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Equipment Package: Personal Interactive Information Reception

Description: This equipment package shall provide the capability for travelers to interface with the ISP Subsystem Infrastructure equipment packages including the Interactive Infrastructure Information equipment package, and the Infrastructure Provided Route Selection, Yellow Pages and Reservation, and Dynamic Ridesharing equipment packages. These capabilities shall be provided using the Personal Information Access Subsystem equipment such as cellular telephone, interactive TV, Personal Computer, and pager with alpha display using communication medium and equipment such as two-way radio, CATV, and wireless data transceivers.
Included In: Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices
General 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.

Last updated: 11-18-05