Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a unified address enhanced locator system and method for determining commuter information, which utilizes an assigned portable address code permitting individuals to physically locate a home, building, business, landmarks, edifices, and/or set meeting points as well as obtain directions to a geographical location, in townships, neighborhoods, municipalities, cities and/or countries that may or may not employ a formal address scheme using street naming conventions and building numbers. An address code may be assigned to bus stops, taxi stations and railroad terminals and/or any other public transportation stations, such that a requestor may use the unified address enhanced locator system and method to obtain commuter information for a mode of public transportation and to plan his/her commute accordingly.

Description:
PRIORITY CLAIM 
     This patent application is a continuation-in-part of, and claims priority to: United States Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 12/456,311 titled: “A Unified Address Enhanced Locator System and Method” filed Jun. 15, 2009 now abandoned. The entire disclosure of the afore-mentioned patent application is incorporated by reference as if fully stated herein. 
    
    
     I. FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is directed to a unified address enhanced locator system and method for determining commuter information, which utilizes an assigned portable address code permitting individuals to physically locate a home, building, business, landmarks, edifices, and/or set meeting points as well as obtain directions to a geographical location, in townships, neighborhoods, municipalities, cities and/or countries that may or may not employ a formal address scheme using street naming conventions and building numbers. An address code may be assigned to bus stops, taxi stations and railroad terminals and/or any other public transportation stations, such that a requestor may use the unified address enhanced locator system and method to obtain commuter information for a mode of public transportation and to plan his/her commute accordingly. 
     II. PRIOR ART 
     Several countries, e.g. Costa Rica and Dubai, do not use a formal address scheme as an identifier of the geographical location of a home, building, business, landmark or other edifices (collectively “buildings”). As such, there are no unified street names, building numbers or postal codes to aid in physically locating a building. In these instances, reference points are often used to connote the general direction one must travel to locate an intended destination. For example, in Costa Rica, a building&#39;s pseudo “address” may be listed as “Del Spoon San Pedro 50M Este Cuidad: San Jose,” for which the English translation is “50M East from [the building known as] The Spoon, San Jose.” City residents who are familiar with the neighborhood&#39;s reference points can easily locate the intended destination. However, visitors and/or new residents who are unfamiliar with the neighborhood will find it challenging to navigate their way around these cities. Thus, there is a need for a uniformed address system and method wherein individuals can locate buildings, set meeting points in townships, neighborhoods, cities and/or countries that do not employ a formal address scheme using street naming conventions, building numbers, and/or postal codes. 
     Quite often, commuters of public transportation systems experience unexpected delays after arriving at the various train stations, taxi stands or bus terminals (collectively “stations”) for a scheduled departure. The delay may be unavoidable, but not necessarily appreciated by the commuter, especially in inclement weather. It would be helpful if the commuter could receive advance notice of any delays or early arrivals prior to arriving at the station. In this manner, the commuter could estimate their commute with a higher degree of accuracy, minimize the wait and provide advance notification of any delays or early arrivals to any interested party(ies) who may be impacted by the commuter&#39;s arrival or departure, e.g. a supervisor, a receiving party, family and/or friend(s). 
     Tourists are often intimidated by public transportation systems in unfamiliar cities and many decline to use the same to travel to or from tourist attractions, landmarks and/or other destinations. This problem is compounded when the tourist&#39;s native language differs from the city being visited, where fear or pride may prevent the tourist from asking for directions and/or other relevant travel information. Sightseeing is also hampered by misinterpretation of directions, miscalculation of commute times, unknown bus and/or train schedules. Accordingly, many tourists decline to venture beyond a certain perimeter, or they scale their sightseeing to fit their comfort zone rather than dealing with the unfamiliarity of a city&#39;s public transportation system. Thus, it would be helpful for tourists to find a method of independently navigating unfamiliar cities, where they can easily obtain commuter information for public transportation systems, e.g. schedules, routes, transportation options available for travel to/from an intended destination in an easy, efficient and comprehensive manner. 
     This invention satisfies these long felt needs and solves the foregoing limitations of the prior art in a new and novel manner. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     A primary objective of the invention is to provide a unified address enhanced locator system and method such that commuter information to or from a home, building, business, landmarks and or other edifices can be readily determined. 
     Another objective of the invention is to provide commuter information based on an assigned portable address code. 
     Yet another objective of the invention is to provide a system and method for allowing a requestor to obtain commuter information, which would include commuter information for at least one public transportation unit, e.g. a bus, train or taxi cab service, to or from a point of interest. 
