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ## Abstract The invention provides for tracking and rewarding commuters according to their contribution to unclogging roads by opting for alternative Transport forms and improving their health and the health of the environment. In particular, the invention relates to commuters who travel under human power to and from their place of work and who sign up as subscribers to a managed system that tracks their travel events, compares data gathered about the event with other events and determines whether or not the event qualifies as a commute, in which case an account of the user is credited. When the accumulated credit in the account reaches a threshold amount, the user qualifies for receiving a reward such as by means of a value token. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for evaluating travel behavior by subscribers to the system, said system comprising: data storage comprising an electronic register of subscribers to the system and an account containing individual subscriber data for each subscriber; data-recording means configured for automatically gathering and retaining data relating to a subscriber's travel behavior while undertaking a journey, the data-recording means including location-determining means for locating the subscriber in real time; electronic memory storing a set of criteria for determining the desirability of a subscriber's travel behavior; a computer processor programmed to process said data automatically and: identify, from the data, use of one, or more than one, mode of travel by the subscriber during the journey and the or each mode of travel used, wherein each mode defines a journey leg, determine, by testing the data against the criteria, a value for each leg, update the account of the subscriber according to said value, and determine, from an accumulation of value in said account, said subscriber's eligibility for a reward; wherein the data-recording means comprises a wireless transmission-enabled device uniquely associated with the subscriber, said device having means for capturing and communicating said travel behavior-related data to said computer processor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, comprising a profile of each subscriber generated from the individual subscriber data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data retained comprises a record of changes in subscriber location over time. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data retained includes beginning and end point locations of each leg from travel origin to destination. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the individual subscriber data comprises the subscriber's historical travel event data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the individual subscriber data comprises an address associated with the subscriber. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the individual subscriber data comprises the subscriber's working/contact hours. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein identifying mode of travel comprises comparing the travel behavior data under evaluation with historical travel event data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein identifying mode of travel comprises comparing a subscriber's location data against a map. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a mode of travel used is human-powered. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a mode of travel used is external to a public transit network. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the criteria relate to mode of travel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the criteria relate to a consequence associated with mode of travel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the criteria relate to a consequence associated with the subscriber's travel behavior. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein value is attributable to a journey or a journey leg according to one or more of the following criteria: mode, location, distance travelled, speed of travel, time/date of travel, peak hours, duration of travel, purpose of travel, special events, holidays, route taken, traffic/transit conditions, network/infrastructure demand, congestion, efficiency, resource consumption, use of space, parking, infrastructure costs, weather/environmental conditions, carbon emissions, pollution, city ambience, safety, risk, productivity, exercise, the subscriber's physiology/health/exertion, the subscriber's profile and the individual subscriber data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the leg value is in a range comprising zero and negative values. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, including provision for penalising a subscriber for an accumulation of value associated with undesirable travel behavior in said subscriber's account. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the computer processor is programmed to process said travel behavior-related data and determine whether the journey qualifies as a qualifying travel event, by testing the data against qualifying travel event criteria. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein only qualifying travel events can generate leg values that are eligible for rewards. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein said qualifying travel event criteria comprise purpose of journey. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The system of claim 20, wherein the qualifying purpose of journey is to commute. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein determining a qualifying travel event comprises comparing the travel behavior data under evaluation and other individual subscriber data against a map. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the subscriber-associated device has on board sufficient computational capacity to store data relating to the subscriber's travel events and data relating to reward eligibility criteria and to determine the subscriber's eligibility for a reward. ### Claim 24 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the computer processor is programmed to identify conformance by the subscriber to a pattern of location change behavior. ### Claim 25 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data-recording means comprises a sensor for sensing the subscriber's activity. ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data-recording means comprises location-determining means for locating the subscriber at intervals. ### Claim 27 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data-recording means is configured for automatic activation. ### Claim 28 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data-recording means is programmed not to be activated during a preselectable time period. ### Claim 29 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data-recording means comprises a transponder. ### Claim 30 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission-enabled device is operable according to a short range wireless transmission standard. ### Claim 31 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data-recording means comprises location-determining means comprising triangulation calculation means configured to process data from signal-transmitting apparatus selected from satellite-mounted apparatus, terrestrially-located apparatus, and a combination thereof. ### Claim 32 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, comprising a plurality of data-recording means in a communications network.