METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY FROM A TRANSPORT VEHICLE

摘要

A method for providing connectivity from a transport vehicle to a transport vehicle company, a financial institution, and/or a third party provider, and an administrative processor via a network using administrative data storage, a dynamic library of viewing content, and a dynamic driver profile. The method uses a portable media device installed in the transport vehicle for viewing content using an interactive dynamic customized dashboard. The method enables purchase of goods and services from the transport vehicle, while the transport vehicle is in motion, recharging of a client device while in the transport vehicle, and providing automated driver check in and out while recording activity of the transport vehicle during defined periods of time.

主权项

1. A method for providing connectivity from a plurality of transport vehicles to a transport vehicle company, a financial institution, a third party provider, and an administrative processor via a network, for use by a passenger and each driver that drives each of the plurality of transport vehicles, the method requiring:
a. an administrative processor connected to an administrative data storage and a network, the administrative data storage having a dynamic library of view content, a plurality of dynamic driver profiles and a plurality of dynamic passenger profiles; b. connecting the administrative processor to the network and the administrative data storage comprising a non-transitory data storage medium, wherein the administrative processor and the administrative data storage are in a remote location, and wherein plurality of dynamic driver profiles in the administrative data storage further comprises a library of licenses and personal identification numbers (PINs) of drivers of transport vehicles; c. installing a portable media device having a portable media device processor in each of the plurality of transport vehicles for use by the passenger in one of the plurality of transport vehicles for presenting selected viewing content to the passenger, wherein the portable media device presents an interactive dynamic customized dashboard on a display for entertaining, shopping, paying bills, and information gathering by the passenger; each portable media device connected to a power supply in the transport vehicle and each portable media device having an outlet to provide electricity to a client device in the transport vehicle and a display communicating with the portable media device processor wherein the display is either an interactive touch screen display or a display and a user input mechanism; d. connecting each portable media device to the network; e. creating a dynamic driver profile in the portable media device, the dynamic driver profile comprising: a driver's license number, a driver's license expiration date, an employee identifier, and a security code; f. creating a passenger profile for each passenger in the portable media device; g. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage instructing the administrative processor prompting a secure log in of each identify each driver that drives each of the plurality of transport vehicles; h. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage instructing the administrative processor prompting a secure log in in each passenger using a security code; i. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage instructing the administrative processor presenting at least one activity option to the portable media device in each of the plurality of transport vehicles, wherein the activity option comprises at least one of:
(i) purchasing entertainment from the portable media device processor connected to the administrative data storage and the administrative processor;(ii) purchasing goods from the portable media device processor connected to the administrative data storage and the administrative processor;(iii) purchasing services from the portable media device processor connected to the administrative data storage and the administrative processor;(iv) purchasing information from the portable media device processor connected to the administrative data storage and the administrative processor;(v) paying bills using the portable media device processor connected to the administrative data storage and the administrative processor;(vi) donating to a charity using the portable media device processor connected to the administrative data storage and the administrative processor;(vii) performing banking operations from the portable media device processor connected to the administrative data storage and the administrative processor;(viii) booking a reservation from the portable media device processor connected to the administrative data storage and the administrative processor; and(ix) retrieving from the administrative data storage displaying viewing content from a portion of the dynamic library of viewing content on the display of the portable media device to a passenger in the transport vehicle, wherein the content from the dynamic library of viewing content in the administrative data storage, comprises at least one of:
1. a passenger selected content using the administrative processor and the administrative data storage;2. a driver selected content using the administrative processor and the administrative data storage;3. a preselected content as determined by the administrative processor using the administrative data storage; and4. a transport vehicle company selected content using the administrative processor and the administrative data storage; j. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage instructing the administrative processor to allow the passenger in each of the plurality of transport vehicles to select one or more activity options; k. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage instructing the administrative processor to connect to the financial institution, the transport vehicle company, or the third party provider connected to the network; l. executing computer instructions in the administrative data storage instructing the administrative processor to perform the one or more activity options selected by the passenger or each driver that drives each of the plurality of transport vehicles; and m. providing electric power, communication, or both electric power and communication from an outlet on the portable media device to the client device in each of the plurality of transport vehicles.