METHOD FOR REQUESTING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
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Abstract
A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices.
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40 Claims
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21. A method operative in a distributed computing network, wherein the distributed computing network includes a plurality of nodes distributed to receive and assign requests for transportation services, the method comprising:
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periodically receiving, by the plurality of nodes, one or more real time geographic locations of transportation providers; receiving, by the plurality of nodes, a request for transportation services from a cellular mobile device, wherein the request includes the geographical location of the cellular mobile device; and causing the request to be processed by the cellular mobile device according to an availability of a transportation provider in the transportation providers and an estimated time it takes for the transportation provider to travel to the geographical location of the cellular mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system comprising:
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a network connection to communicate wirelessly with a wireless mobile device of a transportation requester and with respective wireless mobile devices of a plurality of transportation providers; a distributed computing system configured to; store a transportation request message, according to a message protocol of the transportation requester, received via the network connection; automatically and periodically track a geographic location of the transportation requester using messages containing geographic location information according to the message protocol provided by the wireless mobile device of the transportation requester via the network connection; automatically and periodically track a time-varying geographic location of each of the plurality of transportation providers using messages containing time-varying geographic location information, according to the message protocol, provided by the wireless mobile devices of the plurality of transportation providers via the network connection; select, as a selected transportation provider, one of the plurality of transportation providers; and send, via the network connection, a confirmation message, according to the message protocol, to the transportation requester that a transportation has been arranged with the selected transportation provider. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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