Wireless beacon devices for use in managing transportation service terminals
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorsMEGAN MARIE WILLIAMS, MICHAEL HWANG, MICHAEL CHARLES TODASCO, MICHELLE SERRANO
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AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorsMEGAN MARIE WILLIAMS, MICHAEL HWANG, MICHAEL CHARLES TODASCO, MICHELLE SERRANO
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There are provided systems and methods for wireless beacon devices for use in managing transportation service terminals. A user may travel with a device, such as a communication device, that includes a communication module that may utilize specialized hardware features to establish short range wireless communications with nearby wireless beacons. The wireless beacons may be established at or nearby transportation service terminals, such as bus/train stops. The beacon may provide the aforementioned communication services with the communication device and be utilized to determine whether the user will utilize a transportation service for the terminal. If the user wishes to utilize the transportation service, a transportation service may be alerted. The user may also be alerted of an expected time of arrival for the transportation service, other transportation services available at the transportation terminal, and/or of nearby transportation terminals.
A system comprising:
A method comprising:
The method of claim 15, wherein the second service provider device is located in the first transportation terminal.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions, the program instructions when executed cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.