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US 2022/0027800 A1Published application
Systems and methods for ridesharing with connected and unconnected passengers
AssigneeVia Transportation, Inc.
InventorsDaniel RAMOT, Oren SHOVAL, Shmulik MARCOVITCH
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Abstract
A systems and methods for ridesharing are provided. The systems and method can include receiving a request for a ride share from a user and assigning a ride sharing vehicle based on a current number of unreserved reservable capacity spaces in a vehicle and a desired number of shared riders for a ride.
Claims20
A system for managing a fleet of ridesharing vehicles, the system comprising:
- a communications interface configured to receive requests for shared rides from a plurality of users;
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive, via the communications interface, a first request for a shared ride from a first user, the first request including information related to a first pick-up location of the first user, a first desired destination of the first user, and a desired number of shared riders;
- and
- assign a rideshare vehicle from a plurality of rideshare vehicles that can transport the first user to the first desired destination based a current number of unreserved reservable capacity spaces for the rideshare vehicle and the desired number of shared riders.
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A method for managing a fleet of ridesharing vehicles, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a communications interface, requests for shared rides from a plurality of users;
- receiving, via the communications interface, a first request for a shared ride from a first user, the first request including information related to a first pick-up location of the first user, a first desired destination of the first user, and a desired number of shared riders;
- and
- assigning, via the communications interface, a rideshare vehicle from a plurality of rideshare vehicles that can transport the first user to the first desired destination based a current number of unreserved reservable capacity spaces for the rideshare vehicle and the desired number of shared riders.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.