US 2022/0101208 A1 · PROVIDING EPHEMERAL-TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN REAL TIME FOR SHARING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATIONS

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for detecting a potential (or active) shared transportation request from a new requestor's device and an ongoing (or otherwise active) transportation for an existing requestor by a vehicle and then extemporaneously generating an ephemeral-transportation option for display on the new requestor's device to share the ongoing transportation by the vehicle. For example, the disclosed systems can detect a pickup location and a drop-off location associated with a new requestor and one or more active transportations that correlate with the detected locations. Based on the detected pickup and drop-off locations, the disclosed systems match the new requestor with the active transportation by the vehicle for the existing requestor. The disclosed systems then provide, for display on the new requestor's device, an ephemeral-transportation option for the new requestor to share the active transportation with the existing requestor.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
detect a pickup location and a drop-off location associated with a requestor client device of a first requestor;
detect an active transportation by a transportation vehicle associated with a second requestor;
match the first requestor with the active transportation by the transportation vehicle associated with the second requestor based on the pickup location and the drop-off location;
and
based on matching the first requestor with the active transportation, provide, to the requestor client device of the first requestor, an ephemeral-transportation option for the first requestor to share the active transportation by the transportation vehicle with the second requestor.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

detect a pickup location and a drop-off location associated with a requestor client device of a first requestor;
detect an active transportation by a transportation vehicle associated with a second requestor;
match the first requestor with the active transportation by the transportation vehicle associated with the second requestor based on the pickup location and the drop-off location;
and
based on matching the first requestor with the active transportation, provide, to the requestor client device of the first requestor, an ephemeral-transportation option for the first requestor to share the active transportation by the transportation vehicle with the second requestor.

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A method comprising:

detecting, by one or more processors of a transportation sharing system, a pickup location and a drop-off location associated with a requestor client device of a first requestor;
detecting, by the one or more processors, an active transportation by a transportation vehicle associated with a second requestor;
matching, by the one or more processors, the first requestor with the active transportation by the transportation vehicle associated with the second requestor based on the pickup location and the drop-off location;
and
based on matching the first requestor with the active transportation, providing, to the requestor client device of the first requestor, an ephemeral-transportation option for the first requestor to share the active transportation by the transportation vehicle with the second requestor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Providing ephemeral-transportation options in real time for sharing active transportations

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Providing ephemeral-transportation options in real time for sharing active transportations

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