Location of Available Passenger Seats in a Dynamic Transporting Pool
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an interface for receiving a request from a rider, the request including a start location of the rider and an end location of the rider;
a vehicle identification module connected to said interface, said vehicle identification module identifies at least one vehicle located within a threshold distance from the start location;
a communications module connected to said vehicle identification module, said communications module sends the request to a driver of the vehicle; and
a validation module connected to said interface, said validation module verifies that;
the rider and at least one of the driver and the vehicle were each located at the start location at the same time, andthe rider and at least one of the driver and the vehicle were each located at the end location at the same time.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a system including an interface for receiving a request from a rider, wherein the request includes a start location of the rider and an end location of the rider. A vehicle identification module connected to the interface identifies at least one vehicle located within a threshold distance from the start location. A communications module connected to the vehicle identification module sends the request to a driver of the vehicle. A validation module connected to the interface verifies that the rider and the driver and/or the vehicle were each located at the start location at the same time, and verifies that the rider and thdriver and/or the vehicle were each located at the end location at the same time.
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25 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an interface for receiving a request from a rider, the request including a start location of the rider and an end location of the rider; a vehicle identification module connected to said interface, said vehicle identification module identifies at least one vehicle located within a threshold distance from the start location; a communications module connected to said vehicle identification module, said communications module sends the request to a driver of the vehicle; and a validation module connected to said interface, said validation module verifies that; the rider and at least one of the driver and the vehicle were each located at the start location at the same time, and the rider and at least one of the driver and the vehicle were each located at the end location at the same time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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an interface for receiving a request from a rider, the request including a start location of the rider and an end location of the rider; a vehicle identification module connected to said interface, said vehicle identification module identifies at least one vehicle located within a threshold distance from the start location; a validation module connected to said interface, said validation module verifies that the rider and at least one of a driver of the vehicle and the vehicle were each located at the start location at the same time, and the rider and at least one of the driver and the vehicle were each located at the end location at the same time, said validation module determines a degree of social separation between the rider and the driver, and compares the degree of social separation with a threshold degree of social separation, the threshold degree of social separation being defined by at least one of the rider and the driver; and a communications module connected to said vehicle identification module, said communications module sends the request to the driver of the vehicle only if the degree of social separation is one of equal to and less than the threshold degree of social separation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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an interface for receiving a request from a rider, the request including a start location of the rider and an end location of the rider; a vehicle identification module connected to said interface, said vehicle identification module identifies at least one vehicle located within a threshold distance from the start location; a communications module connected to said vehicle identification module, said communications module sends the request to a driver of the vehicle and provides at least one of the rider and the driver of the vehicle with reward credits when the driver drops off the rider at the end location. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium; first program instructions to receive a request from a rider, the request including a start location of the rider and an end location of the rider; second program instructions to identify a route from the start location of the rider and the end location of the rider; third program instructions to identify at least one vehicle located within a threshold distance from the start location; fourth program instructions to send the request to a driver of the vehicle; seventh program instructions to verify that the rider and at least one of the driver and the vehicle were each located at the start location at the same time; and eighth program instructions to verify that the rider and at least one of the driver and the vehicle were each located at the end location at the same time, said first program instructions, said second program instructions, said third program instructions, said fourth program instructions, said fifth program instructions, said sixth program instructions, said seventh program instructions, and said eighth program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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