FR2883402A1 - Call service creating method for car pool organization, involves locating carpooler and integrating information relative to carpooler such as starting point, arrival point and intermediate stop points in database - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves locating a carpooler in a ray path of about 100 meters around a transceiver terminal in response to calls transmitted by a call service across different transceiver terminals to telephone numbers of the carpooler. Information relative to the carpooler such as identity and mobile telephone number, starting point, starting time, arrival point and intermediate stop points are integrated in a database.

Description

The present invention relates to the use of the telephony network

  portable for a carpool organization, to check the truth of the carpool; for a follow-up of the density of the car traffic and for the determination of the best route in urban environment.

  Car traffic in cities, due to traffic jams, generate more and more serious nuisances due to the increase in the number of vehicles: time lost in traffic jams, waste of energy, pollution (greenhouse gas. ...) The public authorities devote significant efforts and budgets to reduce this car traffic in built-up areas and therefore pollution: common transport networks, creation of car parks, limitation of parking time, pedestrian routes, toll for access in the city center as in London, alternating even / odd traffic in Athens, On the other hand, the carpool exists punctually during strikes of public transport, interurban via Internet sites, or between people knowing each other between them.

  The idea is to use the mobile phone network to efficiently and conveniently organize carpooling in urban areas, providing real proof of car pooling, measuring traffic flow in the agglomeration, guiding the journey for avoid traffic jams by creating a call service with 2 options: Carpooler (free access): I am ready to carpool one or more people with my vehicle Covoituré (paid access): I am looking for a vehicle going in the direction of ...

  Operation The mobile telephony network, in built-up areas, makes it possible to locate subscribers within a radius of about 100 meters around the base transceiver terminal ensuring the best communication by different geolocation processes (identification of the cell, measurement of time signal arrival time, arrival angle of the signals ...) The Ringer connects to the service and indicates its destination (The list of usual destinations of the Rider can be stored in his mobile for later use with a single click) with possibly a time during which it is ready to wait (the default time is relatively short, of the order of 5 minutes).

  The mobile telephone system locates the Covoitureur on the transceiver terminal providing the call (identification, time, destination) and enters it in the computer database containing the geographical coordinates of the transceiver terminals (the local location register). This database will integrate the main points of reference of the agglomeration and possibly intermediate stops along the departure-destination route.

  The information available on the Rider is: Identity and mobile number (MSISDN) The starting point The departure time The destination and the intermediate stops along the route The Covoituré connects to the service and indicates its destination The mobile phone system locates the Covert carrier on the base transceiver terminal. After the usual authentication procedure, the system accesses the database in which are registered all the Covoitureurs available around and in the same time slot.

  The information on the Coverture available is: Identity and mobile number (MSISDN) The starting point The time of departure The desired destination If there is the adequacy, the system puts them in relation-them Coverteur-et-Covoituré (phone numbers remain hidden); carpool agreement or not remains at the discretion of both parties.

  If the carpool is effective, the Renter informs the service, and his request disappears from the base; otherwise, the request remains for another search. The Covoitureur's offer for its part comes to an end according to its initial indications.

  Another solution is possible: The Covoitureur reports the actual carpool to the service; this call ends his carpool offer. In this case, the request of the carpooler (stored during the last connection) also ends.

  When connecting, the central telephone system has in memory the 2 numbers; if the actual carpooling, the system recontacts the 2 numbers (in standby) after regular time intervals compatible with an urban movement (every 10 minutes for example); these 2 numbers must be connected to the same base transceiver terminal, different from the first one, which gives the proof of the effective carpooling and makes it possible to credit to the carpooler the advantages that can be conceded to him (described in the paragraph the incentives).

  This recall location also provides municipal services with the level of urban traffic flow as a function of time and the distance traveled between the identified transmitters and receivers.

  The actual times measured between the different base transceiver terminals by the service users on the different routes can be exploited to guide the Covoitureur for its own journey by avoiding the traffic jams and traffic jams noted.

  To ensure security, when connecting to the service, the Renter identifies himself with a secret access code to the service to ensure that the laptop is not stolen; the Covoiteureur can be assured of the real identity of the person riding in his car.

  Incentives In order to institutionalize carpooling and reduce urban traffic (lower pollution, smoother traffic, less waste of time and oil), municipalities will provide various incentives to Coveturers to increase supply carpoolers; these incentives can take different forms depending on the priorities of the municipalities concerned and local customs, for example: The taking over of all or part of the parking or parking 10 The taking over of all or part of the access in the city center possibility of access to the city center These benefits are subordinated by the provision of the proof of the reality of carpooling described above.

  These incentives may take the form of: Credit in value on the account of the Caretaker held by the mobile operator, Transmission of a discount code of x% by SMS to the laptop of the 20 Covoitureur, code allowing access in the city center or reduction when paying a parking.

  In addition to the material benefits offered, the participation in the car rental is a citizen act that can be encouraged by advertising campaigns with slogans such as: Citizens of the earth, act Save the earth, open your door, Let the city more pleasant to to live with our children

Claims (1)

-5-Claims   Claim 1: Creation of a call service on the mobile telephone network for the organization of urban carpooling characterized by the location in space and time of carpool players based on the geolocation functions of the mobile phone system.   Claim 2: Use of the mobile telephone network to provide evidence of effective car-sharing characterized by answering calls made by the calling service across the different base transceiver terminals to the carpooler's and carpooler's mobile phone numbers at intervals regular (without triggering the ringing) to locate the movement in space.