     Still yet another objective of the invention is to provide a system and method for allowing a requestor to obtain commuter information, which includes commuter information for at least one public transportation unit, based on requestor&#39;s current geographical location. 
     Another objective of the invention is to provide a system and method for providing commuter information where the address code for the public transportation unit or landmark for which commuter information is desired may be known or unknown. 
     Another objective of the invention is to provide a system and method for providing commuter information based on a known landmark. 
     The present invention overcomes the limitations of the prior art by providing a unified address enhanced locator system and method for providing commuter information. In one embodiment of invention, the address code for the public transportation unit or landmark for which commuter information is desired is known. In that embodiment, the unified address enhanced locator system and method of providing commuter information using a computer processor comprises of receiving a request for access to a unified address enhanced locator system from a requestor; providing access to the unified address enhanced locator system; receiving a request for commuter information; receiving an address code for a select public transportation unit or landmark; determining the commuter information for the address code for the select public transportation unit or landmark; and publishing the commuter information for the address code for the select public transportation unit or landmark to at least one party. 
     In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the address code for the public transportation unit maybe unknown. However, the commuter information may still be derived using requestor&#39;s current geographical location. In that embodiment, the system and method of providing commuter information using a computer processor comprises of: receiving a request for access to the unified address enhanced locator system; providing access to the unified address enhanced locator system; receiving a request for commuter information; requesting address code for the public transportation unit for which commuter information is being requested; receiving originating address information for said requestor; translating the originating address information to a physical geographical location; generating and publishing a map of the physical geographical location, which includes at least one address code for any public transportation units within a predetermined radius; receiving the address code for a select public transportation unit; determining the commuter information for the address code for the select public transportation unit; and publishing the commuter information for the address code for the select public transportation unit to at least one party. 
     In yet another embodiment of invention, the address information for a point of interest, e.g. a landmark like Walt Disneyworld, Florida, is known but the available public transportation units to/from the point of interest may be unknown and consequently their address codes are similarly unknown. In this embodiment, the unified address enhanced locator system and method of providing commuter information using a computer processor comprises of receiving a request for access to a unified address enhanced locator system from a requestor; providing access to the unified address enhanced locator system; receiving a request for commuter information relating to a point of interest; requesting point of interest&#39;s address information; receiving point of interest&#39;s address information; generating a map of a predetermined radius encompassing the point of interest, determining commuter information for at least one address code for an available public transportation unit that services and provides access to the point of interest; and publishing the map of the predetermined radius, which includes commuter information for at least one address code for an available public transportation unit that services and provides access to the point of interest. 
     If requestor needs more specific commuter information for available public transportation units to/from the point of interest based on requestor&#39;s address information in relation to the published commuter information, the invention can provide this information. As such, the system and method further comprises of requesting and receiving address information for requestor; determining the optimum route and/or alternate routes to/from the point of interest based on requestor&#39;s address information; publishing commuter information for at least one and/or a plurality of address codes for available public transportation units that services or provides nearby access to the point of interest. If requestor&#39;s address information is unknown, it may be determined by receiving the address information from requestor&#39;s wireless device equipped with location determining means and translating requestor&#39;s address information to geographical location. 
     In these embodiments, the address code may comprise of any one or more of the following: numbers, characters, alphabets, alphanumeric characters, drawings, or any other designations that maybe used to designate a unique identifier that are well known and used in the arts. Commuter information may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following: routes, bus numbers, bus names, train names, train numbers, arrival schedules, departure schedules, delayed schedule information, advanced arrival schedule, updates to arrival schedule, updates to departure schedules, peak hour schedules, non-peak hour schedules, weekday schedules, weekend schedules, holiday schedules, ticket offices, geographical location of stations, address codes for stations, and available connections to other public transportation units, or any other commuter information that is well known and used in the arts. 
     Address information may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following: an address code, a residence, name of a corporate entity, building name, building description, building alias(es), street name, street alias(es), floor number, suite number, apartment number, room number, landmark, government agency, government building, municipalities, municipal buildings, location information relative to at least one other known landmark, an absolute geographical location, post office, postal code, township, neighborhood, city, county, province, country or any other address information that is well known and used in the arts. A corporate entity may include any one or more of the following: partnership, corporation, sole proprietorship, individuals doing business as a corporate entity, associations, professional associations, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, a not for profit entity, a for profit entity, an agency, an organization or any other corporate designations that are well known and used in the arts. A public transportation unit may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following: a bus, taxi, train, subway, heliport, seaport, ferry or an airport or any other known public transportation used in the arts. 
