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AssigneeBytemark, Inc.
InventorsStephanie Schrauth, Nicholas Ihm, Vishal Arora, Shashidhar Yaranal, Ram Roy, Jyoti Mahansaria, Sumit Basu, Andrea Costa, Christina Lee
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A transit fare approach that offers a transit agency the ability to cap how many transit passes of a particular type in a given fare cycle would be equivalent of buying a discounted transit product (like a weekly pass, a bi-weekly pass, or a monthly pass). Once this equivalent is reached by a rider, the system automatically gives the rider the corresponding discount pass for free. The free pass remains activated and good for the remainder of the fare cycle. A software module provides a user app for the rider's mobile device and a controller app for a control unit of the transit agency, both of which operate in conjunction with each other to monitor the use of transit passes by the rider to determine when the rider qualifies for the fare cap-based free transit product and subsequently reward the rider with the free use of the appropriate transit product.
A method in a control unit associated with a transit system, the method comprising:
A method in a mobile device communicatively coupled to a control unit in a transit system, the method comprising:
A control unit in a transit system, wherein the control unit comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.