Universal fare payment and collection system

A universal fare payment and collection system, the system comprising one or more storage machines holding instructions executable by one or more logic machines to:

• via a traveler's electronic device, employ an interoperability application to schedule, book and plan a trip leg by leg via a plurality of different transportation systems;
• via the traveler's electronic device, determine a user location, display nearby transportation systems at the user location, and select a first nearby transportation system;
• via the traveler's electronic device, automatically identify a first ticketing technology of a selected first nearby transportation system for a first leg of the trip, the first ticketing technology being one of a plurality of different ticketing technologies that are each automatically identifiable by the system as being usable in a particular transportation system of a plurality of different transportation systems;
• automatically configure the traveler's electronic device for initiating a first communication between the traveler's electronic device and the first ticketing technology and authorizing at least one of a ticket and pass in response to the first communication;
• via the traveler's electronic device, automatically identify a second ticketing technology of a second nearby transportation system for a second leg of the trip, the second ticketing technology being different from the first ticketing technology, and the second ticketing technology being one of a plurality of different ticketing technologies that are each automatically identifiable by the system as being usable in a particular transportation system of a plurality of different transportation systems;
• automatically configure the traveler's electronic device for initiating a second communication between the traveler's electronic device and the second ticketing technology and authorizing at least one of a ticket and pass in response to the second communication;
• wherein the second communication has a different protocol than the first communication;
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• wherein the nearby transportation systems are determined via a GPS subsystem.

A universal fare payment and collection system, the system comprising one or more storage machines holding instructions executable by one or more logic machines to:

• via a traveler's electronic device, employ an interoperability application to schedule, book and plan a trip leg by leg via a plurality of different transportation systems;
• via the traveler's electronic device, automatically identify a first ticketing technology of a first nearby transportation system for a first leg of a trip, the first ticketing technology being one of a plurality of different ticketing technologies that are each automatically identifiable by the system as being usable in a particular transportation system of a plurality of different transportation systems;
• automatically configure the traveler's electronic device for initiating a first communication between the traveler's electronic device and the first ticketing technology and authorizing at least one of a ticket and pass in response to the first communication;
• via the traveler's electronic device, automatically identify a second ticketing technology of a second nearby transportation system for a second leg of the trip, the second ticketing technology being different from the first ticketing technology, and the second ticketing technology being one of a plurality of different ticketing technologies that are each automatically identifiable by the system as being usable in a particular transportation system of a plurality of different transportation systems;
• automatically configure the traveler's electronic device for initiating a second communication between the traveler's electronic device and the second ticketing technology and authorizing at least one of a ticket and pass in response to the second communication;
• wherein the second communication has a different protocol than the first communication;
• wherein the nearby transportation systems are determined via a GPS subsystem;
• wherein the first and second ticketing technologies are one of NFC technology, contactless card reader technology, QR code, EMV credit card, and Bluetooth technology;
• wherein the instructions are executable to run an algorithm to detect or determine a specific ticketing technology for use with a specific transportation system;
• wherein the nearby transportation systems are each in different public transportation authorities (PTAs),
• wherein the system allows a user to pay for at least one of tickets and passes of each of the transportation authorities.