     The commuter information may be published to any one or more of the following: a requestor, a member, a non-member, an owner of an address code, other participating member(s), a corporate entity, a municipality, or government agency, a software application or a designated party(ies) as defined by requestor to receive requestor&#39;s commuter information. A requestor may include any one or more of the following: an individual, a participating member, a non member, a corporate entity, or a software application. If needed, the unified address enhanced locator system and method can provide periodic updates of the commuter information to requestor on a predefined schedule, e.g. updates at fifteen (15), ten (10), and/or five (5) minutes, prior to arrival or departure of the public transportation unit. As such, the system and method may forward the commuter information and/or periodic updates to one or more designated parties as defined by requestor to receive requestor&#39;s commuter information and/or periodic updates. 
     Requestor&#39;s address information may include but is not limited to: originating or destination information, such that directions may be derived either to or from the known point of interest. Point of interest may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following: an address code, a residence, name of a corporate entity, building name, building description, building alias(es), street name, street alias(es), floor number, suite number, apartment number, room number, city, landmark, government agency, government building, municipality and municipal buildings, location information relative to at least one other known landmark, an absolute geographical location, post office, postal code, street name, township, neighborhood, city, county, province or country, or another member&#39;s designated entity. 
     Additional objectives of the present invention will appear as the description proceeds. 
     The foregoing and other objects and advantages will appear from the description to follow. In the description, references are made to the accompanying drawings, which forms a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments will be described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention. In the accompanying drawings, like reference characters designate the same or similar parts throughout the several views. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is best defined by the appended claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Further objectives and advantages of the present invention may be derived by referring to the detailed description and claims when considered in connection with the Figures, wherein like reference numbers refer to similar items throughout the Figures. 
         FIG. 1  is a sample flowchart of an exemplary method of providing commuter information to a requestor using a computer processor according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a sample flowchart of an exemplary method of providing commuter information using a computer processor according to an alternate embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3A  is a sample flowchart of an exemplary method of providing commuter information using a computer processor according yet another embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3B  is a sample flowchart of an exemplary method of providing specific commuter information using a computer processor according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is a network diagram illustrative of an exemplary embodiment of the system of the invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     The following discussion describes in detail an embodiment of the unified address enhanced locator system  10  and method  12  (and variations of that embodiment). However, this discussion should not be construed, as limiting the invention to those particular embodiments, as practitioners skilled in the art will recognize numerous other embodiments as well. For definition of the complete scope of the invention, the reader is directed to the appended claims. Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views. 
       FIG. 1  is a sample flowchart of a method  12  of providing commuter information  14  (not shown) to a requestor  16  (not shown) using a computer processor  17  (not shown) according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the address code  18  (not shown) for the public transportation unit  20  (not shown) and/or landmark  22  (not shown) for which commuter information  14  is desired is known. Commuter information  14  (not shown) may include, but is not limited to any one or more of the following: routes, bus numbers, bus names, train names, train numbers, arrival schedules, departure schedules, delayed schedule information, advanced arrival schedule, updates to arrival schedule, updates to departure schedules, peak hour schedules, non-peak hour schedules, weekday schedules, weekend schedules, holiday schedules, ticket offices, geographical location  24  (not shown) of stations, assigned portable address codes  18  (not shown) for stations, and available connections to other public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′,  20 ″ (not shown). Commuter information  14  (not shown) may be requested by a requestor  16  (not shown), which may include any one of the following: an individual, a participating member, a non member, a corporate entity  26  (not shown), or a software application. 
     A public transportation unit  20  (not shown) may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following: a bus, taxi, train, subway, heliport, seaport, or an airport, or any units that are known and used in the arts. The invention is therefore useful in remote cities where a public transportation unit  20  (not shown) may include a heliport, seaport, or airport services. The invention is similarly useful in big cities with large airports servicing various carriers, where select commuter information  14  regarding, e.g. the airport, may be available, like directions to/from the airport, proximity to bus stops or train stations, even if all flight scheduling information for the various carriers are unavailable. 
