Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-29
2001-09-11
Trammell, James P. (Department: 2161)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
C235S03000R
Reexamination Certificate
active
06289315
ABSTRACT:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of fare metering, and more particularly to an electronic credit card swipe system for the transportation industry.
2. Description of Related Art
As can be seen by reference to the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,389,563; 4,409,685; 4,539,644; 5,274,561 and 5,397,880, the prior art is replete with myriad and diverse fare metering devices.
While all of the aforementioned prior art constructions are more than adequate for the basic purpose and function for which they have been specifically designed, they are uniformly deficient with respect to their failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical electronic credit card swipe system for taxis.
As a consequence of the foregoing situation, there has existed a longstanding need for a new and improved electronic credit card swipe system for taxis and the provision of such a construction is a stated objective of the present invention.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Briefly stated, the present invention provides an electronic credit card swipe system for the transportation industry. One embodiment has a currency conversion feature and a voice synthesizer that recite the fare in both the local language and a selected one of a number of foreign language options. The customer card swipe box is located in the passenger compartment and the driver control box is located in the front of the taxi readily accessible to the driver.
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Henderson & Sturm LLP
Hewitt II Calvin Loyd
Trammell James P.
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