Patent ID: 6456207
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
In an intelligent taxi total service system, a method for providing taxi service for a customer at either a stationary residence or a non-stationary location, comprising the steps of:a) the customer sending a message over a phone line by pushing a button on an exclusive paging device provided by a taxi service center so as to display basic information, including at least one of name or identification number, address and phone number, on a computer monitor of said taxi service center, through a satellite navigation system, a directing management means showing the status of nearby subordinate taxis, in which a red symbol indicates occupied, a blue symbol indicates off-duty, and a green indicates vacant; b) converting said message into readable language by an automatic editing decode function of said directing management means and broadcasting through an FM sub-carrier transmitting station, so as to display said message on an LCD display screen in said subordinate taxis to ask for a taxi that is willing to pickup the customer, upon receiving the response from a taxi, sending the responding taxi's basic information, including registration number and model of the vehicle and driver's name, as well as a pickup time to the paging device on the customer-side through a cable or a radio transmitting system by means of said directing management means; c) turning on a meter in the taxi by the driver after pickup of the customer whereby an electronic map of said service center then immediately reacts to indicate that said taxi is occupied; d) the taxi driver calculating a preferred driving route and an estimated arrival time by use of a satellite navigation function upon being notified by the customer of the destination; e) said service center recording the location and time of pickup and drop-off in a file; f) said service center storing the operation track of all its subordinate taxis; g) the taxi driver printing a receipt for the customer at drop-off, at the same time said service center indicating said taxi as vacant; and h) the taxi driver pushing an off-duty button so as to display an off-duty status on the computer monitor of said taxi service center at the time the taxi driver is off-duty.