Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for placing drivers in a priority queue and navigating the drivers to fullfill passenger requests
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Application No.: US16866339Application Date: 2020-05-04
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Publication No.: US11695857B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Sunny Marueli , Talmon Marco
- 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: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04L67/63 ; G06Q10/0835 ; G06Q50/30 ; G06Q10/00 ; G06Q50/10 ; H04L67/52 ; H04W4/50 ; H04L49/90
Abstract:
In one embodiment a queue of drivers for a particular area is maintained, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area. A driver is selected from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area. A placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is determined based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request. An indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is communicated to a computing device associated with the driver.
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