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US 11,953,332 B2Granted
Transportation-based service share systems and methods
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsXingping Chen, Jeremy Lerner, Danielle Rosenblatt, Scott Huggins, Taylor Hawley, Ali Abdallah
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Abstract
Transportation-based service share systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include receiving a request from a service provider to reserve a ridehail vehicle for a ridehail having a time frame, the request specifying a service provided by the service provider; determining the ridehail vehicle for the service provider based on the service; and dispatching the ridehail vehicle, the service provider rendering the service during the ridehail.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a ridehail service provider, a request from a service provider to reserve a ridehail vehicle for a ridehail service having a time frame, the request specifying a business service provided by the service provider, wherein the ridehail service provider and the ridehail service are each different from a corresponding one of the service provider and the business service;
- charging a customer a first rate for the ridehail service and a second, additional rate for the business service;
- determining, by the ridehail service provider, the ridehail vehicle for the service provider based on the business service;
- and
- dispatching, by the ridehail service provider, the ridehail vehicle in order for the ridehail service to be provided to the customer, the service provider rendering the business service to the customer during the ridehail service.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a ridehail service provider, a first request from a service provider to reserve a ridehail vehicle for a ridehail service having a time frame, the first request specifying businesses services offered by the service provider, wherein the ridehail service provider and the ridehail service are each different from a corresponding one of the service provider and the business services;
- charging a customer a first rate for the ridehail service and a second, additional rate for the business services;
- receiving, by the ridehail service provider, a second request from the customer, the second request identifying business services desired by the customer during the ridehail service;
- determining, by the ridehail service provider, a match between the business services offered by the service provider and the business services desired by the customer;
- and
- dispatching, by the ridehail service provider, the ridehail vehicle for the service provider and the customer based on the match in order for the business services to be provided to the customer during the ridehail service.
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A system comprising:
- a memory for storing instructions;
- and
- a processor that executes the instructions to:
- receive, by a ridehail service provider, a request from a service provider to reserve a ridehail vehicle for a ridehail service having a time frame, the request specifying a business service provided by the service provider, wherein the ridehail service provider and the ridehail service are each different from a corresponding one of the service provider and the business service;
- charge a customer a first rate for the ridehail service and a second, additional rate for the business service;
- determine, by the ridehail service provider, the ridehail vehicle for the service provider based on the business service;
- and
- dispatch, by the ridehail service provider, the ridehail vehicle in order for the ridehail service to be provided to the customer, the service provider rendering the business service to the customer during the ridehail service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.