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Personal Interactive Information Reception


Equipment Package: Personal Interactive Information Reception

Description: This equipment package provides traffic information, road conditions, transit information, yellow pages (traveler services) information, special event information, and other traveler information that is specifically tailored based on the traveler's request and/or previously submitted traveler profile information. The interactive traveler information capability is provided by personal devices including personal computers and personal portable devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs).
Included In: Travelers Access Devices
Functional Requirements 1 - The personal traveler interface shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
2 - The personal traveler interface shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
3 - The personal traveler interface shall receive yellow pages information (such as lodging, restaurants, theaters, bicycle facilities, and other tourist activities) from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
4 - The personal traveler interface shall receive event information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
5 - The personal traveler interface shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the traveler.
6 - The personal traveler interface shall receive wide-area alerts and present it to the traveler.
7 - The personal traveler interface shall accept reservations for confirmed trip plans.
8 - The personal traveler interface shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls.
9 - The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface through which credit identity, stored credit value, or traveler information may be collected from a traveler card being used by a traveler with a personal device.
10 - The personal traveler interface shall base requests from the traveler on the traveler's current location or a specific location identified by the traveler, and filter the provided information accordingly.
11 - The personal traveler interface shall provide digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the traveler.
12 - The personal traveler interface shall support traveler input in audio or manual form.
13 - The personal traveler interface shall present information to the traveler in audible or visual forms consistent with a personal device, and suitable for travelers with hearing and vision physical disabilities.
14 - The personal traveler interface shall be able to store frequently requested or used data, including the traveler's identity, home and work locations, etc.
15 - The personal traveler interface shall receive travel alerts and present them to the traveler. Relevant alerts are provided based on pre-supplied trip characteristics and preferences.
16 - The personal traveler interface shall accept personal preferences, recurring trip characteristics, and traveler alert subscription information from the traveler and send this information to a center to support customized traveler information services.
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