Method and system for scheduling a driver service provider for one or more third parties
AssigneeZum Services, Inc.
InventorsRitu Narayan, Vivek Garg, Abhishek Garg
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Abstract
This disclosure generally relates to a method and system for providing a ride for a third party rider at the request of a user ride requestor. In one embodiment, a driver device may be used to receive a ride request from one or more server computing devices for a third party rider. The driver device may receive information identifying the third party rider, including a password. Further, the driver device may transmit real time ride status information to the ride requestor directly or indirectly via the one or more server computing devices.
Claims20
A method of providing a ride service for a third party child in response to a ride request from an adult guardian ride requestor, comprising:
- receiving, by a driver device, a ride request for the third party child from the adult guardian ride requestor based on a driver's references;
- receiving, by the driver device, identification information for the child including a driver verification password set by the adult guardian ride requestor;
- receiving, by the driver device, pickup location information and drop-off location information for the child;
- receiving, by a child device, the driver verification password from the adult guardian ride requestor;
- transmitting, by the driver device, the driver verification password to the child device associated with the third party child to ensure that the driver is the driver the adult guardian ride requestor intended to dispatch to provide the ride service the third party rider;
- transmitting, by the driver device, real time ride status information to the adult guardian ride requestor;
- receiving, by the driver device, in response to reaching a drop-off location an identification of a contact party to whom custody of the third party child is intended to be transferred;
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- receiving and identifying, by the adult guardian ride requestor, dropoff information for the third party child.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.