| 7039387 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for responding to AMBER alerts |
| May-2-2006 |
An AMBER alert gateway includes a central telephone number that is configured to receive telephone calls from individuals in response to potential sightings related to AMBER alerts. An interactive voice... |
| 7030776 |
On-vehicle device including numerical information notification function |
| Apr-18-2006 |
In an ETC on-vehicle device (1), notification of toll amount information is given with a sound production pattern of a buzzer (17). The toll information resulting from toll collection being... |
| 7014109 |
Method relating to a vehicle parking cash-payment system |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A method of making cash payments in a vehicle parking system in which a mobile telephone (1) is used to commence and terminate parking of a vehicle, and where a telephone user sends at least one code... |
| 7002487 |
Parking violation surveillance system |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A parking control surveillance system is provided for monitoring vehicles within parking spaces for providing parking enforcement personnel information concerning authorized and unauthorized vehicles within... |
| 6980093 |
Commercial vehicle electronic screening hardware/software system with primary and secondary sensor sets |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A primary set of sensors is situated along a highway approaching a weighing/inspection station, and a secondary set of sensors is situated along a ramp that is traversed by vehicles exiting the highway... |
| 6970850 |
Proximity service provider system |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Web-sites www.proximityservices.com, www.accessservices.com, www.vendingmachineservices.com, www.vehicleservices.com, www. meterservices.com, www.picopay.com, www.tollservices.com, for all the proximity... |
| 6970101 |
Parking guidance method and system |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A method of matching a vehicle with a vacant parking space in a parking facility having numerous parking spaces. The method includes storing identifying characteristics of each of the parking spaces in... |
| 6961658 |
Method, system and article of manufacture for identifying regularly traveled routes |
| Nov-1-2005 |
An in-vehicle navigation system includes a receiver for receiving real-time traffic information (RTTI), a database for storing routine trip information, and a processor for running a regular route application.... |
| 6959282 |
Charging device for transferring information relating to the collection of a toll on a moving body |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A toll collection arrangement based on the position and travel of a vehicle. A charging area is defined with a buffer area surrounding it. Charges are made when a vehicle enters the charging area for the... |
| 6946974 |
Web-based systems and methods for internet communication of substantially real-time parking data |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A parking system includes an internet-accessible Web server storing substantially real-time parking data associated with occupancy of a plurality of parking spaces. The parking data can be rendered by... |
| 6940406 |
Gate entry system using short range radio communications with user terminal devices |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A gate entry system for regulating passages of passengers is formed by a wall unit for forming a passageway that is extended along a passing direction of the passengers, a gate unit provided at an exit... |
| 6924749 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating customer service for a parking facility |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for facilitating customer service for a parking facility. A parking facility may include one or more garage stations, such as an entry system,... |
| 6895324 |
Methods and apparatus for storing, accessing, generating and using information about speed limits and speed traps |
| May-17-2005 |
Methods and apparatus for storing, accessing, generating and using information about speed limits and speed traps are described. The system includes a positional sensor such as a GPS device. Position information... |
| 6885936 |
Information provision system and apparatus and method therefor |
| Apr-26-2005 |
The information provision system includes a terminal having a current position measurement section and a communications controller, which intermittently transmits information on the current position measured,... |
| 6870467 |
Tampering detector and system disabler |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A vehicle disablement device detects whether it has been tampered with. If the vehicle disablement device determines that it has been tampered with, the vehicle disablement device sends a signal to a tamper... |
| 6866191 |
Method and system for generating and administering vehicle license plates |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A method and system for generating and administering vehicle license plates is disclosed. A third party entity provides a database of advertising indicia adapted to be placed on a vehicle license plate.... |
| 6859009 |
Urban transportation system |
| Feb-22-2005 |
An urban transportation system which comprises a pool of rental urban vehicles all having the same size and physical configuration and having a range of driving which is limited as compared to the range... |
| 6850898 |
Vehicle sharing system and method for allocating vehicles based on state of charge |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A shared vehicle system includes a central facility, at least one vehicle distribution port facility and a plurality or fleet of vehicles, each having a vehicle subsystem. In general, the central station... |
| 6845362 |
Charging system which carries out data processing for fee payment |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A charging system which carries out position confirmation of a moving body at a place where there is a radio wave blocked facility, and which carries out automatic detection of GPS antenna blockage for... |
| 6845361 |
Virtual-wait queue for mobile commerce |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A method and a system are provided for maintaining a virtual-wait queue that controls access by customers to a physical resource such as a restaurant table. The method and system are especially adapted... |
| 6842740 |
Method for providing automatic payment when making duplicates of copyrighted material |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A method and system for providing payment when duplicating a document containing copyrighted material, comprising the steps of: locating and electronically reading a billing mark, if it exists, on a document... |
| 6834267 |
Vehicle-mounted toll-paying device that enables a safe verification of an inserted IC card |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A toll-paying device for use in a vehicle passing through a lane having a tollhouse in a toll collection system. In response to a driver inserting an IC card which at least stores a card ID in the card... |
| 6832206 |
Automobile parking verification system (APVS) |
| Dec-14-2004 |
The present invention is directed toward a method and apparatus for efficiently and accurately checking a parking facility to verify that the vehicles parked therein are legitimately parked. The present... |
| 6828920 |
System and method for classifying vehicles |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A system and method have been provided for classifying electronic signatures, obtained through the detection of a vehicle with a single loop inductive sensor, into one of a plurality of vehicle classification... |
