Systems and methods for enhanced transportation dispatch

US12182741B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lyft, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rafah Mujtaba Ali · San Francisco, US
• Nihar Chandra Bhupalam · San Francisco, US
• Neil Rajiv Chainani · Bolinas, US
• Vincent Chih-jye Chang · Bolinas, US
• Chirag Chhagan Chheda · San Francisco, US
• Philip Gerstoft · San Francisco, US
• Ilan Lobel · New York, US
• Jianzhe Luo · Bellevue, US
• Sebastien Martin · New York, US
• Guy-Baptiste Richard de Capele d'Hautpoul · San Francisco, US
• Alexander Michael Weinstein · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving an indication that a transportation application has been initialized on a computing device and analyzing current dispatch conditions affecting the dispatch of transportation provider devices to the computing device. The method may also include determining, based on the analysis, that the current dispatch conditions allow for an ephemeral ride mode to be offered on the transportation application. The method may further include instructing, based on the determination, the computing device to at least temporarily present the ephemeral ride mode within the transportation application as a selectable option. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.