Providing an alert to a passenger based on a location of the passenger while in transit on a multi-passenger mode of transport
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorHemant Kumar Sivaswamy
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Abstract
Providing an alert to a user of a multi-passenger mode of transport includes receiving first biometric information about the user and a destination for the user; receiving second biometric information about the user; based on the second biometric information, determining the destination for the user; based at least in part on the destination for the user, determining a first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport; and transmitting a first command to control a first display device proximate to the user, based on the first location.
Claims8
A near field communication (NFC) device having a configuration that interacts with a network data processing system including a token reader and a plurality of tiles within a transport vehicle, comprising:
- a passive connector having stored thereon first biometric information about a user, wherein the plurality of tiles each include
- a user detector,
- a visual indicator, and
- a network device configured to link to a central system,
- a first tile of the plurality of tiles is configured to receive, via the passive connector, the first biometric information about the user, and
- a second tile of the plurality of tiles is configured to receive a first command, based upon a first location of the user within the transport vehicle and information identifying a destination for the user, to control a visual indicator of the second tile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.