     Requestor  16  (not shown) may access the system  10  using a Wireless LAN (“WLAN”) device  28  via a user interface  30  (not shown). The system  10  receives the request for access to the unified enhanced address locator system  10  (step  100 ) and provides access to the unified enhanced address locator system  10  (step  102 ). Requestor  16  may then request commuter information  14  (not shown) for a known address code  18  for a select public transportation unit  20 , e.g. a bus station within the neighborhood, and/or known landmark  22  (not shown). The system  10  receives the request for commuter information  14  (step  104 ) where requestor  16  may submit the known address code  18  directly to the system  10 . The system  10  receives the known address code  18  (step  106 ) for the select public transportation unit  20 , or landmark  22 , determines the commuter information  14  (step  108 ) for the address code  18  and publishes the commuter information  14  (step  110 ) for the address code  18  for the select public transportation unit  20  or landmark  22  to at least one party. The commuter information  14  may be published to any one or more of the following: a requestor  16 , a member, a non member, an owner of an address code  18 , other participating member(s), a corporate entity  26 , a municipality, government agency, or a software application. 
       FIG. 2  is a sample flowchart of an exemplary method  12  of providing commuter information  14  using a computer processor  17  (not shown) according to an alternate embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the address code  18  for the public transportation unit  20  maybe unknown. Certain WLAN devices  28 ,  28 ′ maybe equipped with location determining capabilities employing GPS technology from which the WLAN device&#39;s geographical location  24  (not shown) may be determined and by extension requestor  16 . As such, the system  10  receives the request for access to the system  10  from a requestor  16  (step  200 ), provides access to the system  10  (step  202 ) and receives the request for commuter information  14  (step  204 ) in like manner as in steps  100 - 104  of  FIG. 1 . 
     The system  10  may request the address code  18  from requestor  16  (step  206 ). If the address code  14  is unknown (step  208 ), the latitude and longitude coordinates of the geographical location  24  (not shown) obtained from the WLAN device  28  maybe used to determine requestor&#39;s originating address information  32  (not shown). As such, the system  10  receives requestor&#39;s originating address information  32  (not shown) (step  210 ) from requestor  16  and translates the originating address information  32  (step  212 ) to a physical geographical location  24  used to generate and publish a map  34  (not shown) of the physical geographical location  24  (step  214 ), within a predetermined radius  36  (not shown). The system  10  may be programmed to display a predetermined radius  36  of certain mileage, e.g. 0.5, 1 or 1.5 miles, or any other appropriate mileage for the displayed map  34 . The generated map  34  (not shown) may publish a plurality of assigned portable address codes  18 ,  18 ′,  18 ″ for each public transportation unit  20  in the nearby vicinity from which requestor  16  may choose the address code  18  for the select public transportation unit  20  of his/her choice for which commuter information  14  is desired. 
     If the address code  18  is known, the system  10  may proceed directly from step  208  to  216  to receive the address code  18  for the select public transportation unit  20  (step  216 ) and determine (step  218 ) and publish the commuter information  14  (step  220 ) for the address code  18  for the select public transportation unit  20 . The commuter information  14  may be published to any one or more of the following: a requestor  16 , a member, a non-member, an owner of an address code  18 , other participating member(s), a corporate entity  26  (not shown), a municipality, or government agency, a software application. The system  10  and method  12  may provide periodic updates  38  (not shown) of the commuter information  14  to requestor  16 . Additionally, the system  10  and method  12  may forward the commuter information  14  and/or periodic updates  38  to designated parties as defined by requestor  16  to receive requestor&#39;s commuter information  14 . Requestor  16  may provide the list of designated parties for notification by a user interface  30  via their WLAN device  28 . In this manner, the appropriate parties may be notified of any delays, early arrivals or changes to the public transportation unit&#39;s schedule. 
       FIG. 3A  is a sample flowchart of an exemplary method  12  of providing commuter information  14  using a computer processor  17  (not shown) according to yet another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, requestor  16  seeks commuter information  14  to or from a known point of interest  40  (not shown), e.g. a famous landmark  22 , where a plurality of available public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′,  20 ″ exist but their address codes  18 ,  18 ′ maybe unknown. Here, the unified address enhanced locator system  10  receives the request for access (step  300 ) and provides access to the system  10  (step  302 ) in like manner as in steps  100 - 102 ; and  200 - 202  of  FIGS. 1 &amp; 2 , respectively. The system  10  receives a request for commuter information  14  (step  304 ) for the point of interest  40  and may request the point of interest&#39;s address information  32  (step  306 ), e.g. name or geographical location  24 . 
