Dynamically adjusting a pool of transportation provider devices in a prioritized-dispatch mode using availability indicators

US12249001B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lyft, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Praveen Athmanathan Panneer Selvam · Sunnyvale, US
• David Elijah Alpern Boehm · Landau, DE
• Davide Crapis · Berkeley, US
• Ramon Dario Iglesias · San Francisco, US
• Varun Kashyap Krishnan · San Diego, US
• Derek William Salama · San Francisco, US
• Shashi Kant Sharma · Manesar, IN
• Xiaoling Zhou · Foshan, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 11, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present application discloses systems, methods, and computer-readable media that can dynamically control a number of provider devices operating in a prioritized-dispatch mode by determining a range of prioritized-dispatch-mode slots for a target time based on differences between value metrics received by provider devices operating in multiple dispatch modes and sending availability nudges to provider devices based on the range of prioritized-dispatch-mode slots. For instance, the disclosed systems can generate a threshold-noticeable-value difference between historical value metrics received by provider devices while operating in a prioritized-dispatch mode and in a basic-dispatch mode. Based on the threshold-noticeable-value difference, the disclosed systems determine a range of slots for the prioritized-dispatch mode during a target time period for a geographic area. Based on the determined range of slots, the disclosed systems can transmit prioritized-mode-availability indicators to provider devices to indicate varying levels of availability of the prioritized-dispatch mode for the geographic area.