Patent ID: 7233240
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: G06K,G08G

Abstract:
1. A transportation monitoring and tracking system for monitoring passengers and transportation operators using passenger transportation, comprising: a geographical positioning system for tracking and monitoring passenger transportation in said transportation monitoring and tracking system; a plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators; a plurality of unique identification device readers that read and identify said plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators; a plurality of destination station unique identification device readers located at a common destination of said passenger transportation that read and identify said plurality of portable identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators; a central control station for continuously monitoring input received from said geographic positioning system, said plurality of portable unique identification devices provided to all passengers and transportation operators, and said plurality of destination station unique identification device readers, and determining if there are any passengers identified by said plurality of unique identification device readers but not identified by said plurality of destination station unique identification device readers at an end of a transportation route; and a database for storing and retrieving information correlating specific portable unique identification devices to individual passengers and individual transportation operators.