- Patent Title: Continuously updatable computer-generated routes with continuously configurable virtual bus stops for passenger ride-sharing of a fleet of ride-sharing vehicles and computer transportation systems and computer-implemented methods for use thereof
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Application No.: US16220698Application Date: 2018-12-14
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Publication No.: US10677604B1Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Yaron Racah , Avishay Sheba , Oren Shoval , Daniel Ramot , Shmulik Marcovitch
- Applicant: Via Transportation, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: VIA Transportation, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VIA Transportation, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: G01C21/26
- IPC: G01C21/26 ; G01C21/34 ; G06Q50/30 ; G01S19/39 ; G08G1/00 ; G01C21/28 ; G06Q10/06 ; G01C21/36 ; G08G1/01

Abstract:
In some embodiments, the present invention provides a computer-implemented transportation system which can include at least the following components: a specialized computer machine, including: a non-transient memory, electronically storing particular computer executable program code; a specifically programmed computer processor of the specialized computer machine of the computer-implemented transportation system that is configured to perform at least the following operations: electronically receiving, in real-time, via a computer network, a plurality of electronic riding requests from a plurality of electronic computing devices operated by a plurality of ride-sharing requesting passengers; where each electronic riding request from each ride-sharing requesting passenger includes: a passenger-requested origin point, and a passenger-requested destination point; for a particular electronic riding request, dynamically determining, in real-time, from a plurality of candidate vehicles an assigned vehicle for picking up the particular ride-sharing requesting passenger and a pair of assigned virtual pickup and dropoff bus stop tasks.
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