SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CAB DRIVER TO LOCATE A PERSON

• US 20150279216A1
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Approach Me, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Approach Me, Inc.
• Inventors: GHANMA, TARIQ TONY
• Application Number:
  US14/582,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20150279216A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• 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: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for locating a person is disclosed. The method comprises (a) receiving a request for a cab from a user via a mobile device of the user; (b) assigning pick up of the user to a cab driver; (c) tracking the distance and bearing of the user and the cab driver relative to each other; (d) transmitting the distance and bearing of the cab driver relative to the user to the mobile device of the user; wherein said transmitting is via a network; (e) transmitting the distance and bearing of the user relative to the cab driver to the mobile device of the cab driver; wherein said transmitting is via a network.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for locating a person, comprising:

(a) receiving a request for a cab from a user via a mobile device of the user;

(b) assigning pick up of the user to a cab driver;

(c) tracking the distance and bearing of the user and the cab driver relative to each other;

(d) transmitting the distance and bearing of the cab driver relative to the user to the mobile device of the user;

wherein said transmitting is via a network;

(e) transmitting the distance and bearing of the user relative to the cab driver to the mobile device of the cab driver;

wherein said transmitting is via a network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising plotting the position of the cab driver on a radar user interface for the mobile phone of the user as a function of distance D and bearing B relative to the position of user, which is indicated at a center of said user interface.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising plotting the position of the user on a radar user interface for the mobile device of the cab driver as a function of distance D and bearing B relative to the position of cab driver, which is indicated at a center of said user interface.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface of the cab driver has a first mode with displays a map to the user.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface of the cab driver has a second mode with displays the radar user interface.

6. The method of claim 6, allowing the cab driver to toggle the user interface to selectively show one of the map view and the radar user interface.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a sequence of instructions which when executed by a system, causes the system to perform a method comprising:

(a) receiving a request for a cab from a user via a mobile device of the user;

(b) assigning pick up of the user to a cab driver;

(c) tracking the distance and bearing of the user and the cab driver relative to each other;

(d) transmitting the distance and bearing of the cab driver relative to the user to the mobile device of the user;

wherein said transmitting is via a network;

(e) transmitting the distance and bearing of the user relative to the cab driver to the mobile device of the cab driver;

wherein said transmitting is via a network.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises plotting the position of the cab driver on a radar user interface for the mobile phone of the user as a function of distance D and bearing B relative to the position of user, which is indicated at a center of said user interface.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises plotting the position of the user on a radar user interface for the mobile device of the cab driver as a function of distance D and bearing B relative to the position of cab driver, which is indicated at a center of said user interface.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the user interface of the cab driver has a first mode with displays a map to the user.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the user interface of the cab driver has a second mode with displays the radar user interface.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising allowing the cab driver to toggle the user interface to selectively show one of the map view and the radar user interface.