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US 2018/0005144 A1Published application
Delaying rides pre-arranged with ridesharing services
AssigneeRideSage Inc.
InventorsPaul Lo, Andrew Tsukahira, Henry Vogel
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Abstract
Some embodiments enable a traveler to delay a ride which was previously arranged with a ridesharing service. For example, a traveler may be notified when the time for a previously arranged ride is approaching, and may indicate that the ride should be delayed by a short period. Some embodiments may enable the traveler to request a short delay with minimal effort and thought, so that if he/she is otherwise occupied when notified, he/she may quickly and easily delay the ride without having to divert his/her full attention from other tasks.
Claims15
A computing system, comprising:
- at least one server component, coupled to at least one communications network, the at least one server component being programmed to:
- send a notification via the at least one communications network to a client device associated with a traveler, the notification indicating that a first time, at which a ride requested by the traveler with a ridesharing service is to commence, is approaching;
- receive an indication from the client device associated with the traveler that the ride is to instead commence at a second time, subsequent to the first time;
- and
- in response to receiving the indication, cause a request to be submitted to the ridesharing service on behalf of the traveler for a ride to commence at the second time.
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A computing system, comprising:
- at least one server component, coupled to at least one communications network, the at least one server component being programmed to:
- send a notification via the at least one communications network to a client device associated with a traveler, the notification indicating that a first time is approaching, the first time being a time at which a ride requested by the traveler with a ridesharing service is to commence, wherein the ride is to involve the traveler being picked up at a pickup location by a driver affiliated with the ridesharing service;
- receive an indication from the client device associated with the traveler that the traveler will not be at the pickup location by the first time;
- and
- send information to the client device associated with the traveler, the information enabling the client device associated with the traveler to communicate directly with a client device associated with the driver, so as to request that the driver wait at the pickup location until a second time subsequent to the first time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.