     The system  10  receives the point of interest&#39;s address information  32  (step  308 ), generates a map  34  of the predetermined radius  36  (step  310 ) surrounding the point of interest  40  and determines the commuter information  14  (step  312 ) for at least one address code  18  for available public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′,  20 ″ that services the point of interest  40 . The system  10  publishes a map  34  of the predetermined radius  36 , which includes commuter information  14  (step  314 ) for address codes  18 ,  18 ′,  18 ″ for available public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′,  20 ″ that services the point of interest  40  to at least one party. Here too, the commuter information  14  and/or the periodic updates  38  (not shown) may be published to any one or more of the following: a requestor  16 , a member, a non member, an owner of an address code  18 , other participating member(s), a corporate entity  26 , a municipality, government agency, or a software application. If requestor needs more specific commuter information  14  for available public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′ to/from the point of interest based on requestor&#39;s address information  32  in relation to the published commuter information  14 , requestor may continue to request and obtain the same (step  316 ). Alternatively, if requestor  16  is satisfied with the commuter information  14  provided requestor  16  may end the session. 
       FIG. 3B  is a sample flowchart of an exemplary method  12  of providing specific commuter information  14  using a computer processor  17  (not shown) according to an embodiment of the present invention. If requestor  16  chose to continue to obtain specific commuter information  14  (step  316 ) the system  10  may request the address information  32  (step  318 ) from requestor  16 , i.e. originating or destination address information  32 , to be used as a reference point  42  (not shown) to compute customized commuter information  14  for an address code  18  for a select public transportation unit  20  to or from the point of interest  40 . 
     If requestor&#39;s address information  32  is known (step  320 ), the system  10  receives the address information  32  (step  322 ) and uses it to determine the optimal route  44  and/or alternate routes  44 ,  44 ′ accessing the point of interest  40  via available public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′ servicing the point of interest  40 . Alternatively, if requestor&#39;s address information  32  is unknown, the system  10  receives requestor&#39;s address information  32  (step  324 ) from the WLAN device  28 , translates requestor&#39;s address information  32  to a geographical location  24  (step  326 ), which is used to determine an optimal route  44  and/or other alternate routes  44  to or from the point of interest  40  (step  328 ) based on requestor&#39;s geographical location  24  via available public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′ servicing the point of interest  40 . The system  10  publishes commuter information  14  for at least one and/or a plurality of address codes  18 ,  18 ′,  18 ″ for public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′,  20 ″ (step  330 ) servicing the point of interest  40  based on requestor&#39;s address information  32 . 
     The address information  32  may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following: an address code  18 , a residence, name of a corporate entity  26 , building name, building description, building alias(es), street name, street alias(es), floor number, suite number, apartment number, room number, city, landmark  22 , government agency, government building, municipality and municipal buildings, location information relative to at least one other known landmark  22 , an absolute geographical location  24 , post office, postal code, street name, township, neighborhood, city, county, province or country, or another member&#39;s designated entity. The point of interest  40  may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following: an address code  18 , a residence, name of a corporate entity  26 , building name, building description, building alias(es), street name, street alias(es), floor number, suite number, apartment number, room number, city, landmark  22 , government agency, government building, municipality and municipal buildings, location information relative to at least one other known landmark  22 , an absolute geographical location  24 , post office, postal code, street name, township, neighborhood, city, county, province or country, or another member&#39;s designated entity. 
       FIG. 4  is a network diagram illustrative of an exemplary embodiment of the system  10  of the invention. The system  10  comprises of a memory device  46  and at least one central processor  17  (not shown), disposed in communication with the memory device  46 , wherein the central processor  17  includes instructional code  50  (not shown) and is configured to perform the various system  10  functions to practice the invention. For example, the central processor  17  is configured to receive at least one request for access to the unified address enhanced locator system  10 ; provide access; receive requests for commuter information  14 ; request address code  18  for at least one public transportation unit  20 ; receive originating address information  32  for a requestor  16 ; translate originating address information  32  to a physical geographical location  24 ; generate and publish a map  34  of the physical geographical location  24 , which includes address codes  18 ,  18 ′ for any public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′ within a predetermined radius  36 ; receive at least one address code  18  for select public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′; determine commuter information  14  for address codes  18 ,  18 ′ for public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′; and publish commuter information  14  for address codes  18 ,  18 ′ for public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′. The central processor  17  is also configured to request and receive point of interest address information  32 ; determine address codes  18 ,  18 ′ for at least one or a plurality of public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′, publish address codes  18 ,  18 ′, as well as any other system  10  functions. 
     Illustratively, the two servers i.e. the communications control and wireless mapping server  52 , and the e-Commerce server  54 , as well as the memory device  46  are illustrated as three separate systems  10  components. However, it is understood by those skilled in the arts that all three system  10  components may alternatively have been combined into a single unitary system  10 , capable of performing each of the three illustrated functions, i.e. the communications control and wireless mapping function, managing the e-commerce functions and the storage functions of a memory device  46 . 
