Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Facilitating transportation services by generating a directional indicator between a requester and a transportation vehicle
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Application No.: US16859724Application Date: 2020-04-27
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Publication No.: US11341855B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Nathan McDavitt-Van Fleet
- Applicant: Lyft, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Keller Preece PLLC
- Main IPC: G08G1/123
- IPC: G08G1/123 ; H04W4/12 ; G08G1/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04M1/725 ; G06F3/12 ; G01C21/36 ; G06Q50/30 ; G01C21/34 ; G06Q10/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing an indicator of a direction between a requester and a transportation vehicle. For example, the systems and methods described herein can provide a dynamic digital compass from the current orientation of a requester client device to the location of a transportation vehicle. For example, the systems and methods described herein can determine a location of a requester client device, a location of a transportation vehicle, and an orientation of the requester client device. The systems and methods can also utilize the location of the requester client device, the location of the transportation vehicle, and the orientation of the requester client device to identify a direction from the requester client device to the transportation vehicle relative to the current orientation of the requester client device and provide a digital compass to indicate the direction to the transportation vehicle.
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