Patent ID: 6347739
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: G06Q,G07B,G07F

Abstract:
A system for communications with a network of systems which accepts credit-debit type cards for payment and which is located in a taxicab driven by a drivers comprising:a) a meter mounted in the taxicab, having computing capabilities for determining and displaying the fare being charged to a passenger, and having application programs at least some of which mandate a sequential exchange of electronic information between said passenger and said driver regarding the fare that includes the charge for the distance that said passenger was transported by taxicab driven by said driver before said fare is charged to said passenger, said meter further having a plurality of ports; b) a credit-debit card reader electrically connected to some of said ports of said meter and operable therewith for read information stored on a credit-debit card that is releasably engagable with said card reader, said information identifying a charge account; and c) a modem for wireless communications electrically connected to some of said ports of said meter and to an antenna for transferring information between said meter and said network of systems.