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US 10,123,173 B2Granted
Requesting transportation services
AssigneeProsper Technology, LLC
InventorsOlaf Martin Lubeck, John H. Hall
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the user of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location determination. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices.
Claims24
A method for operating a transportation management system, the method comprising automatically performing, by the transportation management system, operations of:
- wirelessly receiving, by the transportation management system, a request for transportation services from a wireless mobile device of a transportation requester;
- wirelessly receiving, by the transportation management system, messages from wireless mobile devices of transportation providers, the messages containing information on geographic locations of the transportation providers;
- based on the request and the messages, selecting by the transportation management system, a transportation provider for the request, the transportation provider being selected for servicing the request;
- periodically wirelessly receiving, by the transportation management system, from the wireless mobile device of the transportation requester, a message periodically sent by the wireless mobile device of the transportation requester and containing information including a most recent location of the transportation requester;
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- wirelessly sending, by the transportation management system, to the wireless mobile device of the transportation requester, information comprising:
- (a) locations of at least some of the transportation providers, and (b) an identity of the transportation provider selected for servicing the request of the transportation requester.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- wirelessly receive a request for transportation services from a wireless mobile device of a transportation requester;
- wirelessly receive messages from wireless mobile devices of transportation providers, the messages containing information on geographic locations of the transportation providers;
- based on the request and the messages, select a transportation provider for the request, the transportation provider being selected for servicing the request;
- periodically and wirelessly receive, from the wireless mobile device of the transportation requester, a message periodically sent by the wireless mobile device of the transportation requester and containing information including a most recent location of the transportation requester;
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- wirelessly send, to the wireless mobile device of the transportation requester, information including:
- (a) locations of at least some transportation providers, and (b) an identity of the transportation provider selected for servicing the request of the transportation requester.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.