Casual driver ride sharing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12449267-B2
Application number	US-202418612864-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2024
Priority date	Mar 29, 2016
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

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 computer-implemented method, comprising:
generating a transportation route between a pickup location and a destination location of a transportation request corresponding to a rider mobile device;
determining a typical route associated with a driver mobile device;
based on determining a compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, providing, for display via a user interface of the driver mobile device:
a digital map portraying the transportation route, the pickup location, and the destination location; and
a compatibility metric comprising at least one of an extra time or an extra distance corresponding to the typical route and the transportation route; and

based on a user interaction via the user interface of the driver mobile device, transmitting instructions to the driver mobile device to respond to the transportation request and navigate a vehicle along the transportation route.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising based on determining the compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, providing, for display via the user interface of the driver mobile device a compensation value, the compatibility metric, and the digital map portraying the transportation route.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising based on determining the compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, providing, for display via the user interface of the driver mobile device the digital map comprising the transportation route, a starting location of the typical route, and an ending location of the typical route.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising based on determining the compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, providing, for display via the user interface of the driver mobile device the digital map comprising the transportation route, the starting location of the typical route, the ending location of the typical route, the pickup location, and the destination location.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein providing, for display via the user interface of the driver mobile device, the compatibility metric comprises: providing, for display, a first compatibility metric comprising the extra time and a second compatibility metric comprising the extra distance.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the compatibility comprises determining a time compatibility by comparing the extra time to an extra time threshold.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the compatibility comprises determining a route compatibility by comparing the extra distance to an extra travel threshold.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a server device to:
generate a transportation route between a pickup location and a destination location of a transportation request corresponding to a rider mobile device;
determine a typical route associated with a driver mobile device;
based on determining a compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, provide, for display via a user interface of the driver mobile device:
a digital map portraying the transportation route, the pickup location, and the destination location; and
a compatibility metric comprising at least one of an extra time or an extra distance corresponding to the typical route and the transportation route; and

based on a user interaction via the user interface of the driver mobile device, transmit instructions to the driver mobile device to respond to the transportation request and navigate a vehicle along the transportation route.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the server device to, based on determining the compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, provide, for display via the user interface of the driver mobile device a compensation value, the compatibility metric, and the digital map portraying the transportation route.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the server device to, based on determining the compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, provide, for display via the user interface of the driver mobile device the digital map comprising the transportation route, a starting location of the typical route, and an ending location of the typical route.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the server device to, based on determining the compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, providing, for display via the user interface of the driver mobile device the digital map comprising the transportation route, the starting location of the typical route, the ending location of the typical route, the pickup location, and the destination location.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the server device to provide, for display via the user interface of the driver mobile device, the compatibility metric by providing, for display, a first compatibility metric comprising the extra time and a second compatibility metric comprising the extra distance.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the server device to determine the compatibility by determining a time compatibility by comparing the extra time to an extra time threshold.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the server device to determine the compatibility by determining a route compatibility by comparing the extra distance to an extra travel threshold.

15. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
generate a transportation route between a pickup location and a destination location of a transportation request corresponding to a rider mobile device;
determine a typical route associated with a driver mobile device;
based on determining a compatibility between the typical route of the driver mobile device and the transportation route, provide, for display via a user interface of the driver mobile device:
a digital map portraying the transportation route, the pickup location, and the destination location; and
a compatibility metric comprising at least one of an extra time or an extra distance corresponding to the typical route and the transportation route; and
based on a user interaction via the user interface of the driver mobile device, transmit instructions to the driver mobile device to respond to the transportation request and navigate a vehicle along the transportation route.

16. The system of claim 15 , further co

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

• G08G1/202

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

• G01S19/42

  Determining position · CPC title

• G01C21/343

  Calculating itineraries (travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047) · CPC title