WO2014061856A1

WO2014061856A1 - Method for providing taxi call service using smart device

Info

Publication number: WO2014061856A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/009578
Authority: WO
Inventors: 강해성
Original assignee: Kang Haeseong
Priority date: 2012-10-18
Filing date: 2012-11-14
Publication date: 2014-04-24
Also published as: KR20140049728A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a taxi call service using a smart device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for providing a taxi call service using a smart device, which enables: a passenger to view taxi information, feel safe enough to ride a desired taxi, and minimize the time waiting for the taxi; a taxi driver driving around in an empty taxi to largely reduce energy used while looking for passengers to pick up and receive marketing support through taxi advertisements; a taxi company or a transportation-related department of a local government to receive important information for company management or transportation policy establishment by receiving, in real time, information related to the taxis currently in service.

Description

How to provide taxi call service using smart device

The present invention relates to a taxi call service providing method using a smart device. More specifically, passengers can view the information of taxis and ride the taxis they want, and can minimize the waiting time for the taxis. Can greatly reduce the cost of the taxi and help the business by promoting the taxi. The transportation departments of taxi companies and local governments are provided with real-time information on the taxis in operation to establish the company's operations and transportation policies. Important information can be provided, and the server periodically transmits a push alarm to the article smart device to periodically turn on the article smart device so that it does not remain in the standby state for a long time. By transmitting, you can not only know the location of the taxi in real time, but also Provides a profit model to the operator by allowing certain points to be deducted for each approval of the taxi driver on request, inducing evaluation by paying points to passengers according to the evaluation of the passenger's taxi, and according to the passenger's rating It also relates to a taxi call service providing method using a smart device that can lead to improved service quality by paying points.

If you've ever had a taxi on a busy roadside at night, you'll find it hard to get a taxi. What's more, it's harder to catch a taxi at night on secluded roads or in remote areas with fewer people. In addition, recently, violent crimes related to taxis are frequently occurring, and passenger anxiety is increasing.

Various techniques have been proposed to solve this problem. For example, when a customer connects to a call taxi service provider using a mobile communication system, the service provider tracks the location of the customer by identifying the location of the customer in cell units. Based on this, an empty taxi is located in the cell where the customer is located. After searching, a technology for enabling a taxi service by calling a taxi driver with a customer's phone number is disclosed. However, these technologies provide the convenience of the customer not having to know his location and input it to the service operator, but the operator must explain the location of the customer to the taxi driver, and the taxi driver approaches the customer by his experience. There is inconvenience to be done.

In addition, when a call taxi is connected using an existing 3G mobile communication network, data transmission takes a certain time, and if a taxi driver does not approve a passenger's call request, the passenger has to wait for a long time response. In addition, due to the nature of the smart phone enters the standby mode has a problem that can not determine the location of the user. In addition, there is no way to determine whether the taxi is in a callable situation because it is impossible to know the operation and the end of the taxi.

In addition, there is no way for both taxi drivers and passengers to notify of an emergency situation except a text message. In addition, there is a problem that there is no technology that allows the passenger to easily meet the taxi after the passenger calls the taxi.

Accordingly, there is a need to develop a service that can solve these problems, eliminate inconveniences for both passengers and taxis, and generate profits from the operator's point of view.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, in particular, the passenger can see the information of the taxi to ride the desired taxi with confidence, can minimize the waiting time to ride the taxi, the entry of the taxi driver Can greatly reduce the energy consumed by navigating to an empty car to find customers, and can help with sales through the promotion of taxis. The transportation departments of taxi companies and local governments can provide information on the taxis currently operating. The purpose is to provide a taxi call service using smart devices that can be provided in real time by being provided in real time, important information in the company's operations or traffic policy.

