Facilitating direct rider driver pairing for mass egress areas

A mobile computing device comprising:

• a network communication interface;
• an output device;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile computing device to:
• execute, on the mobile computing device, a rider application in one of at least two modes, including a default mode and a late-binding mode;
• wherein execution of the rider application causes the mobile computing device to communicate with an on-demand transportation system, over one or more wireless networks, using the network communication interface;
• wherein in either of the default mode or the late-binding mode, the rider application is operable by a user to cause the mobile computing device to transmit, over the one or more wireless networks, a transport request to the on-demand transportation system based on a corresponding user-input;
• wherein in the default mode, the rider application receives from the on-demand transportation system over the one or more wireless networks, and as a response to the transport request, a confirmation of a paired driver that is assigned to the transport request of the user of the mobile computing device;
• wherein in the late-binding mode, the rider application:
• receives, over the one or more wireless networks, data for a unique match code from the on-demand transportation system;
• generates, based on the data for the unique match code, a digital signature;
• outputs, from the output device of the mobile computing device, the digital signature, wherein the outputted digital signature is detected by a corresponding computing device of an available driver, causing the available driver and the user to be paired through the on-demand transportation system for the transport request;
• and
• update a status of the rider application to indicate that transport is being provided by the available driver for the user.