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 computer system identifies a service provider from a plurality of service providers to fulfill a request for a transport service from a user device of a user. The service provider operates a vehicle equipped with an indicator device. The computer system obtains an output configuration associated with the user, monitors location information of a provider device of the service provider, detects a state change of the transport service based on the location information of the provider device, and, in response to detecting the state change, communicates with the provider device to cause the indicator device to display the output configuration of the user.
Claims20
A computing system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:
- identify a service provider from a plurality of service providers to fulfill a request for a transport service from a user device of a user, the service provider operating a vehicle equipped with an indicator device;
- obtain an output configuration associated with the user;
- monitor location information of a provider device of the service provider;
- detect a state change of the transport service based on the location information of the provider device;
- and
- in response to detecting the state change, communicate with the provider device to cause the indicator device to display the output configuration of the user.
A computer-implemented method of managing a transport service, comprising:
- identifying a service provider from a plurality of service providers to fulfill a request for a transport service from a user device of a user, the service provider operating a vehicle equipped with an indicator device;
- obtaining an output configuration associated with the user;
- monitoring location information of a provider device of the service provider;
- detecting a state change of the transport service based on the location information of the provider device;
- and
- in response to detecting the state change, communicating with the provider device to cause the indicator device to display the output configuration of the user.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, that when executed by a computing system, causes the computing system to:
- identify a service provider from a plurality of service providers to fulfill a request for a transport service from a user device of a user, the service provider operating a vehicle equipped with an indicator device;
- obtain an output configuration associated with the user;
- monitor location information of a provider device of the service provider;
- detect a state change of the transport service based on the location information of the provider device;
- and
- in response to detecting the state change, communicate with the provider device to cause the indicator device to display the output configuration of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.