System for automatically dispatching taxis to client locations
OwnerMourad Ben Ayedinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for dispatcher free vehicle allocation. A client requesting taxi service calls a taxi dispatch center using a cellular phone equipped with a location identification device. The location identification device provides the current location information to the dispatch center. The taxi dispatch center keeps track of available taxis and their locations and stores them in a database. After determining the client location data, a processor searches the available taxis database for a taxi whose location matches the client's location. The client location data is converted to an address and sent to the assigned taxi. The address is displayed on a mobile data terminal in the taxi.
Claims5
A method for sending notifications to a server, comprising:
- periodically sensing if a meter on a taxi is active to determine if the taxi is available for customer service;
- on sensing that the vehicle is available, periodically:
- determining the vehicle's current position coordinates information using a position coordinates determination device;
- sending said current position coordinates information to said server.
A system for location in a taxi for sending notifications to a server, comprising:
- a position coordinates determination device for obtaining location information;
- a transmitter for sending location information obtained from said determination device;
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- a sensor for sensing if a taxi meter is active or not, thereby indicating availability status,
- wherein upon sensing of the availability status of the taxi meter, said transmitter sends location information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.