Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
273 words
Travel registration system including a travel pass unit for general communication by train, air, sea, or bus, wherein the unit includes a processor, a write and erasable memory unit connected to the processor, a display window (2), and keys which can be operated by a traveller in possession of the travel pass, the system comprising a travel pass unit issuing station (10) in which a traveler seeking a travel pass is registered together with a code number which is unique to the travel pass unit (15) and which is written into a fixed memory, and in which station data relating to the traveller is written into a writable memory unit in the travel pass and, on the occasion of issuing the pass, any data relating to the journey or route concerned; a data base (11) to which data relating to an issued travel pass is intended to be stored together with information relating to the journey or route concerned; and a plurality of terminals (17-20) which are connected to the data base (11) and which are equipped with travel pass unit readers/writers, wherein subsequent to inserting the travel pass unit each terminal scans the data written into its memory, checks this data with data continued in the data base concerning the travel pass unit and checks that the data written into the travel pass unit and relating to the journey or route coincides with the journey or route written into the data base, and when no agreement is found writes into the memory of the travel pass unit the data stored in the data base concerning the journey or the route in question.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
273 words
Travel registration system including a travel pass unit for general communication by train, air, sea, or bus, wherein the unit includes a processor, a write and erasable memory unit connected to the processor, a display window (2), and keys which can be operated by a traveller in possession of the travel pass, the system comprising a travel pass unit issuing station (10) in which a traveler seeking a travel pass is registered together with a code number which is unique to the travel pass unit (15) and which is written into a fixed memory, and in which station data relating to the traveller is written into a writable memory unit in the travel pass and, on the occasion of issuing the pass, any data relating to the journey or route concerned; a data base (11) to which data relating to an issued travel pass is intended to be stored together with information relating to the journey or route concerned; and a plurality of terminals (17-20) which are connected to the data base (11) and which are equipped with travel pass unit readers/writers, wherein subsequent to inserting the travel pass unit each terminal scans the data written into its memory, checks this data with data continued in the data base concerning the travel pass unit and checks that the data written into the travel pass unit and relating to the journey or route coincides with the journey or route written into the data base, and when no agreement is found writes into the memory of the travel pass unit the data stored in the data base concerning the journey or the route in question.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein the keys on the travel pass unit solely instigate activation of unit elements and the display of information written into the memory unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein the travel pass unit includes sensor elements (8, 9A, 9B) for identifying a unique characteristic of the owner of the unit, wherein a signal received in the processor from a sensor element is compared with memory stored data relating to an acceptable signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
A system according to claim 3, wherein each terminal is arranged to check that identification of the card owner in relation to the card was positive prior to carrying out other checks on the travel pass unit in the data base, and when such is not the case to reject the card as not being identifiable with the correct owner.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system according to claim 3, wherein the sensor element (8, 9A, 9B) is activated only after a given period of time has lapsed since the travel pass unit was activated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A system according to claim 3, wherein the display window (2) includes a display part (21) which in response to an identification process with the aid of the sensor element is adapted to be shown over a predetermined time period upon completion of the identification operation.