SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES
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1. A computer-implemented method for selecting transportation resources comprising:
- equipping a plurality of vehicles with location detection and wireless communication functionality;
each of the plurality of vehicles detecting its current location and communicating its current location to a transportation monitoring service;
providing a transportation application to a plurality of wireless client devices, the transportation application communicating with the transportation monitoring service;
wherein, in response to detecting a request from a first transportation application executed on a first wireless client device, the transportation monitoring service generates a plurality of transportation options for a user of the wireless device, the transportation options generated, at least in part, on the current detected location of the user of the first wireless client device.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be described below. The steps may be embodied in machine-executable instructions. The instructions can be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor to perform certain steps. Alternatively, these steps may be performed by specific hardware components that contain hardwired logic for performing the steps, or by any combination of programmed computer components and custom hardware components.
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1. A computer-implemented method for selecting transportation resources comprising:
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equipping a plurality of vehicles with location detection and wireless communication functionality; each of the plurality of vehicles detecting its current location and communicating its current location to a transportation monitoring service; providing a transportation application to a plurality of wireless client devices, the transportation application communicating with the transportation monitoring service; wherein, in response to detecting a request from a first transportation application executed on a first wireless client device, the transportation monitoring service generates a plurality of transportation options for a user of the wireless device, the transportation options generated, at least in part, on the current detected location of the user of the first wireless client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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