System and method for managing supply of service

• US 10,037,503 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2017
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Lingyu, Zhang, Bo, Feng, Pengcheng, Sun, Mingcong
• Primary Examiner(s): Koneru, Sujay
• Application Number:
  US15/398,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20180129999A1
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a system and a method for managing supply of service. The system may include at least one processor that performs the operations including receiving a plurality of orders for a service; marking a locus based on the plurality of orders, the marked locus relating to a first number of orders of the plurality of orders, the first number of orders sharing a first characteristic, and the marked locus relating to a first location; and identifying at least one provider of the service to whom information relating to the marked locus is to be delivered.

Claims

1. A system configured to generate a presentation of a locus of an online transportation service on a provider mobile device, comprising:

at least one internet interface of a network system to connect to at least one network of the network system;

at least one receiving portion of a positioning system to receive positioning signals from a plurality of detection portions of the positioning system via the at least one network, wherein

the positioning signals include locations of the plurality of detection portions of the positioning system, and

the plurality of detection portions of the positioning system include a plurality of provider mobile devices with a positioning capability and a plurality of requester mobile devices with the positioning capability;

at least one receiving portion of a traffic condition reporting system to receive traffic condition of a region or orders of the online transportation service via the at least one network, wherein the traffic condition reporting system includes a broadcasting portion and the at least one receiving portion;

at least one user log including information of a plurality of service users and a plurality of service providers of the transportation service;

processing circuits to receive information from the at least one receiving portion of the positioning system and the at least one receiving portion of the traffic condition reporting system,

wherein during operation, the processing circuits;

connect to the plurality of requester mobile devices, via the at least one network, associated with the plurality of service users of the transportation service;

connect to the plurality of provider mobile devices, via the at least one network, associated with the plurality of service providers of the transportation service;

load a set of instructions for providing an online transportation service from a storage medium;

receive first electronic signals including a plurality of orders for the online transportation service from the plurality of requester mobile devices and the locations of the plurality of requester mobile devices;

for each order of the plurality of orders, operate logic circuits in the processing circuits to;

make a logic judgement whether the order belongs to a first number of orders sharing a first characteristic relating to a first location;

upon the logic judgement that the order belongs to the first number of orders, incorporate a location of the order in a locus related to the first number of orders;

operate the logic circuits to identify at least one provider from the plurality of service providers;

operate the logic circuits to obtain an order acceptance rate of orders in the locus;

operate the logic circuits to obtain a ratio of a number of providers in the locus to a number of orders in the locus; and

upon determining that the order acceptance rate in the locus is less than an acceptance threshold and the ratio in the locus is less than a ratio threshold, generate second electronic signals including information relating to the locus to send to the at least one provider.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuits are configured to receive third electronic signals including information of at least one of an order location relating to an order of the plurality of orders, a provider location relating to a provider, a time relating to an order placed, a time for pickup relating to an order of the plurality of orders, an order acceptance rate relating to the plurality of orders, a traffic condition relating to the locus, a road condition relating to the locus, a weather condition relating to the locus, or historical information relating to the locus.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first characteristic includes that a location of every order of the first number of orders is within a first threshold distance from the first location.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor circuits are further configured to adjust the first threshold distance according to the traffic condition of the locus.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor circuits are further configured to adjust the first threshold distance according to a condition specified by the at least one provider or a requester associated with the at least one provider.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to operate the logic circuits to identify the locus based on at least one cluster algorithm.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one cluster algorithm includes at least one of CLARANS, PAM, CLATIN, CLARA, DBSCAN, BIRCH, OPTICS, WaveCluster, CURE, CLIQUE, K-means algorithm, or hierarchical algorithm.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to operate the logic circuits to identify a second number of providers relating to the locus, the second number of providers sharing a second characteristic.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the second characteristic includes that a distance between the first location and a location relating to a provider of the second number of providers is less than a second threshold.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to operate the logic circuits to mark the locus based on a determination that the ratio of a first number of the first number of orders to a second number of the second number of providers exceeds a third threshold.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to operate the logic circuits to identify an area, and wherein the locus is determined based on one or more orders of the plurality of orders, the one or more orders relating to the area.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to operate the logic circuits to determine the locus based on a determination that a first number of the first number of orders exceeds a fourth threshold.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to operate the logic circuits to determine a distance between the first location and a location relating to the at least one provider, and wherein the distance is less than a fifth threshold.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to operate the logic circuits to determine a time for the at least one provider to travel to the first location, and wherein the time is less than a sixth threshold.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein a distance between the at least one provider and the locus is between a predetermined first distance and a predetermined second distance;

and

the processing circuits are further configured to send fifth electronic signals including an advertisement to the at least one provider.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the predetermined first distance is a radius r′

of the locus, and

the predetermined second distance is r′

+d, d being a predetermined distance.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one base station in wireless communication with the processing circuits;

a plurality of requester mobile devices in wireless communication with the at least one base station, each associated with a service requester of the plurality of orders; and

at least one provider mobile device in wireless communication with the at least one base station, each associated with a provider of the at least one provider,

wherein each of the plurality of requester mobile devices and the plurality of provider mobile devices includes;

a global positioning system receiver, and

a wireless communication module configured to connect the global positioning system receiver with a global positioning system.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one provider mobile device includes a built-in device of a motor vehicle.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to send the information relating to the locus to a requester relating to an order of the locus.

20. A system configured to generate a presentation of a locus of an online transportation service on a provider mobile device, comprising:

at least one server operating an online transportation service platform;

at least one user log in communication with the at least one server, including information of a plurality of service users and a plurality of service providers of a transportation service;

at least one network via a plurality of internet exchange points;

a plurality of authorized requester mobile devices associated with the plurality of service users of the transportation service, in communication with the at least one server via the at least one network, wherein the plurality of requester mobile devices include a positioning system to obtain locations of the plurality of requester mobile devices and transmits the locations to the at least one server;

a plurality of authorized provider mobile devices associated with the plurality of service providers, in communication with the at least one server via the at least one network, wherein the plurality of provider mobile devices include a positioning system to obtain locations of the plurality of provider mobile devices and transmits the locations to the at least one server;

a broadcast station to receive traffic condition relating to an order locus of an order of the online transportation service from a third party traffic reporting system via at least one of an interface, a portal or an application;

wherein the at least one server, during operation, further;

loads a set of instructions for providing an online transportation service from a storage medium;

receives first electronic signals including a plurality of orders for the online transportation service from the plurality of requester mobile devices and the locations of the plurality of requester mobile devices;

for each order of the plurality of orders;

makes a logic judgement whether the order belongs to a first number of orders sharing a first characteristic relating to a first location;

upon the logic judgement that the order belongs to the first number of orders, incorporates a location of the order in a locus related to the first number of orders;

identifies at least one provider from the plurality of service providers;

operates the logic circuits to obtain an order acceptance rate of orders in the locus;

operates the logic circuits to obtain a ratio of a number of providers in the locus to a number of orders in the locus; and

upon determining that the order acceptance rate in the locus is less than an acceptance threshold and the ratio in the locus is less than a ratio threshold, generates second electronic signals including information relating to the locus to send to the at least one provider.