Adjusting route parameters using a centralized server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10878441-B2
Application number	US-201816183249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2018
Priority date	Nov 7, 2018
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

Method and apparatus for incentivizing ride share users, where offers are presented to the users and based on selected offers, corresponding fares may be reduced. A ride share incentivization may include user profile database, a business database, a route generator, and an advertisement generator. The route generator is configured to generate a first route and a first fare based on a first ride share request, and a second route and a second fare based on a second ride share request. The advertisement generator may generate offers for the rider share users and adjust the fares of the ride share users based on the selected offers. The advertisement generator may further adjust one or more offers when no offers are selected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for incentivizing ride share users, the system comprising:
a user profile database comprising first user data;
a business database;
a route generator communicatively coupled with a telecommunication system comprising a plurality of mobile devices, the route generator configured to:
receive a first ride share request from a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, the first mobile device corresponds to a first user of the ride share users, the first ride share request including a destination and an arrival time; and
generate a first route and a corresponding first fare based on the first ride share request; and

an advertisement generator communicatively coupled with the telecommunication system comprising the plurality of mobile devices configured to:
identify one or more businesses determined to provide at least one a product or a service based on a comparison of business data associated with the one or more businesses and the first user data, where the product and the service are associated with first user data of the first ride share request;

generate first offers based on the identified one or more businesses;
transmit the first offers to the first mobile device of the first user;
receive a selection of a first offer of the first offers from the first mobile device of the first user;
adjust the first fare in response to the selection of the first offer;
transmit the adjusted first fare to the first mobile device of the first user; and
remove one or more of the first offers in response to a wait time of a business of the identified one or more businesses exceeding a time allotment based on the arrival time.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the route generator is further configured to:
receive a second ride share request from a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, the second mobile device corresponds to a second user of the ride share users, wherein the first user and the second user share a ride;
generate a second route and a corresponding second fare based on the second ride share request; and wherein the advertisement generator is further configured to:
generate, in response to the selection of the first offer, a second offer comprising an incentive for the second user to stop at a location corresponding to the selected first offer;
transmit the second offer to the second mobile device of the second user;
receive a selection of the second offer from the second mobile device of the second user;
adjust the second fare in response to at least one of the selection of the first offer and the selection of the second offer; and
transmit adjusted second fare to the second mobile device of the second user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first offer comprises an incentive for the first user to stop at a location corresponding to the first route.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the route generator is further configured to:
update the first route in response to the selection of the first offer; and
transmit the updated route to a vehicle operator device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the first user data corresponds to at least one of dietary preferences of the first user and historical data of the first user, and wherein the first ride share request further includes pickup location for the first user.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein generating the first offers comprises:
determining if a business of the one or more businesses is proximate the first route;
determining if the business is able to satisfy a time constraint based on the arrival time;
determining if the business meets one or more parameters of the first user data; and
adding an offer corresponding to the business to the first offers.

7. A method for incentivizing ride share users, the method comprising:
receiving, by a route generator communicatively coupled with a telecommunication system, a first ride share request from a first mobile device of a plurality of mobile device of the telecommunication system, the first mobile device is associated with a first user, wherein the first ride share request includes a destination and an arrival time;
generating, by the route generator, a first route and a corresponding first fare based on the first ride share request;
identifying, by an advertisement generator communicatively coupled to the telecommunication system, one or more businesses determined to provide at least one of a product or a service based on a comparison of business data associated with one or more businesses and first user data, wherein the product and the service are associated with the first user data and the first route;
generating, by the advertisement generator, first offers based on first user data and first route information of the first ride share request;
transmitting, by the advertisement generator, the first offers to the first mobile device;
receiving, by the advertisement generator, a selection of a first offer of the first offers from the first mobile device;
adjusting, by the advertisement generator, the first fare in response to the selection of the first offer;
transmitting, by the advertisement generator, the adjusted first fare to the first mobile device;
adjusting a non-selected offer of the first offers; and
transmitting the adjusted non-selected offer to the first mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:
receiving a second ride share request from a second mobile device of second user, wherein the first user and the second user share a common ride;
generating, in response to the selection of the first offer, a second offer for the second user, wherein the second offer comprises an incentive for the second user to stop at location corresponding to the selected first offer;
transmitting the second offer to the second mobile device;
receiving a selection of a second offer from the second mobile device;
adjusting a second fare of the second ride share request in response to the selection of at least one of the first offer and the second offer; and
transmitting the adjusted second fare to the second mobile device.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first offer comprises an incentive for the first user to stop at a location corresponding to the first route.

10. The method of claim 7 further comprising updating a route corresponding to the first ride share request in response to the selection of the first offer.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising transmitting the updated route to a vehicle operator device.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein generating the first offers comprises:
determining if a business of the one or more businesses is proximate a route corresponding to the first route information;
determining if the business is able to satisfy a time constraint based on an arrival time of the first user;
determining if the business meets one or more parameters of the first user data; and
adding an offer corresponding to the business to the first offers.

13. The method of claim 7 , further comprising removing one or more of the first offers in response to a wait time of a business exceeding a time allotment.

14. A computer program product for incentivizing ride share users, the computer program product comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to:
identify one or more businesses determined to provide at least one of a product or a service based on a comparison of business data associated with the one or more businesses and fi

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Hollinger Michael C
• Kobylak Adriana
• Geissler Andrew J
• Bofferding Nicholas E

Classifications

• G01C21/3438

  Rendezvous; Ride sharing · CPC title

• G06Q30/0271

  Personalized advertisement · CPC title

• G06Q30/0233 Primary

  Method of redeeming a frequent usage reward · CPC title

• G01C21/3697

  Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01C21/3484

  Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles · CPC title