Transport system user inspection

A method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system, wherein an inspection system comprises a portable inspection device and a server, the server being remote from the portable inspection device, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by the portable inspection device, identification data of the user device of the user of the transport system;
• generating an inspection result of the user device, by the inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective plurality of users of the transport system;
• conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection;
• and
• further comprising a computing device for a location:
• receiving entry data of a plurality of user devices from all of the entry user device readers at the location;
• determining a time at which all of the received entry data, that has not already been transmitted to the server, is to be provided to the server;
• generating a batch of entry data that has not already been transmitted to the server, the batch comprising received entry data at, or prior to, the determined time;
• and
• transmitting the batch of entry data to the server, wherein the transmitted batch comprises time data that provides the determined time for the entry data comprised in the batch.

An inspection system comprising a portable inspection device and a server, the server being remote from the portable inspection device, the inspection system being operative to perform a method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system comprising:

• obtaining, by the portable inspection device, identification data of the user device of a user of the transport system;
• generating an inspection result of the user device, by the inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective plurality of users of the transport system;
• conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection;
• receiving, by the server, batches of entry data from a plurality of computing devices at a respective plurality of locations;
• and
• generating, within a database, a second record in dependence on the received batches, wherein the second record comprises, for each location, determined time and status data of the most recently received batch from that location.

An inspection system comprising a portable inspection device and a server, the server being remote from the portable inspection device, the inspection system being operative to perform a method of inspecting a user device of a user of a transport system comprising:

• obtaining, by the portable inspection device, identification data of the user device of a user of the transport system;
• generating an inspection result of the user device, by the inspection system, in dependence on the read identification data and an item in a record within a database, wherein the record comprises a plurality of items each relating to entry data of a respective user device of a respective plurality of users of the transport system;
• and
• conveying, by the portable inspection device, the result of the inspection;
• the inspection system further comprising a computing device for a location, the computing device being operative to:
• receive entry data of a plurality of user devices from all of the entry user device readers at the location;
• determine a time at which all of the received entry data, that has not already been transmitted to the server, is to be provided to the server;
• generate a batch of entry data that has not already been transmitted to the server, the batch comprising received entry data at, or prior to, the determined time;
• and
• transmit the batch of entry data to the server, wherein the transmitted batch comprises time data that provides the determined time for the entry data comprised in the batch.