Ride chaining

US9679489B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lyft, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Chris Lambert · San Francisco, US
• Logan Green · San Francisco, US
• Frank Taehyun Yoo · San Francisco, US
• Marc Haumann · San Francisco, US
• David Dryjanski · San Francisco, US
• Lev Popov · Tula, RU

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: May 27, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07B15/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for determining a dispatch includes an input interface, a processor, and an output interface. The input interface is to receive a request for a first pickup including a first pickup location and a first destination. The processor is configured to determining a driver to dispatch to the first pickup location. The output interface is to provide a first pickup indication to the driver to go to the first pickup location. The input interface is further to receive a first pickup arrival indication indicating the driver arrived at the first pickup location. The output interface is further to provide a first destination indication indicating to the driver to go to the first destination. The input interface is further to receive a request for a second pickup including a second pickup location and a second destination.