Customization of sharing of rides

• US 10,147,325 B1
• Filed: 02/02/2017
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank NA (Wells Fargo & Company)
• Original Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank NA (Wells Fargo & Company)
• Inventors: Copeland, Jennifer L., Fisi, Suzanne M., Harvey, Simone O., Hatch, David C., Munir, Muhammad Farukh, Petrik, Aaron Francis Colfax, Suen, Darrell L., Ward, Timothy R., Wirt, Steven J., Wyler, Ryan J., Zimmerman, Nancy B., Kalaboukis, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): Heinle, Courtney D
• Application Number:
  US15/422,760
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/308 using the Internet of Things
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/405 Establishing or using transaction specific rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

Customization of sharing of rides can involve the grouping of passengers in vehicles according to objective and subjective parameters and preferences. In some embodiments, vehicles or other components of the system are equipped to identify and compare information about users of the system using biometric scanning. In some embodiments, fares for rideshares can be tied to a projected quality or desirability of the rideshare for a user or users of the system.

Claims

1. A system for customizing rideshares, comprising:

a plurality of vehicles, with each of the plurality of vehicles being configured to transport a plurality of users, the users including passengers and prospective passengers, at least a first of the plurality of vehicles comprising a biometric scanning device and a vehicle entry regulator;

one or more data storage devices storing;

biometric data for at least some of the plurality of users; and

a set of rideshare compatibility information for each of at least a first prospective passenger and a first passenger of the users, each set of rideshare compatibility information including one or more of at least;

socioeconomic preferences;

socioeconomic characteristics;

political preferences;

political characteristics;

gender preferences;

gender characteristics;

age preferences;

age characteristics;

social tendency preferences;

or social tendency characteristics;

at least one processor; and

memory encoding instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to;

cross-reference biometric information, captured by the biometric scanning device, about the first prospective passenger against the stored biometric data;

compare the set of rideshare compatibility information of the first prospective passenger with the set of rideshare compatibility information of the first passenger to calculate a match score between the first prospective passenger and the first passenger;

determine, based on at least one of the cross-reference and the match score, whether or not to permit the prospective passenger to enter the first vehicle;

if the prospective passenger is permitted to enter the first vehicle;

actuate the vehicle entry regulator to allow the first potential passenger to enter the first vehicle and ride with the first passenger in the first vehicle; and

set a fare for the first potential passenger based upon the match score, with the fare being higher with a higher match score.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein if the prospective passenger is not permitted to enter the first vehicle, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to identify a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to pick up the first prospective passenger.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least some of the plurality of vehicles are driven autonomously.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein if the prospective passenger is not permitted to enter the first vehicle, the vehicle entry regulator prevents the user from entering the first vehicle.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to request the users to input information, and wherein at least some of the rideshare compatibility information is deduced from the input information.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to mine information about the users and wherein at least some of the rideshare compatibility information is deduced from the mined information.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to request feedback from users about one or more completed rideshare experiences, and wherein at least some of the rideshare compatibility information is deduced from the feedback.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to, in response to a rideshare request from the first prospective passenger, identify one or more potential vehicles from the plurality of vehicles for the requested rideshare, the potential vehicles being identified based on one or more of:

a location of each of the potential vehicles;

a number of available seats in each of the potential vehicles;

a cleanliness of each of the potential vehicles;

or a requested destination for the requested rideshare.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein if the prospective passenger is not permitted to enter the first vehicle, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to exhibit an indicator on the first vehicle, the indicator indicating that the prospective passenger is denied access to the first vehicle.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

compare the set of rideshare compatibility information of the first prospective passenger with a set of rideshare compatibility information of at least a second passenger riding in a second of the plurality of vehicles;

calculate the match score between the first prospective passenger and the second passenger;

set a first fare for the prospective passenger to ride in the first vehicle, the first fare being partially determined by the match score of the first prospective passenger and the first passenger; and

set a second fare for the prospective passenger to ride in the second vehicle, the second fare being partially determined by the match score of the first prospective passenger and the second passenger;

wherein the match score of the first prospective passenger and the second passenger is higher than the match score of the first prospective passenger and the first passenger, and wherein the second fare is higher than the first fare.

11. A computer implemented method, comprising:

comparing a set of rideshare compatibility information of a prospective passenger with a set of rideshare compatibility information of a first passenger riding in a first vehicle;

comparing the set of rideshare compatibility information of the prospective passenger with a set of rideshare compatibility information of a second passenger riding in a second vehicle, each of the sets of rideshare compatibility information including one or more of socioeconomic preferences;

political preferences;

gender preferences;

age preferences;

or social tendency preferences;

calculating a first match score between the prospective passenger and the first passenger;

calculating a second match score between the prospective passenger and the second passenger;

setting a first rideshare fare, based on the first match score, for the prospective passenger to ride in the first vehicle, with the first rideshare fare being higher with a higher first match score;

setting a second rideshare fare, based on the second match score, for the prospective passenger to ride in the second vehicle, with the second rideshare fare being higher with a higher second match score; and

presenting to the prospective passenger a first ridesharing option for the first vehicle at the first rideshare fare, and a second ridesharing option for the second vehicle at the second rideshare fare.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first and second vehicles are driven autonomously.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising identifying, in response to a rideshare request from the prospective passenger, the first vehicle and the second vehicle, wherein the identifying is based on one or more of:

a location of each of the first and second vehicles;

a number of available seats in each of the first and second vehicles;

a cleanliness of each of the first and second vehicles;

or a requested destination for the requested rideshare.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, following a rideshare of the prospective passenger in the first vehicle, feedback from at least one of the prospective passenger and the first passenger about the rideshare; and

modifying the set of rideshare compatibility information of at least one of the prospective passenger and the first passenger based on the feedback.

15. A computer-readable data storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

cross-reference biometric information associated with a prospective rideshare passenger and captured by a biometric scanning device disposed on a first vehicle against stored biometric data;

confirm, based on the cross-reference, an identity of the prospective rideshare passenger;

determine, after the confirm, whether to permit the prospective rideshare passenger to ride in the first vehicle;

identify, if the prospective rideshare passenger is determined to be not permitted to ride in the first vehicle, a second vehicle in which the prospective rideshare passenger is permitted to ride, the second vehicle being identified at least partially based on the prospective rideshare passenger'"'"'s identity

recognize, prior to the cross-reference, a ride hailing action of the prospective rideshare passenger; and

stop, if the first vehicle is moving at the time of the recognize, the first vehicle.

16. The computer-readable data storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first and second vehicles are driven autonomously.

17. The computer-readable data storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to unlock the first vehicle if the prospective rideshare passenger is determined to be permitted to ride in the first vehicle.

18. The computer-readable data storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to dispatch the second vehicle to a location of the prospective rideshare passenger if the prospective rideshare passenger is determined to be not permitted to ride in the first vehicle.