User terminal and method for sending for a transportation vehicle

A user terminal comprising:

• an actuation device;
• a transmission or reception device;
• an evaluation unit;
• and
• illuminants,
• wherein the evaluation unit is configured to receive a user input in response to actuation of the actuation device of the user terminal,
• wherein the transmission or reception device is configured to respond receipt of the user input by the evaluation unit by:
• sending a wireless message to send for a transportation vehicle to a location of a user terminal for subsequent transport of a user associated with the user terminal to a predefined destination location, and
• obtaining an acknowledgement of an assignment of the transportation vehicle to the user terminal, made in response to the wireless message, and a message regarding an expected time of arrival or a length of time before the transportation vehicle arrives at the location of the user terminal,
• wherein, based on the time of arrival or length of time, the illuminant displays a waiting time, ascertained based on the time of arrival or length of time, by a number of lit illuminants, a number of illuminants to be switched on or off per unit time which is predefined for the display of the waiting time, the number of lit illuminants or the number of illuminants to be switched on or off being a subset of a total number of the illuminants and
• wherein the predefined destination for the user is readable by the transportation vehicle and predefined in a memory of the user terminal or a server-based profile prior to the wireless message being sent.

A non-transitory computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed on an evaluation unit of a user terminal, prompt the evaluation unit to perform a method for sending a transportation vehicle to a location of a user terminal for subsequent transport of a user associated with the user terminal to a predefined destination location, the method comprising:

• storing the predefined destination for the user in a memory of the user terminal or a server-based profile readable by an assigned transportation vehicle,
• receiving a user input by an actuation device of the user terminal;
• and
• in response thereto, sending a wireless message, wherein the predefined destination is stored prior to sending the wireless message;
• assigning the transportation vehicle to the user terminal in response to the wireless message being received;
• ascertaining an expected time of arrival or a length of time before the transportation vehicle arrives at the user terminal;
• and
• displaying a waiting time, ascertained based on the time of arrival or length of time, by a number of lit illuminants or number of illuminants to be switched on or off per unit time on the user terminal, which is predefined for the display of the waiting time, the number of lit illuminants or the number of illuminants to be switched on or off being a subset of a total number of the illuminants.