US 2016/0110836 A1Published application

Arranging on-demand services based on one or more predefined rules

OwnerSunil Kumar Garg, Stacey Corwin Farrelly +2inventors

InventorsSunil Kumar Garg, Stacey Corwin Farrelly, Ryan David McKillen, Maya Paritosh Choksi

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Abstract

A transport request for a transport service for a user can be received from a user device. Based, at least in part, on information from the transport request, a computing system can determine that the transport request is subject to one or more rules stored in a rules database accessible by the computing system. In response to determining that the transport request is subject to one or more rules, the computing system can determine whether the transport request is valid based, at least in part, on the one or more rules and information from the transport request. In response to determining that the transport request is valid, the transport request can be processed to select a driver to provide the transport service for the user. In addition, the cost for the transport service can be paid by an entity other than the user.

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Dependent claims

A method of arranging a transport service, the method being performed by a computing system and comprising:

receiving, from a user device, a transport request for a transport service for a user operating the user device, the transport request including (i) an identifier (ID) associated with the user or the user device, (ii) a transport type information, (iii) a pickup location, and (iv) a payment profile ID;
based, at least in part, on the payment profile ID, determining, at the computing system, that the transport request is subject to one or more rules stored in a rules database accessible by the computing system;
in response to determining that the transport request is subject to one or more rules, determining, at the computing system, whether the transport request is valid based, at least in part, on (i) the one or more rules, and (ii) at least one of the transport type information or the pickup location;
and
in response to determining that the transport request is valid, processing the transport request, wherein processing the transport request includes selecting a driver to provide the transport service for the user.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing system, causes the computing system to:

receiving, from a user device, a transport request for a transport service for a user operating the user device, the transport request including (i) an identifier (ID) associated with the user or the user device, (ii) a transport type information, (iii) a pickup location, and (iv) a payment profile ID;
based, at least in part, on the payment profile ID, determining, at the computing system, that the transport request is subject to one or more rules stored in a rules database accessible by the computing system;
in response to determining that the transport request is subject to one or more rules, determining, at the computing system, whether the transport request is valid based, at least in part, on (i) the one or more rules, and (ii) at least one of the transport type information or the pickup location;
if the transport request is determined to be invalid, transmitting, to the user device, a message indicating that the transport request is invalid;
and
if the transport request is determined to be valid, processing the transport request, wherein processing the transport request includes selecting a driver to provide the transport service for the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.