Casual driver ride sharing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11549818-B2
Application number	US-202016859773-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2020
Priority date	Mar 29, 2016
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A system for casual driver ride sharing includes an interface and processor. The interface is to receive a request for a ride from a user, wherein the request includes GPS information for the user. The processor is to determine compatibility between the typical route information and the request for the ride; determine a ranked list based at least in part on the compatibility; and provide a ride offer to a driver of the one or more casual drivers based at least in part on the ranked list.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a ride matching system, a transportation request comprising a pickup location and a destination location;
determining a route associated with a driver system based on stored location information generated by a location device of the driver system over time;
determining a compatibility between the transportation request and the determined route associated with the driver system, wherein determining the compatibility comprises:
determining an extra distance added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request;
comparing the extra distance added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request to an extra distance threshold;
determining an extra time added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request; and
comparing the extra time added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request to an extra time threshold;

ranking the driver system based at least in part on the compatibility between the transportation request and the determined route associated with the driver system; and
matching, by the ride matching system, the transportation request to the driver system based at least in part on the ranking to connect a rider of the transportation request to a driver of the driver system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ranking comprises ranking a plurality of driver systems comprising the driver system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein ranking the plurality of driver systems comprises prioritizing at least one newly-activated driver system.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein ranking the plurality of driver systems comprises:
determining that at least one driver system is associated with an area or employer having a threshold number of drivers; and
prioritizing the at least one driver system based on the at least one driver system being associated with the area or employer having a threshold number of drivers.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein ranking the plurality of driver systems comprises:
determining that at least one driver system is associated with a route having a threshold number of drivers; and
prioritizing the at least one driver system based on the at least one driver system being associated with the route having a threshold number of drivers.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the driver system to display a user interface comprising information associated with the extra distance and the extra time.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user interface further comprises a map indicating the determined route and an additional route between the pickup location and the destination location.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:
receive a transportation request comprising a pickup location and a destination location;
determine a route associated with a driver system based on stored location information generated by a location device of the driver system over time;
determine a compatibility between the transportation request and the determined route associated with a driver system, wherein determining the compatibility comprises:
determining an extra distance added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request;
comparing the extra distance added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request to an extra distance threshold;
determining an extra time added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request; and
comparing the extra time added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request to an extra time threshold;

rank the driver system based at least in part on the compatibility between the transportation request and the determined route associated with the driver system; and
match the transportation request to the driver system based at least in part on the ranking to connect a rider of the transportation request to a driver of the driver system.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the ranking comprises ranking a plurality of driver systems comprising the driver system.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein ranking the plurality of driver systems comprises prioritizing at least one newly- activated driver system.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein ranking the plurality of driver systems comprises:
determining that at least one driver system is associated with an area or employer having a threshold number of drivers; and
prioritizing the at least one driver system based on the at least one driver system being associated with the area or employer having a threshold number of drivers.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein ranking the plurality of driver systems comprises:
determining that at least one driver system is associated with a route having a threshold number of drivers; and
prioritizing the at least one driver system based on the at least one driver system being associated with the route having a threshold number of drivers.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising causing the driver system to display a user interface comprising information associated with the extra distance and the extra time.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the user interface further comprises a map indicating the determined route and an additional route between the pickup location and the destination location.

15. A system comprising:
one or more memory devices; and
one or more computing devices configured to:
receive a transportation request comprising a pickup location and a destination location;
determine a route associated with a driver system based on stored location information generated by a location device of the driver system over time;
determine a compatibility between the transportation request and the determined route associated with a driver system, wherein determining the compatibility comprises:
determining an extra distance added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request;
comparing the extra distance added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request to an extra distance threshold;
determining an extra time added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request; and
comparing the extra time added to the determined route as a result of the transportation request to an extra time threshold;

rank the driver system based at least in part on the compatibility between the transportation request and the determined route associated with the driver system; and
match the transportation request to the driver system based at least in part on the ranking to connect a rider of the transportation request to a driver of the driver system.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the ranking comprises ranking a plurality of driver systems comprising the driver system.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to rank the plurality of driver systems by prioritizing at least one newly-activated driver system.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to rank the plurality of driver systems by:
determining that at least one driver system is associated with an area or employer having a threshol

Assignees

• Lyft Inc

Inventors

• Dryjanski David
• Popov Lev
• Brown Timothy
• Green Logan
• Broyles Austin

Classifications

• H04W4/14

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• G01S19/42

  Determining position · CPC title

• G07B15/02

  taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems (G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24) · CPC title

• G01C21/3438 Primary

  Rendezvous; Ride sharing · CPC title

• G08G1/202

  Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching · CPC title