REQUESTING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

• US 20170345315A1
• Filed: 08/17/2017
• Published: 11/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LYFT Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Airsmobile Inc.
• Inventors: LUBECK, Olaf Martin, HALL, John H.
• Application Number:
  US15/679,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20170345315A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/46 Indirect determination of position data
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/468 by Triangulation, i.e. two antennas or two sensors determine separately the bearing, direction or angle to a target, whereby with the knowledge of the baseline length, the position data of the target is determined
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2240/00 Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/65 Telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 : dummy group

Abstract

A method is described for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the user of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location determination. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

at least one wireless transceiver for transmitting a request for a transportation service from a transportation requester, receiving a confirmation that the transportation service will be provided by a transportation provider, and automatically determining a geographic location of the device; and

a touchscreen display that is configured to display;

(i) a button for requesting the transportation service; and

(ii) after the request for the transportation service has been made, a map, which is updated periodically and automatically, showing a geographic location of the transportation provider.

2. The device of claim 1 is configured to obtain from, the transportation requester, a destination location of the transportation request via the touchscreen display.

3. The device of claim 1 is configured to obtain from, the transportation requester, a type of item to be transported via the touchscreen display.

4. The device of claim 1 is configured to obtain from, the transportation requester, a method of payment via the touchscreen display.

5. The device of claim 1 includes a programmable cellular phone.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the request for the transportation service includes a request for delivery of a package.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen display is configured to display:

(ii) after the request for the transportation service has been made, the map, which is updated periodically and automatically, showing a real time geographic location of the transportation provider.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a mobile device to perform operations comprising:

presenting, on a touchscreen display associated with the mobile device, a button for requesting a transportation service;

transmitting, using a wireless transceiver associated with the mobile device, a request for a transportation service from a transportation requester;

receiving a confirmation that the transportation service will be provided by a transportation provider;

automatically determining a geographic location of the mobile device; and

after the request for the transportation service has been made, presenting on the touchscreen display, a map, which is updated periodically and automatically, showing a geographic location of a transportation provider.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining from, the transportation requester, a destination location of the transportation request via the touchscreen display.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

obtain from, the transportation requester, a type of item to be transported via the touchscreen display.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

to obtain from, the transportation requester, a method of payment via the touchscreen display.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the mobile device is a programmable cellular phone.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the request for the transportation service includes a request for delivery of a package.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting, after the request for the transportation service has been made, the map, which is updated periodically and automatically, showing a real time geographic location of the transportation provider.

15. A method comprising:

presenting, on a touchscreen display associated with a mobile computing device, a button for requesting a transportation service;

transmitting, using a wireless transceiver associated with the mobile computing device, a request for a transportation service from a transportation requester;

receiving a confirmation that the transportation service will be provided by a transportation provider;

automatically determining a geographic location of the mobile computing device; and

presenting, after the request for the transportation service has been made, on the touchscreen display, a map, which is updated periodically and automatically, showing the geographic location of the transportation provider.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

obtaining from, the transportation requester, a type of item to be transported via the touchscreen display.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

obtaining from, the transportation requester, a method of payment via the touchscreen display.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the mobile computing device includes a programmable cellular phone.