Patent ID: 6384717
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B62H,G06Q,G07F,G08B,Y10S

Abstract:
A bicycle rental and security system comprising: one or more individually identifiable rental bicycles; a number of security racks with specific locations to place a rental bicycle; bi-directional communication means, capable of data verification, for signaling the individual identity of a rental bicycle and its presence when placed in a security rack, comprised of, a semi conductor circuit, which is attached to the rental bicycle and is programmed with data to individually identify the particular rental bicycle to which it is attached and the communication protocol to be utilized, having a link to a system controller, thereby establishing bi-directional communication between the semi conductor circuit and the system controller when a rental bicycle is present at the location on the security rack; customer input means for providing customer identification and payment information; and data memory means; wherein the system controller, monitors the bi-directional communication means for each rental bicycle, monitors the customer input means, and communicates with the data memory means for comparing changes in the presence and location of each rental bicycle and recording changes in the presence and location of each rental bicycle with corresponding customer identification and payment information.