Taxi call service providing method using a smart device according to the present invention devised to achieve the above object is (a) the location information transmission module of the passenger smart device and the location information transmission module of the driver smart device, respectively, Sending the location to a server; (b) the taxi search module of the passenger smart device searching for and displaying a list of taxis available at the current location through communication with the server; (c) The taxi information display module of the passenger smart device displays taxi information including the driver's name, telephone number, vehicle photo, vehicle number, taxi company name, and rating for any one selected from the taxi list of step (b). Displaying on; (d) the call transmission module of the passenger smart device transmitting the call request to the server for the selected taxi, and the server transmitting the call request to the call reception module of the article smart device; (e) displaying, on the screen, the call approval and rejection module of the article smart device by sending a call request transmitted from the call transmission module of the passenger smart device to the server, and sending the approval or rejection of the call request back to the server; (f) when the call approval and rejection module transmits the approval, displaying, by the passenger information display module of the article smart device, the passenger information including the location and phone number of the passenger requesting the call on the screen; (g) displaying the vehicle number of the approved taxi on the screen by the vehicle number display module of the passenger smart device; (h) when the fare transmission module of the article smart device transmits the fare to the passenger smart device through the server through linkage with the meter, the fare payment module of the passenger smart device pays the fare; And (i) evaluating the taxi service by the evaluation module of the passenger smart device to obtain a point from the server, and obtaining the point by the point obtaining module of the article smart device according to the rating of the evaluation. do.

In addition, in step (e), if the call approval and rejection module of the article smart device does not transmit the approval or rejection within a specific time to the server, the server determines that the call is rejected and communicates with the article smart device. After forcibly blocking the call and ending the response, the passenger smart device may be marked as having rejected the call.

In addition, the push alarm receiving module of the article smart device by repeatedly receiving the push alarm from the server every specific time, it is possible to keep the article smart device on (ON) for each time.

According to the present invention, the passenger can see the information of the taxi and can safely ride the desired taxi, and can minimize the waiting time for the taxi, and the energy of the taxi driver to move around the empty car to find the guest Can greatly reduce the cost of the taxi and help the business by promoting the taxi. The transportation departments of taxi companies and local governments are provided with real-time information on the taxis in operation to establish the company's operations and transportation policies. It is effective to receive important information.

According to the present invention, the server periodically transmits a push alarm to the article smart device, thereby periodically turning on the article smart device so as not to be kept in the standby state for a long time, and by transmitting the current taxi position to the server each time. There is an effect that can determine the location information of the taxi in real time.

In addition, according to the present invention by providing a profit model to the operator by deducting a specific point for each taxi driver's approval for the passenger's call request, and induces the evaluation by paying the passenger points according to the evaluation of the passenger's taxi In addition, it is possible to induce an improvement in service quality by paying points to the taxi driver according to the passenger's rating.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for providing a taxi call service using a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a taxi call service providing method using a smart device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Taxi call service providing method using a smart device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention (a) the location information transmission module of the passenger smart device and the location information transmission module of the driver smart device to the server location of the passenger and the taxi, respectively Transmitting; (b) the taxi search module of the passenger smart device searching for and displaying a list of taxis available at the current location through communication with the server; (c) The taxi information display module of the passenger smart device displays taxi information including the driver's name, telephone number, vehicle photo, vehicle number, taxi company name, and rating for any one selected from the taxi list of step (b). Displaying on; (d) the call transmission module of the passenger smart device transmitting the call request to the server for the selected taxi, and the server transmitting the call request to the call reception module of the article smart device; (e) displaying, on the screen, the call approval and rejection module of the article smart device by sending a call request transmitted from the call transmission module of the passenger smart device to the server, and sending the approval or rejection of the call request back to the server; (f) when the call approval and rejection module transmits the approval, displaying, by the passenger information display module of the article smart device, the passenger information including the location and phone number of the passenger requesting the call on the screen; (g) displaying the vehicle number of the approved taxi on the screen by the vehicle number display module of the passenger smart device; (h) when the fare transmission module of the article smart device transmits the fare to the passenger smart device through the server through linkage with the meter, the fare payment module of the passenger smart device pays the fare; And (i) evaluating the taxi service by the evaluation module of the passenger smart device to obtain points from the server, and obtaining the point by the point obtaining module of the article smart device according to the rating of the evaluation.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible, even if shown on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the following will describe a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto and may be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a taxi call service using a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A system for providing a taxi call service using a smart device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 1, includes a passenger smart device 100, a server 200, and an article smart device 300. .

Smart devices include tablet PCs, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), notebooks, cellular phones, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phones, Hand-Held PCs, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phones, W-CDMA ( Wideband CDMA) phones, CDMA-2000 phones, and smartphones can be used. Applications that provide taxi call services can be downloaded and used, or embedded applications can be used.