| 6823317 |
Urban parking system |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A wireless network covering a large local geographic area is used to link a large number of payment terminals provided in the same area. Each payment terminal is located near a plurality of parking spaces,... |
| 6796499 |
Parking toll system |
| Sep-28-2004 |
Parking toll systems comprising on-street parking toll system and parking lot toll system is disclosed. Parking management of the systems is achieved through a mobile phone or a dedicated phone line for... |
| 6791473 |
Smart parking meter system |
| Sep-14-2004 |
A Smart Parking Meter System makes it possible to track whether or not a vehicle occupies parking meter stalls and whether or not the time has expired. The system uses a wireless communication protocol... |
| 6779720 |
Method and apparatus for generating a ticket including an image of a person |
| Aug-24-2004 |
A first embodiment of a ticket generating apparatus includes a computer coupled to a server through a network and a printer coupled to the computer. A purchaser initiates a ticket purchase transaction... |
| 6756913 |
System for automatically dispatching taxis to client locations |
| Jun-29-2004 |
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... |
| 6750786 |
Systems and methods for internet communication of parking lot information |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A parking system includes a wireless communications device capable of accessing a server over the Internet and a software application for receiving parking data transmitted over the Internet to the wireless... |
| 6747575 |
Parking meter smart housing with electronic memory |
| Jun-8-2004 |
The invention is directed to an electronic parking meter and a method of configuring an electronic parking meter. In addition to a meter housing and an electronic metering mechanism within the housing,... |
| 6744369 |
Gate entry system using short range radio communications with user terminal devices |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A gate entry system for regulating passages of passengers is formed by a wall unit for forming a passageway that is extended along a passing direction of the passengers, a gate unit provided at an exit... |
| 6725202 |
Transaction accounting of toll transactions in transponder systems |
| Apr-20-2004 |
This invention allows a toll authority to monitor transaction numbers which are sent from a transponder (14) to an interrogator (12). By incrementing the transaction counter stored in the transponder with... |
| 6701300 |
Vehicle allocation system |
| Mar-2-2004 |
In relocating vehicles to a port running short of vehicles from another port, the seriousness of shortage is considered. A first computing section computes the number of expected demands. A second computing... |
| 6696981 |
Apparatus for managing entry and exit of a shared vehicle |
| Feb-24-2004 |
The apparatus for managing the entry and exit of a shared vehicle, comprises: a vehicle position detector provided in the shared vehicle; a position determining device for determining whether the position... |
| 6690293 |
Gate apparatus, on-board unit, setup method of the on-board unit, toll collecting method and judging method of the entrance and exit |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A gate apparatus for judging the entrance and exit of a vehicle, which is attached with a wireless tag that is stored with a data peculiar to the vehicle, and, on which an on-board unit having a wireless... |
| 6671726 |
Apparatus and method for the convenient transfer of data between a computer network and a non-connected computer |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A system for conveniently allowing a portable computer user to send and receive e-mail and other data across a computer network, like the Internet, without the need for the portable or laptop computer... |
| 6659346 |
Semi-automated shopping system |
| Dec-9-2003 |
A semi-automated shopping system includes a main cart assembly that has a frame portion. The frame portion provides both horizontal and vertical support for the main cart assembly. The frame portion has... |
| 6658392 |
Automatic toll collection system for automotive vehicle |
| Dec-2-2003 |
An automatic toll collection system for automotive vehicles moving along a roadway is provided which includes a toll collecting facility and an inspecting facility. The toll collecting facility is installed... |
| 6657556 |
Vehicle managing system and vehicle managing method |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A vehicle managing system including a vehicle to be lent to a user and a plurality of ports used for parking the vehicle. The plurality of ports include a first port which is located in the vicinity of... |
| 6653946 |
Electronic vehicle toll collection system and method |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A system for automatic collection of tolls includes an in-vehicle toll processor having memory for storing a toll-money-available quantity purchased by the user, and a toll-facility-identification site... |
| 6647256 |
Methods and system for remote access to and payment for products delivered from automated apparatus |
| Nov-11-2003 |
A system and methods for implementing access to and control of a service in a telecommunication system utilizes a first terminal device, a control center operable for handling short messages and/or data... |
| 6631841 |
Access system and method for buses |
| Oct-14-2003 |
In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor... |
| 6618650 |
Vehicle sharing system |
| Sep-9-2003 |
When a user enters a language to be used via a port terminal, a system controller transfers information as to the language to be used to a navigation unit via an antenna and a communication unit which... |
| 6609658 |
Travel system and methods utilizing multi-application traveler cards |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A travel system and methods that encompass a plurality of travel service providers and multi-application traveler cards for the automated compilation, issuance, and utilization of the traveler cards for... |
| 6609655 |
Smart card system for providing financial, travel, and entertainment-related services |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A smart card system for providing travel-and entertainment-related resources and associated methods is provided. The smart card system includes a smart card payment processing facility for communicating... |
| 6595416 |
System for rapidly dispensing and adding value to fare cards |
| Jul-22-2003 |
An add value terminal provides an automatic fare collection environment with a compact, easy to use, and easy to install device that re-values and issues transit fare cards exclusively utilizing credit... |
| 6594557 |
Utilizing intelligent software agents in a mobile vehicle |
| Jul-15-2003 |
A method for sending and receiving information between a vehicle data processing system and a resource data system via a wireless communication system is provided wherein the vehicle data processing system... |
| 6591263 |
Multi-modal traveler information system |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A system and method for disseminating information concerning, for example, conditions affecting travel routes personalizes information in accordance with individual users or customers by building filters... |
| 6574603 |
In-vehicle ordering |
| Jun-3-2003 |
The present invention relates to an in-vehicle interface allowing occupants of the vehicle to place orders from within the vehicle for items provided by a quick-serve restaurant before or after the vehicle... |
