Patent ID: 8392521

Claim:
A method for exchanging data between a portable user equipment (MS), a plurality of service stations placed at selected locations and a plurality of mobile service providers ( 8 ), said method including the steps of: a) generating a first request message including designating service data and related to a stop request at the portable user equipment (MS); b) transmitting the first request message to at least one of the plurality of service stations, wherein the plurality of service stations are placed at selected locations along a route traversed by the mobile service providers and indicate where the mobile service providers can stop, and each of the plurality of service stations being arranged with a short-range communication module which provides a first transmission zone, the portable user equipment including a compatible short-range communication module; c) generating a second request message including at least said designating service data and related to the stop request at that one of the plurality of service stations whose first transmission zone contains the portable user equipment upon receiving the first request message; d) transmitting the second request message, each of the plurality of mobile service providers being arranged with a short-range communication module which provides a second transmission zone, each of the plurality of service stations including a compatible short-range communication module; e) receiving the second request message related to the stop request at that one of the plurality of mobile service providers whose second transmission zone contains one of the plurality of service stations at which the second request message was generated; and f) depending on said second request received at said one mobile service provider, stopping such mobile service provider at such service station contained in the second transmission zone of such mobile service provider.