Patent ID: 8643512

Claim:
A method for managing bus services using an electronic device positioned at a bus stop, the electronic device comprising at least one display screen, a storage device, and a wireless communication module, the storage device storing bus route data, the method comprising: determining non-target buses, and sending do-not-stop messages to the non-target buses to inform the non-target buses not to stop at the current bus stop, the non target buses representing buses that no passenger at a current bus stop needs to get on the bus and no passenger on the buses needs to get off at the current bus stop; or determining a target bus route in response to receiving destination information input by a passenger located at the current stop, and generating riding information according to the target bus route, the target bus route passing through a destination in the destination information; determining a bus of the target bus route approaching the current bus stop as a target bus; sending the riding information to the target bus using the wireless communication module, and receiving carrying information from the target bus; sending a request message to the target bus to request a driver of the target bus to stop at the current bus stop under the condition that the target bus has available passenger capacity to carry the passenger according to the carrying information; and outputting a notification to notify the passenger that the target bus is approaching the current bus stop.