Method and Apparatus for Requesting a Transport Vehicle from a Mobile Device
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSai Pradeep VENKATRAMAN, Meghna AGRAWAL, Weihua GAO
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Abstract
Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a mobile device to request a transport vehicle. Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a transport vehicle to respond to a request from a mobile device. Various embodiments include customer and transport authentication and security techniques. Various embodiments include location update techniques to enable a transport vehicle to navigate to a mobile device, even in areas of low position accuracy for traditional GNSS and terrestrial transceiver-based systems.
Claims27
A method of requesting a transport vehicle on a mobile device, comprising:
- determining, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile device;
- sending the location of the mobile device and a request for pickup to a dispatch server;
- receiving a first transport identifier and a response code from the dispatch server;
- sending, from the mobile device, a beacon signal to the transport vehicle;
- receiving a second transport identifier from the transport vehicle;
- determining that the first transport identifier and the second transport identifier correspond;
- and
- sending the response code to the transport vehicle in response to the determination that the first transport identifier and the second transport identifier correspond.
(canceled)
A mobile device for requesting a transport vehicle, comprising:
- one or more processing units;
- a first wireless transceiver coupled to the one or more processing units;
- and
- a second wireless transceiver coupled to the one or more processing units;
- wherein the one or more processing units are configured to:
- determine a location of the mobile device;
- send, using the first wireless transceiver, the location of the mobile device and a request for pickup to a dispatch server;
- receive, using the first wireless transceiver, a first transport identifier and a response code from the dispatch server;
- receive, using the second wireless transceiver, a second transport identifier from the transport vehicle;
- determine that the first transport identifier and the second transport identifier correspond;
- and
- send, using the second wireless transceiver, the response code to the transport vehicle in response to the determination that the first transport identifier and the second transport identifier correspond.
17-30. (canceled)
A mobile device for requesting a transport vehicle, comprising:
- means for determining, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile device;
- means for sending the location of the mobile device and a request for pickup to a dispatch server;
- means for receiving a first transport identifier and a response code from the dispatch server;
- means for sending, from the mobile device, a beacon signal to the transport vehicle;
- means for receiving a second transport identifier from the transport vehicle;
- means for determining that the first transport identifier and the second transport identifier correspond;
- and
- means for sending the response code to the transport vehicle in response to the determination that the first transport identifier and the second transport identifier correspond.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions to cause a processor on a mobile device to:
- determine, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile device;
- send the location of the mobile device and a request for pickup to a dispatch server;
- receive a first transport identifier and a response code from the dispatch server;
- send, from the mobile device, a beacon signal to the transport vehicle;
- receive a second transport identifier from the transport vehicle;
- determine that the first transport identifier and the second transport identifier correspond;
- and
- means for sending the response code to the transport vehicle in response to the determination that the first transport identifier and the second transport identifier correspond.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.