Method for automatically determining a fare for the use of chargeable means of transport conveying persons

US7783516B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• in medias res Gesellschaft fur Kommunikationstechnologien mbH · DE

Inventors

• Bouke C. Stoffelsma · Rheydt, DE
• Manfred Feiter · Rheydt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 5, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/0042
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for automatically determining a fare for utilizing chargeable means of transport conveying persons. According to said method, a credit which is established in a currency that is valid in a first currency zone and is used for automatically deducting the fare when utilizing a means of transport is allocated to a user terminal, a factor for converting the first currency into a second currency that is valid in a second currency zone is defined as soon as the user terminal is utilized in a second currency zone, and fares are automatically determined in the second currency, are converted into the first currency using the defined conversion factor, and are deducted from the credit established in the first currency as long as the user terminal is not utilized in another currency zone.