SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SUPPLY OF SERVICE

• US 20170046644A1
• Filed: 04/24/2015
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing DIDI Infinity Science and Technology Limited
• Inventors: ZHANG, Lingyu, FENG, Pengcheng, SUN, Mingcong, ZHANG, Bo
• Granted Patent: US 10,373,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a system and a method for managing supply of service. The system may include at least one processor that performs the operations including receiving a plurality of orders for a service; marking a locus based on the plurality of orders, the marked locus relating to a first number of orders of the plurality of orders, the first number of orders sharing a first characteristic, and the marked locus relating to a first location; and identifying at least one provider of the service to whom information relating to the marked locus is to be delivered.

Claims

1. A system having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform, comprising:

a collection module configured to receive a plurality of orders for a service;

an identification module configured to mark a locus based on the plurality of orders, the marked locus relating to a first number of orders of the plurality of orders, the first number of orders sharing a first characteristic, and the marked locus relating to a first location; and

a determination module configured to identify at least one provider of the service to whom information relating to the marked locus is to be delivered,

wherein the system is adapted for managing supply of the service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the collection module is configured to receive at least one piece of information selected from the group consisting of an order location relating to an order of the plurality of orders, a provider location relating to a provider, a time relating to an order placed, a time for pickup relating to an order of the plurality of orders, an order acceptance rate relating to the plurality of orders, an order acceptance rate relating to the marked locus, a traffic condition relating to the marked locus, a road condition relating to the marked locus, a weather condition relating to the marked locus, and historical information relating to the marked locus.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the collection module comprises a location information collector configured to identify the order location relating to an order of the plurality of orders.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the location information collector comprises a receiver configured to communicate with a positioning device relating to the order.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the positioning device comprises a smart phone, a global positioning system, a laptop, a tablet computer, an in-vehicle computing platform, a cloud computing based portable user platform with location determined services, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a netbook, an ultrabook, a digital photo frame, a media player, a handled gaming console, an ebook reader (e.g., Amazon kindle voyage, etc.), a global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), a Beidou navigation system (BDNS), a Galilio positioning system, a quasi-zenith satellite system (QZSS), a base station (BS), a wearable computing device (e.g., eyeglasses, wrist watch, etc.), a virtual display device, a display enhanced device, a car PC, a car navigation, a radar chronograph, or a laser velocimeter.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one order of the plurality of orders comprises location information of a requester, the location information being determined based on a positioning signal from a device associated with the requester.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one order of the plurality of orders is received from a network.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the network comprises Internet.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first characteristic is that a distance between the first location and a location relating to an order of the marked locus is less than a first threshold.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification module or the determination module comprises at least one unit selected from the group consisting of a historic information processor, an order information processor, a provider information processor, and a contingent information processor.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the order information processor or the provider information processor comprises at least one unit selected from the group consisting of a location information processor, a distance calculator, a time calculator, and a miscellaneous information unit.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification module is further configured to identify the marked locus based on at least one cluster algorithm.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the cluster algorithm comprises CLARANS, PAM, CLATIN, CLARA, DBSCAN, BIRCH, OPTICS, WaveCluster, CURE, CLIQUE, K-means algorithm, and hierarchical algorithm.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification module is further configured to identify a second number of providers relating to the marked locus, the second number of providers sharing a second characteristic.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the second characteristic is that a distance between the first location and a location relating to a provider of the second number of providers is less than a second threshold.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the identification module is configured to mark the locus based on a determination that the ratio of the first number to the second number exceeds a third threshold.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification module is further configured to identify an area, and wherein the locus is marked based on one or more orders of the plurality of orders, the one or more orders relating to the area.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification module is configured to mark the locus based on a determination that the first number exceeds a fourth threshold.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the determination module is configured to calculate a distance between the first location and a location relating to the at least one provider, and wherein the distance is less than a fifth threshold.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the determination module is configured to calculate a time for the at least one provider to travel to the first location, and wherein the time is less than a sixth threshold.

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