Passenger smart device 100 is a phone number authentication module 110, location information transmission module 120, taxi search module 130, taxi information display module 140, call transmission module 150, call rejection display module ( 160, a vehicle number display module 170, a fare payment module 180, and an evaluation module 190.

The phone number authentication module 110 is intended to replace the membership of the passenger, it is sufficient to perform only once when using the first service.

The location information transmission module 120 transmits the location information of the current passenger to the server 200 in real time.

The taxi search module 130 communicates with the server 200 to perform a taxi search at the current location of the passenger. To this end, the location information transmission module 320 of the article smart device 300 also transmits the location information of the current taxi to the server 200 in real time. The taxi search module 130 may be implemented in various ways, such as searching a list of taxis that can be called by a list, searching by a map, and specifying a search range.

When the taxi information display module 140 touches or clicks any one of the taxis searched through the taxi search module 130, the taxi information display module 140 displays the information of the selected taxi on the screen. Taxi information includes the driver's name, telephone number, vehicle photo, vehicle number, taxi company name, and rating.

The call transmission module 150 transmits a call request to the call reception module 340 of the article smart device 300 through the server 200 when the call button is touched or clicked on the selected taxi.

The call rejection display module 160 displays a message indicating that the call is rejected on the screen when a rejection is transmitted for the call request and when there is no response for a specific time for the call request. In this case, the taxi search module 130 of the passenger smart device 100 searches for another taxi. As an example, the specific time may be set to about 15 seconds, and this does not limit the response time.

The vehicle number display module 170 displays the vehicle number of the selected taxi on the screen.

The fare payment module 180 pays the taxi fare. In this case, the payment module 180 is preferably implemented to enable the payment using the point.

Evaluation module 190 evaluates the satisfaction with the taxi used. The evaluation items may be variously configured such as satisfaction with driving time, satisfaction with driver's kindness, whether driving to the shortest course and safe driving. When the evaluation module 190 performs the evaluation, the server 200 will pay a predetermined point to the passenger smart device 100, these points may be used for taxi fare payment.

The server 200 relays data transmission between the passenger smart device 100 and the article smart device 300, and provides information on various information such as member (passenger, article) information, passenger usage information, and ratings for each article / operating company. Build a database, perform point payments, and more.

In addition, the server 200 repeatedly sends a push alarm to the article smart device 300 every specific time, to maintain the article smart device 300 in the ON state for each corresponding time. Article smart device 300 transmits the location information of the taxi to the server 200 each time the push alarm is received. In this case, the specific time may be set to about 3 minutes, and this does not limit the period of the push alarm. This can solve the difficulty of positioning due to the standby mode of the smart device.

Article smart device 300 is a phone number authentication and registration module 310, location information transmission module 320, push alarm receiving module 330, call receiving module 340, call approval and rejection module 350, Passenger information display module 360, driving status transmission module 370, fare transmission module 380, and a point acquisition module 390.

The phone number authentication and membership module 310 is for membership of an article, and the information of the article is to input a vehicle picture, article name, vehicle number, phone number, license number, driving company name, and the like. Phone number authentication and membership registration is required only once.

The location information transmission module 320 transmits the location information of the current taxi to the server 200 in real time.

The push alarm receiving module 330 repeatedly receives the push alarm from the server 200 every specific time, thereby maintaining the article smart device 300 in the ON state at each corresponding time. At this time, the article smart device 300 transmits the location information of the taxi to the server 200 each time the push alarm is received. In this case, the specific time may be set to about 3 minutes, and this does not limit the period of the push alarm. This can solve the difficulty of positioning due to the standby mode of the smart device.

The call reception module 340 receives a call request transmitted from the call transmission module 150 of the passenger smart device 100 through the server 200.

The call approval and rejection module 350 displays a call request transmitted from the call transmission module 150 of the passenger smart device 100 to the server 200 on the screen of the article smart device 300, and thus, the call request The acknowledgment or rejection is sent back to the server 200. In this case, when the article smart device 300 that receives the call request does not transmit the approval or rejection within a specific time (for example, 15 seconds), the server 200 determines that the call is rejected and the article smart device 300 ) And stops responding by forcibly blocking communication with the passenger, and displays the call as rejected by the passenger smart device 100. This solves the problem of longer passenger waiting time.