     As previously discussed a user may use various WLAN devices  28 ,  28 ′,  28 ″ to communicate with the system  10 , e.g. to request commuter information  14  (not shown), and/or any other functions that are well known and used in the arts. The user interface  30  (not shown) may be customized for the specific WLAN devices  28 ,  28 ′,  28 ″ as they communicate with the communications control and wireless mapping server  52  exchanging Global Packet Radio Service (“GPRS”) data  56  over a cellular network  58  (not shown) or any other wireless data format that are well known and used in the arts. 
     The communications control and wireless mapping server  52  manages the flow of information to and from the user, managing requests for such services as requests for commuter information  14  (not shown), generating and publishing maps  34 ,  34 ′ as well as any other mapping and control functions of the system  10  of the invention. When a requestor requests commuter information  14  (not shown) and provides for example, a portable address code  18  (not shown) to the system  10 , the communications control and wireless mapping server  52  receives the request for commuter information  14  for an address code  18  for a select public transportation unit  20 , determines the commuter information  14  for the address code  18  and publishes the commuter information  14  for the address code  18  for the select public transportation unit  20  to at least one party. The commuter information  14  may be published solely as, or as a combination of any one or more of the following: i.e. as text, graphical format, charts, or audio and/or any other type of communications method that is well known and used in the arts. 
     As illustrated, the communications control and wireless mapping server  52  as well as the e-Commerce server  54  each comprises of an operating system  60  (not shown) and a central processor  17  (not shown) in communication with the memory device  46 , which uses an electronic database  62  (not shown) to store, e.g. commuter information  14 , public transportation unit&#39;s address codes  18 ,  18 ′, maps  34 ,  34 ′, etc. It is understood that the memory device  46  may comprise of any computer-readable storage media devices, e.g. a CD-ROM, flash drives, electronic database  62  (not shown) and/or any other storage media devices that are well known and used in the arts. The memory device  46  may also include instruction code  50  for implementing and supporting the system  10  of the invention. The central processors  17 ,  17 ′ (not shown) of the communications control and wireless mapping server  52  and e-Commerce server  54  include instruction code  50  (not shown), and are configured to implement and support the system  10  and the various methods  12 ,  12 ′ of the invention, which may include but is not limited to: receiving and storing data, receiving requests, providing access, performing searches, determining commuter information  14 , generating maps  34 ,  34 ′ publishing commuter information  14 , as well as any other system  10  functions that are required to practice the invention. 
     Participating members may access and communicate with the system  10  of the invention, e.g. the e-Commerce server  54 , via Internet protocol  64 , such as TCP-IP, using their web access devices e.g. cellular phones, i.e. I-Phones, BlackBerry®, smart phones, or a WLAN device  28 , e.g. PDAs, or personal computer  66  for entering and displaying information. Requestor may access the system  10  to perform conventional e-commerce activities that are well known and used in the arts, e.g. register with the system  10 , make payments for access fees, review invoices, etc. Also, one skilled in the art will appreciate that various communication channels may be used to interconnect the system  10  via the Internet protocol  64  with the users&#39; personal computer  52  such as a wide area network, or point-to-point, dial-up connections, cable network, fiberoptics, and DSL high speed connections or any other communications means that are well known and used in the arts. 
     The system  10  will require the creation and or uploading of maps  34 ,  34 ′ designation of address codes  18 ,  18 ′ for the various public transportation units  20 ,  20 ′ as well as the maintenance of the main electronic database  62  (not shown) to register and store maps  34 ,  34 ′, address codes  18 ,  18 ′ and commuter information  14  as well as any other information to be either programmed in or manually inputted into the electronic database  62  (not shown). The inputting process is a function of the back office  68 , which will either input the entries and/or updates manually, or program the servers  52 ,  54  to automatically do so. The back office  68  may access and/or communicate with the servers  52 ,  54  using TCP-IP communications protocol  64  via remote or local area network systems  58  (not shown), or any other Internet protocol  64  that are well known and used in the arts. 
     While the invention has been described in connection with specific embodiments and applications, the inventor does not intend to restrict the description to the examples shown. Persons skilled in the art will recognize that the above system  10  and methods  12 ,  12 ′ may be modified or changed without departing from the general scope of the present description, the intention of the inventor being to include all such modifications and alterations in so far as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof. It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods  12 ,  12 ′ differing from the type described above. 
     While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms, method  12 , steps and system  10  illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.