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Social media integration for transport arrangement service

  • US 10,291,574 B2
  • Filed: 07/28/2016
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transport arrangement system implementing a transport service, comprising:

  • a network communication interface to communicate, over one or more wireless networks, with (i) a user application executing on computing devices of users of the transport service, and (ii) a driver application executing on computing devices of drivers of the transport service;

    one or more processors; and

    one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the transport arrangement system to;

    receive, over the one or more wireless networks, a pick-up request from the user application executing on a computing device of a requesting user, the pick-up request including a carpool service preference to carpool with other users of the transport service, wherein the carpool service preference indicates a limitation to select only carpool riders that have at least one common social network link with the requesting user;

    transmit, over the one or more wireless networks, a transport invitation to the driver application executing on a computing device of a proximate carpool driver of a carpool vehicle to service the pick-up request;

    access, over the one or more wireless networks, social media data of the requesting user and a plurality of potential carpool riders;

    based on accessing the social media data, identify one or more common social network links between the requesting user and each of one or more carpool riders;

    select the one or more carpool riders to ride with the requesting user in the carpool vehicle; and

    generate and transmit, over the one or more wireless networks, a notification to the user application executing on the computing device of the requesting user, the notification comprising an invitation to connect with the one or more carpool riders via one or more social media platforms and indicating the one or more common social network links between the requesting user and each of the one or more carpool riders;

    wherein the executed instructions cause the transport arrangement system to generate and transmit the notification to the user application executing on the computing device of the requesting user when the requesting user is picked up by the proximate carpool driver.

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