ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION

• US 20150324708A1
• Filed: 03/26/2015
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Skipp, David, Farrelly, Will, Nicoll, Douglas, Scott, Jonathan, Brown, Richard
• Application Number:
  US14/669,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20150324708A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A user is detected in a vicinity of a shared transportation vehicle by identifying a user device and determining a location of the user device. Parameters are determined for user travel of a route of the shared transportation vehicle. A message is targeted to a device of the detected user based on a location of the detected user.

Claims

1. A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to:

detect a user in a vicinity of a shared transportation vehicle by identifying a user device and determining a location of the user device;

determine parameters for user travel of a route of the shared transportation vehicle, and target a message to a device of the detected user based on a location of the detected user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the parameters for user travel include at least one of frequent pick-up points, frequent drop-off points, frequent pick-up times, and frequent drop-off times.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further configured to send the message to the user device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the computer is further configured to receive a response form the user device.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the computer is further configured to send a second message to the shared transportation vehicle.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the computer is further configured to determine that the user device has enabled notifications before sending the message.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further configured to determine the route based at least in part of the user parameters.

8. A system comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to:

detect a user in a vicinity of a shared transportation vehicle by identifying a user device and determining a location of the user device;

receive parameters relating to user travel;

determine a route of the shared transportation vehicle that encompasses the user travel, and

target a message to a device of the detected user concerning the route.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the parameters for user travel include at least one of frequent pick-up points, frequent drop-off points, frequent pick-up times, and frequent drop-off times.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the computer is further configured to send the message to the user device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer is further configured to receive a response form the user device.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer is further configured to send a second message to the shared transportation vehicle.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer is further configured to determine that the user device has enabled notifications before sending the message.

14. A method, comprising

detecting a user in a vicinity of a shared transportation vehicle by identifying a user device and determining a location of the user device;

determining parameters for user travel of a route of the shared transportation vehicle, and

targeting a message to a device of the detected user based on a location of the detected user.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the parameters for user travel include at least one of frequent pick-up points, frequent drop-off points, frequent pick-up times, and frequent drop-off times.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising sending the message to the user device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving a response form the user device.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising sending a second message to the shared transportation vehicle.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising determining that the user device has enabled notifications before sending the message.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining the route based at least in part of the user parameters.