When the passenger information display module 360 approves the call request, the passenger information display module 360 receives the passenger's location and telephone number from the server 200 and displays the map using the map.

The driving state transmitting module 370 transmits the current driving state of the taxi, such as starting and ending driving, to the server 200. Through this, the server 200 determines whether the taxi is currently operating, and transmits taxi information available to the passenger smart device 100 by reflecting the driving situation. This is transmitted to the passenger smart device 100 until the taxi information that is currently in use is not available, thereby preventing the passenger from wasting time.

For example, the driving state transmission may be implemented by using the meter running button and the driving end button of the taxi. Pressing the operation button of the meter after the taxi picked up the passenger is sent to the driver smart device 300, the start of the operation, the server 200 to determine that the taxi has started to operate. In addition, when the operation stop button of the meter after the end of the operation is sent to the driver smart device 300, the end of the operation is transmitted, the server 200 recognizes that the taxi has terminated the operation, recognizes the available taxi available service .

Alternatively, the driving state transmission may be performed by touching or clicking the driving button or the driving stop button of the driver smart device 300.

The fee transmission module 380 transmits the fee of the meter to the server 200 after the operation ends. At this time, the communication module is built in the meter may communicate the charge information between the meter and the article smart device 300. Such fare information is transmitted back to the passenger's smart device 100 to enable point payment and the like.

The point obtaining module 390 converts the evaluation contents performed by the evaluation module 190 of the passenger smart device 100 into points, and provides the points to the article smart device 300. By providing a particular benefit according to the size of the accumulated points on the article smart device 300, induces a quality improvement of the service.

In step S10, the passenger smart device 100 and the driver smart device 300 transmit the location of the passenger and the location of the taxi to the server 200, respectively.

In step S20, the taxi search module 130 of the passenger smart device 100 displays and searches a list of available taxis available for service on the screen. Taxi search can be performed by various methods such as searching a list of callable taxis, searching on a map, and specifying a search range.

In step S30, when any one of the taxis found through the step S20 is touched or clicked, information on the selected taxi is displayed on the screen. Taxi information includes the driver's name, telephone number, vehicle photo, vehicle number, taxi company name, and rating.

In step S40, when the call button is touched or clicked on the selected taxi, the call request is transmitted to the call receiving module 340 of the driver smart device 300 through the server 200.

In step S50, the call receiving module 340 of the driver smart device 300 receives a call request transmitted from the call transmission module 150 of the passenger smart device 100 through the server 200.

In step S60, the call request transmitted from the call transmission module 150 of the passenger smart device 100 to the server 200 is displayed on the screen of the article smart device 300, and the server rejects or rejects the call request again. The step of transmitting to 200. In this case, when the article smart device 300 that receives the call request does not transmit the approval or rejection within a specific time (for example, 15 seconds), the server 200 determines that the call is rejected and the article smart device 300 ) And stops responding by forcibly blocking communication with the passenger, and displays the call as rejected by the passenger smart device 100. As described above, it is possible to solve the problem of longer passenger waiting time. As such, the present invention implements a technique of setting a time for sending and receiving data and forcibly terminating a response when there is no response to the data within the time.

Step S70 is a step in which the passenger information display module 360 of the article smart device 100 displays the information of the passenger requesting a call.

In step S80, the passenger talks with the driver.

In step S90, the vehicle number is displayed on the passenger smart device 100, and the phone number of the passenger is displayed on the article smart device 100.

In step S100, when the fare transmission module 380 of the article smart device 300 transmits the fare to the passenger smart device 100 through the server 200 through the linkage with the meter, the fare payment of the passenger smart device 100 is performed. The module 180 pays the meter fee. That is, in conjunction with the taxi meter to transmit the fare information of the meter to the article smart device 300, the article smart device 300 to the server 200, from the server 200 back to the passenger smart device 100 Provides billing information transfer and mobile phone payment service, and enables payment with points.

Step S110 is a step in which the driving state transmission module 370 of the article smart device 300 transmits the current driving state of the taxi to the server 200, such as starting and ending driving.

