US 2019/0318376 A1 · System for Incentive Eligibility and Validation for Transport Demand Management (TDM) programs

Abstract

The present invention is a method and system to confirm commuter eligibility for municipal transportation incentives. In an embodiment the present invention uses a Reward Threshold in combination with an API-bearing mobile device to create and send positional, temporal, and identifying information to a central Server. The Server maintains a record of information received and uses said information to apportion and track progress toward municipal transportation incentives. Upon a user's accumulation of a pre-authorized number, type, or kind of awards, the Server determines a user's having qualified for one or more rewards and/or incentives and enables redemption thereof.

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Dependent claims

A method for confirming and incentivizing commuter behavior, comprising:

communicating to a server proximity confirmation of one or more mobile devices to one or more reward thresholds;
communicating to the server unique location information of the one or more reward thresholds;
maintaining a record of reward threshold communication;
calculating reward eligibility based upon a supplied algorithm;
and
communicating calculated reward via a user interface.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/950,559Filed 11 Apr 2018

Published

17 Oct 2019

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

G06Q 30/0226
Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates: incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
G01S 5/0295
Using radio waves: proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals
G06Q 50/40
Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g.…:…
G01S 19/51
Determining position: relative positioning

System for Incentive Eligibility and Validation for Transport Demand Management (TDM) programs

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System for Incentive Eligibility and Validation for Transport Demand Management (TDM) programs

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Abstract

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