Method and apparatus to recognize transported passengers and goods

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor unit on a vehicular entity;
• a communication component coupled to the processor unit;
• and
• a memory portion associated to the processor unit and structured to store information and data received through the communication component about at least one of passengers, luggage and/or goods on the vehicular entity;
• the communication component being activated by a presence of the at least one of the passengers, luggage and/or goods on the vehicular entity.

An apparatus comprising:

• a vehicle computing device including a processor;
• an internal wireless communication component associated to the vehicle computing device and coupled to the processor;
• and
• a memory portion associated to the processor and structured to store information and data relating to at least one of passengers, luggage and/or goods on the vehicle;
• the information and data being automatically transmitted to the vehicle computing device and to the memory portion through the internal wireless communication component.

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a wireless communication component associated to a vehicle computing device, real time information about at least one of passengers, luggage and/or goods on the vehicle;
• updating a memory portion coupled to the vehicle computing device with the detected information;
• and
• enabling, in response to a request, transmittal of the detected information stored in the memory portion to an external entity.