Patent ID: 6230081
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A63B,G01C,G06Q,G07B,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
A system for acquiring usage data relating to an item of powered equipment provided to a user by an equipment provider, comprising:a chip card to be issued to a user of the item of powered equipment,a base station in the area of the equipment provider, said base station including a memory for storing usage data and a read means for reading data from said chip card,a control unit provided on the item of powered equipment for acquiring usage data, anda write means provided on said item of powered equipment for writing usage data acquired by the control unit to said chip card,and wherein the control unit controls the write means to write usage data generated during operation of the item of powered equipment to the chip card for reading from the chip card by the read means at the base station.