Abstract: A method carried out by a computer for coordinating a route comprising a public transportation leg using a vehicle operated by a public transportation service and characterized by an estimated arrival time; and a subsequent ordered transportation leg using a vehicle operated by an ordered transportation service, the method comprising: transmitting to the ordered transportation service an order for a vehicle to provide the ordered transportation leg, the order being characterized by an estimated departure time; tracking real-time progress of the user along the public transportation leg; responsive to the tracking detecting a delay in the public transportation leg, determining a later departure time for the ordered transportation leg; transmitting to the ordered transportation service a revised order for the ordered transportation leg comprising the later departure time; and sending to the mobile communication device a rescheduling notification comprising the later departure time.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a trip planning system configured to provide a user a multi-modal transportation route plans that incorporate public transportation systems and ordered transportation services, which do not run according to a set schedule, but are ordered by a user in advance of use of the service. Examples of ordered transportation services, include taxi-cab services, hired car services and limousine services. A user of the system, which may be referred to hereinafter as the public/ordered trip system (POTS), may receive data and choose to travel on a route that incorporates public transportation and an ordered transportation service, and may place an order to an operator of the ordered transportation service through the trip planning system, obviating the need to directly communicate with operator.

Abstract: A method for providing information relevant to using a public transportation system (PTS), the PTS comprising a plurality of PTS vehicles, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, data relevant to the PTS responsive to a first user of a PTS vehicle via a first user's communication device while the first user is using the PTS vehicle, the received relevant data comprising data descriptive of socially relevant features of users of the PTS vehicle; providing, on a second user's communication device, data responsive to the received relevant data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a trip planning system configured to provide a user a multi-modal transportation route plans that incorporate public transportation systems and ordered transportation services, which do not run according to a set schedule, but are ordered by a user in advance of use of the service. Examples of ordered transportation services, include taxi-cab services, hired car services and limousine services. A user of the system, which may be referred to hereinafter as the public/ordered trip system (POTS), may receive data and choose to travel on a route that incorporates public transportation and an ordered transportation service, and may place an order to an operator of the ordered transportation service through the trip planning system, obviating the need to directly communicate with operator.