System for placing drivers in a priority queue and navigating the drivers to fullfill passenger requests
AssigneeGT Gettaxi Limited
InventorsSunny Marueli, Talmon Marco
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Abstract
In one embodiment a queue of drivers for a particular area is maintained, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area. A driver is selected from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area. A placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is determined based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request. An indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is communicated to a computing device associated with the driver.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- maintaining a queue of drivers for a particular area, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area;
- selecting a driver from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area;
- determining a placement of the driver within the queue of drivers based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request;
- and
- communicating an indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers to a computing device associated with the driver.
An apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- at least one processor to:
- maintain a queue of drivers for a particular area, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area;
- select a driver from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area;
- determine a placement of the driver within the queue of drivers based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request;
- and
- communicate an indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers to a computing device associated with the driver.
At least one computer-readable non-transitory media comprising one or more instructions that when executed by at least one processor configure the at least one processor to cause the performance of operations comprising:
- maintaining a queue of drivers for a particular area, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area;
- selecting a driver from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area;
- determining a placement of the driver within the queue of drivers based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request;
- and
- communicating an indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers to a computing device associated with the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.