User-configurable indication device for use with an on-demand transport service
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTravis Kalanick, Shalin Amin
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Abstract
A system and method for configuring an indication device is described. An on-demand service system arranges a service for a user to be provided by a service provider. The system determines whether the user has specified an output configuration for an indication device in an account of the user. In response to determining that the user has specified an output configuration for the indication device, the system identifies data corresponding to the output configuration and transmits the data to a mobile computing device of the service provider to enable the mobile computing device to control the indication device of the service provider based on the data.
Claims20
A computer system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory memory to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
- in response to determining that a service provider vehicle is within a threshold distance of a location associated with a service request submitted by a given user, cause an externally-visible indication device of the service provider vehicle to operate in accordance with an output configuration that is based on data associated with the given user.
A method for providing on-demand services, the method being implemented by a computer system and comprising:
- in response to determining that a service provider vehicle is within a threshold distance of a location associated with a service request submitted by a given user, causing an externally-visible indication device of the service provider vehicle to operate in accordance with an output configuration that is based on data associated with the given user.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, causes the computer system to perform operations that include:
- in response to determining that a service provider vehicle is within a threshold distance of a location associated with a service request submitted by a given user, causing an externally-visible indication device of the service provider vehicle to operate in accordance with an output configuration that is based on data associated with the given user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.