In step S120, the evaluation module of the passenger smart device 190 obtains points by transmitting an evaluation of the service, and the point obtaining module 390 of the article smart device 390 obtains points according to the rating of the evaluation. . A profit model is provided by allowing a specific point to be deducted for each approval of a taxi driver for a passenger's call request. In addition, the evaluation is induced by paying points to the passengers according to the evaluation of the passenger's taxi, and the service quality is improved by paying points to the taxi driver according to the passenger's rating.

On the other hand, when a passenger or driver presses a button in an emergency, it is reported as 112, and the taxi indicator on the vehicle roof of the taxi can be repeatedly blinked so as to notify the surroundings of a dangerous situation.

In addition, it is possible to check the accuracy of the fare through the communication between the passenger smart device and the taxi meter.

In addition, after calling the taxi, the passenger smart device 100 displays the vehicle's vehicle number of the taxi, and the front windshield LED plate of the taxi displays the rear four digits of the passenger's phone number, so that the passenger and the taxi can be easily matched. have.

In addition, it is possible to determine the location of the current taxi during the operation of the taxi driver to provide information of restaurants and gas stations in the vicinity.

In addition, when the taxi driver recognizes the driving end by the driver's touch or click (the driver touches or clicks the driving stop button) of the driver's smart device while the taxi driver is running, the server receives the end of the driving state. It is also possible to be able to understand the current driving status of the vehicle.

In addition, when the driving state transmission module of the article smart device is connected to the meter and recognized as the end of the operation by the touch or click of the article to implement that the server receives the end of the driving state and the fee is transmitted to the passenger smart device via the server It is possible.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various modifications, changes, and substitutions may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention and the accompanying drawings are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. . The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

(a) transmitting, by the location information transmission module of the passenger smart device and the location information transmission module of the article smart device, the location of the passenger and the location of the taxi to the server, respectively;

(b) the taxi search module of the passenger smart device searching for and displaying a list of taxis available at the current location through communication with the server;

(c) The taxi information display module of the passenger smart device displays taxi information including the driver's name, telephone number, vehicle photo, vehicle number, taxi company name, and rating for any one selected from the taxi list of step (b). Displaying on;

(d) the call transmission module of the passenger smart device transmitting the call request to the server for the selected taxi, and the server transmitting the call request to the call reception module of the article smart device;

(e) displaying, on the screen, the call approval and rejection module of the article smart device by sending a call request transmitted from the call transmission module of the passenger smart device to the server, and sending the approval or rejection of the call request back to the server; And

(f) if the call approval and rejection module transmits the approval, displaying the passenger information including the location and phone number of the passenger requesting the call on the screen by the passenger information display module of the article smart device;

Taxi call service providing method using a smart device comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

In step (e), if the call approval and rejection module of the article smart device does not transmit the approval or rejection within a specific time to the server, the server recognizes that the call is rejected and forces communication with the article smart device. Method of providing a taxi call service using a smart device, characterized in that the call is displayed on the passenger smart device rejected after cutting off the response.
The method of claim 1,

Method for providing a taxi call service using a smart device, characterized in that the push alarm receiving module of the article smart device repeatedly receives the push alarm from the server every specific time, thereby keeping the article smart device on every time. .
The method of claim 1,

(g) displaying the vehicle number of the approved taxi on the screen by the vehicle number display module of the passenger smart device;

(h) when the fare transmission module of the article smart device transmits the fare to the passenger smart device through the server through linkage with the meter, the fare payment module of the passenger smart device pays the fare;

(i) evaluating the taxi service by the evaluation module of the passenger smart device to obtain points from the server, and obtaining the points by the point obtaining module of the article smart device according to the rating of the evaluation;

Taxi call service providing method using a smart device characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 1,

Article When a driving state transmission module of the article smart device is recognized as the end of the operation by the touch or click of the article, the server is a taxi call service providing method using a smart device, characterized in that the transmission state is received.
The method of claim 1,

When the driving state transmission module of the article smart device is linked with the meter and recognized as the end of the operation by the touch or click of the article, the server receives the end of the driving state and the fee is transmitted to the passenger smart device via the server. How to provide a taxi call service using a device.