Dynamically adjusting transportation provider pool size

US11645685B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lyft, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Helen Wai-Quen Bentley · San Francisco, US
• Aidan Church · San Francisco, US
• John Torres Fremlin · New York, US
• Matthew Lawrence Green · San Francisco, US
• Mayank Gulati · San Francisco, US
• Yilei Li · Redwood City, US
• Demitri Nava · New York, US
• Mengqi Niu · San Francisco, US
• Daniel Allen Sullivan · San Francisco, US
• Garrett van Ryzin · Brooklyn, US
• Rachel Marie Wasko · San Francisco, US
• Shashi Kant Sharma · Manesar, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2019
• Grant date: May 9, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 16, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/021
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The disclosed systems can regulate access to an online mode for a dynamic transportation matching system. For example, based on a provider efficiency parameter associated with the dynamic transportation matching system, the disclosed systems can prevent a transportation provider device from switching to the online mode within a geographic area. In addition, the disclosed systems can detect a pattern of behavior and, based on a comparison between the pattern of behavior and a behavioral threshold, cause a transportation provider device to switch from the online mode to an offline mode. Further, the disclosed systems can provide a map interface that indicates where a transportation provider device can switch from the offline mode to the online mode. Additionally, the disclosed systems can determine priorities associated with transportation provider devices and, based on the prioritization, selectively allow the transportation provider devices to switch from the offline mode to the online mode.