Patent ID: 6014430
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A device for dispatch of messages for requesting for-hire-transportation comprising:memory means for storing coded information which can be used to define a message for requesting for-hire-transportationa communicating device for making a call for the dispatch of the message to an intended recipienta message confirmation means which will confirm to a person requiring to dispatch a message for requesting for-hire-transportation that the message has been received by said recipienta manually operable message dispatch initiating means by which a person requiring to dispatch the message for requesting for-hire-transportation can manually initiate procedures to dispatch that messageand a processing means interconnecting the above whereby, in use, a person requiring to dispatch a message for requesting for-hire-transportation manually activates said message dispatch initiating means, and said device will automatically activate said communicating device, said communicating device will then call said recipient, relay said information from said memory means to said recipient, and then process an acknowledgment of receipt of the message to activate said message confirmation means to, in turn, provide a confirmation of acknowledgment of receipt of the message to said person and then subsequently terminate the call with said recipient, all without further intervention by said person.