Vehicle trunks for commerce
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsRon Gura, Matanya Bar, Erez Dickman
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Abstract
Methods and systems for promoting commerce by using the trunks of vehicles for hire are described. The trunks can be used to transport, sell, and/or rent merchandise. When a user needs a vehicle for transportation or delivery, a service provider receives the request and locates a vehicle for hire that meets the request. More specifically, the service provider ensures that the trunk of the vehicle has the space to transport any items to be delivered and includes items that are useful for the passenger at his or her destination.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- one or more processors in communication with the memory device and operable to:
- receive a vehicle request from a user, wherein the request includes delivery of a package, transport of the user to a destination, or both;
- and
- provide a vehicle for hire with a trunk, wherein the trunk includes space for the package, items based on the destination, or both.
A method for promoting commerce, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more hardware processors of a service provider, a vehicle request from a user, wherein the request includes delivery of a package, transport of the user to a destination, or both;
- and
- providing, by the one or more hardware processors, a vehicle for hire with a trunk, wherein the trunk includes space for the package, items based on information about the user, or both.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, in response to a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a vehicle request from a user, wherein the request includes transport of the user to a destination;
- identifying items for the user based on the destination and information about the user;
- and
- providing a vehicle for hire with a trunk, wherein the trunk includes space for the identified items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.