Patent ID: 6289315
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: G06Q,G07B,G07F

Abstract:
An electronic credit card swipe system for taxis consisting of:a customer card swipe box located in a passenger compartment of the taxi, the swipe box including a housing, a card slot formed in the housing, a first set of card validity indicator lights carried on the housing, a first speaker mounted within the housing, a first display screen disposed on the housing, and a receipt discharge port formed in the housing;a driver control box located in a driver area of the taxi and being electronically coupled to the swipe box, the control box including an enclosure, a second set of card validity indicator lights carried on the enclosure, a second speaker mounted within the enclosure, and a second display screen disposed on the housing;wherein the swipe box further includes a plurality of foreign language actuator buttons disposed on the housing for selective activation by the passenger;wherein each of the actuator buttons carries one of a plurality of indicia of one of a plurality of foreign languages; andwherein each indicia is a depiction of a flag associated with one of the plurality of foreign languages.