Trip scheduling system
AssigneeDriverDo LLC
InventorMashhur Zarif Haque
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Abstract
Media, method and system for scheduling trips, and particularly for scheduling trip to transport vehicles from a pick-up location to a drop-off location. To accomplish this, interfaces are provided for describing the desired starting and ending locations for vehicles and automatically allocating drivers to vehicles for each segment of a desired trip and assigning any necessary tasks to the drivers to complete for each waypoint of the trip. Additionally, any other requirements for transporting the vehicles, such as insurance and temporary license plates, can automatically be provided for.
Claims22
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method for a vehicle transportation system, the method comprising:
- causing display of a first page for planning a move of vehicles, the first page operable to receive input from a user;
- receiving, from the user and in the first page, user input indicative of:
- a first vehicle;
- a pick-up location for the first vehicle;
- a first drop-off location for the first vehicle;
- a second vehicle at the first drop-off location;
- and
- a second drop-off location for the second vehicle;
- determining a driver for the move based on a selection from the user;
- transmitting, to a smartphone application of a smartphone associated with the driver, a request to drive for the move;
- receiving, from the driver and via the smartphone, an acceptance of the request;
- responsive to receiving the acceptance, dispatching the driver for the move;
- responsive to dispatching the driver, causing display of a second page operable to display information associated with the move;
- and
- updating the second page, in real time and based at least in part on a driver GPS device associated with the driver, to reflect the driver traveling between the pick-up location, the first drop-off location, and the second drop-off location,
- wherein the second page is configured as a map interface for displaying a location of the driver during the move.
A method for vehicle transportation, the method comprising:
- causing display of a first page for planning a move of a vehicle, the first page operable to receive input from a user;
- receiving, from the user and in the first page, user input indicative of:
- the vehicle;
- a first search for a pick-up location for the vehicle;
- and
- a second search for a drop-off location for the vehicle;
- determining a driver for the move based on a location of the driver determined from a driver GPS device associated with the driver;
- dispatching the driver for the move;
- responsive to dispatching the driver for the move, causing display of a second page operable to display information associated with the move;
- and
- updating the second page, in real time and based at least in part on the location of the driver determined from the driver GPS device, to reflect the driver traveling from the pick-up location to the drop-off location,
- wherein the second page is configured as a map interface for displaying the location of the driver during the move.
A system for vehicle transportation comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, execute instructions, comprising:
- causing display of a first page for planning a move of a vehicle, the first page operable to receive input from a user;
- receiving, from the user and in the first page, user input indicative of:
- the vehicle;
- a pick-up location for the vehicle;
- and
- a drop-off location for the vehicle;
- automatically determining a driver for the move;
- transmitting, to a smartphone application of a smartphone associated with the driver, a request to drive for the move;
- receiving, from the driver and via the smartphone, an acceptance of the request;
- responsive to receiving the acceptance, dispatching the driver for the move;
- responsive to dispatching the driver, causing display of a second page operable to display information associated with the move;
- updating the second page, in real time and based at least in part on a driver GPS device associated with the driver, to reflect the driver traveling from the pick-up location to the drop-off location;
- determining that a return trip modality for the driver is a ride share return trip;
- and
- responsive to determining that the return trip modality is the ride share return trip, automatically scheduling the ride share return trip for the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.