USER CONTROLLED MEDIA FOR USE WITH ON-DEMAND TRANSPORT SERVICES

• US 20150228000A1
• Filed: 07/16/2014
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Holden, Paul-Phillip, Bijor, Rahul, Whelan, Conrad Michael, Kirwan, Kyle James
• Granted Patent: US 9,965,783 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A method for providing media for use with on-demand transport services is provided. A transport service is arranged for a user. The user is determined to have requested control over media to be outputted on an output device of the driver. A token of the user is identified and transmitted to the driver'"'"'s computing device. In response to detecting that an event has occurred for enabling the user to control the media, the driver'"'"'s computing device is enabled to output the media that is controlled by the user operating the user'"'"'s computing device.

Claims

1. A method for providing media for use with on-demand transport services, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:

arranging a transport service to be provided for a user by a driver, each of the user and the driver operating a respective computing device;

determining that the user has requested to have control over media to be outputted on an output device of the driver;

identifying a token of the user;

transmitting the token to the driver'"'"'s computing device;

detecting that an event has occurred for enabling the user to control the media to be outputted on the output device of the driver; and

in response to detecting the event, enabling the driver'"'"'s computing device to output the media that is controlled by the user operating the user'"'"'s computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by accessing an account associated with the driver, that the driver has enabled the user to have control over the media to be outputted.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining that the user has requested to control the media includes (i) providing a notification to the user'"'"'s computing device that the driver has enabled the user to have control over the media to be outputted, and (ii) receiving, from input provided by the user, a request to control the media.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user operates a media application that is stored on the user'"'"'s computing device to control the media, and wherein the token includes a user identifier and a password that each corresponds to an account with a media service provider that provides the media application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting that the event has occurred includes receiving, from a designated application operating on the driver'"'"'s computing device, an indication that the driver is close to initiating or has initiated the transport service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting that the event has occurred includes determining that a current location of the user'"'"'s computing device and a current location of the driver'"'"'s computing device are within a predefined distance from each other.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting that the event has occurred includes receiving, from the user'"'"'s computing device or the driver'"'"'s computing device, an indication that the user'"'"'s computing device and the driver'"'"'s computing device are within a predefined distance from each other.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that a second event has occurred for preventing the user from controlling the media to be outputted on the output device of the driver; and

in response to detecting the second event, disabling the driver'"'"'s computing device from outputting the media that is controlled by the user operating the user'"'"'s computing device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting that the second event has occurred includes receiving, from a designated application operating on the driver'"'"'s computing device, an indication that the driver has completed the transport service.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein disabling the driver'"'"'s computing device from outputting the media includes causing the designated application operating on the driver'"'"'s computing device to delete the token of the user.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a system, causes the system to perform operations comprising:

arranging a transport service to be provided for a user by a driver, each of the user and the driver operating a respective computing device;

determining that the user has requested to have control over media to be outputted on an output device of the driver during a duration of the transport service;

identifying a token of the user;

transmitting the token to the driver'"'"'s computing device;

detecting that an event has occurred for enabling the user to control the media to be outputted on the output device of the driver; and

in response to detecting the event, enabling the driver'"'"'s computing device to output the media that is controlled by the user operating the user'"'"'s computing device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform operations comprising:

determining, by accessing an account associated with the driver, that the driver has enabled the user to have control over the media to be outputted.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions cause the system to determine that the user has requested to control the media by (i) providing a notification to the user'"'"'s computing device that the driver has enabled the user to have control over the media to be outputted, and (ii) receiving, from input provided by the user, a request to control the media.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user operates a media application that is stored on the user'"'"'s computing device to control the media, and wherein the token includes a user identifier and a password that each corresponds to an account with a media service provider that provides the media application.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the system to detect that the event has occurred by receiving, from a designated application operating on the driver'"'"'s computing device, an indication that the driver is close to initiating or has initiated the transport service.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the system to detect that the event has occurred by determining that a current location of the user'"'"'s computing device and a current location of the driver'"'"'s computing device are within a predefined distance from each other.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the system to detect that the event has occurred by receiving, from the user'"'"'s computing device or the driver'"'"'s computing device, an indication that the user'"'"'s computing device and the driver'"'"'s computing device are within a predefined distance from each other.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform operations comprising:

detecting that a second event has occurred for preventing the user from controlling the media to be outputted on the output device of the driver; and

in response to detecting the second event, disabling the driver'"'"'s computing device from outputting the media that is controlled by the user operating the user'"'"'s computing device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions cause the system to detect that the second event has occurred by receiving, from a designated application operating on the driver'"'"'s computing device, an indication that the driver has completed the transport service, and disable the driver'"'"'s computing device from outputting the media by causing the designated application operating on the driver'"'"'s computing device to delete the token of the user.

20. A computing system, comprising:

a network interface;

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the network interface and the memory, to execute the instructions, the instructions causing the computing system to perform operations comprising;

arranging a transport service to be provided for a user by a driver, each of the user and the driver operating a respective computing device;

determining that the user has requested to have control over media to be outputted on an output device of the driver during a duration of the transport service;

identifying a token of the user;

transmitting the token to the driver'"'"'s computing device;

detecting that an event has occurred for enabling the user to control the media to be outputted on the output device of the driver; and

in response to detecting the event, enabling the driver'"'"'s computing device to output the media that is controlled by the user operating the user'"'"'s computing device.