SHORTCODE FOR AUTOMATING APPLICATION PROCESSES

• US 20200134769A1
• Filed: 12/27/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GT Gettaxi Systems Limited
• Original Assignee: GT GetTaxi Limited
• Inventors: Adler, Tal, Lichter, Nadav
• Granted Patent: US 11,455,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/60 Business processes related to postal services shipping G06Q10/083; franking apparatus G07B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A method includes, responsive to receiving a shortcode from a client computing device, identifying, by a processing device based on the shortcode, computer-executable instructions and one or more geographical locations. The method further includes causing, based on the computer-executable instructions and the one or more geographical locations, the client computing device to generate an order request form filled with the one or more geographical locations received from the processing device based on the shortcode without user intervention and without user input of the one or more geographical locations. The method includes, responsive to receiving the order request form filled with the one or more geographical locations from the client computing device, transmitting, to a vehicle computing device, an order request to dispatch a transportation vehicle associated with the vehicle computing device to provide a transportation service to a user of the client computing device based on the order request form.

Claims

1. A method for providing a transportation service using an order request form, the method comprising:

responsive to receiving a shortcode comprising a plurality of characters arranged in an order from a client computing device, identifying, by a processing device based on the shortcode, computer-executable instructions and one or more geographical locations;

causing, based on the computer-executable instructions and the one or more geographical locations, the client computing device to instantiate a process on the client computing device to generate the order request form filled with the one or more geographical locations received from the processing device based on the shortcode without user intervention and without user input of the one or more geographical locations; and

responsive to receiving the order request form filled with the one or more geographical locations from the client computing device, transmitting, by the processing device to a vehicle computing device, an order request to dispatch a transportation vehicle associated with the vehicle computing device to provide the transportation service to a user of the client computing device based on the order request form.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the shortcode is associated with the transportation service, and wherein the transportation service is associated with the one or more geographical locations.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more geographical locations comprises a destination location, and wherein providing the transportation service comprises providing, via the transportation vehicle, transportation to the destination location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more geographical locations comprises a pick-up location, wherein providing the transportation service comprises providing, via the transportation vehicle, transportation from the pick-up location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more geographical locations comprises a pick-up location and a destination location, wherein the client computing device is to generate the order request form filled with the pick-up location and the destination location without user intervention and without user input of the pick-up location and without user input of the destination location.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying, based on the shortcode, identifying data, wherein the client computing device is to generate the order request form filled with the identifying data without user intervention and without user input of the identifying data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transportation service is to transport the user from a pick-up location to a destination location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transportation service is to deliver a product.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the transportation service is to transport one or more users to an event.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of characters of the shortcode comprises a hashtag accompanied by a predefined number of at least one of a string of textual characters or numbers.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive, from a first client computing device, a first shortcode and a request to associate the first shortcode with computer-executable instructions and one or more geographical locations, wherein the first shortcode comprises a plurality of characters arranged in an order;

associate the computer-executable instructions and the one or more geographical locations with the first shortcode in an entry for the first shortcode in a listing of shortcodes maintained in a data store;

responsive to receiving the first shortcode from a second client computing device, identify, based on the first shortcode, the computer-executable instructions and the one or more geographical locations;

cause, based on the computer-executable instructions and the one or more geographical locations, the second client computing device to instantiate a process on the second client computing device to generate an order request form filled with the one or more geographical locations received from the processing device based on the first shortcode without user intervention and without user input of the one or more geographical locations; and

responsive to receiving the order request form filled with the one or more geographical locations from the second client computing device, transmit, to a vehicle computing device, an order request to dispatch a transportation vehicle associated with the vehicle computing device to provide a transportation service to a user of the second client computing device based on the order request form.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the first shortcode is associated with the transportation service, wherein the transportation service is associated with the one or more geographical locations.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more geographical locations comprises a destination location, wherein providing the transportation service comprises providing, via the transportation vehicle, transportation to the destination location.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more geographical locations comprises a pick-up location, wherein providing the transportation service comprises providing, via the transportation vehicle, transportation from the pick-up location.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more geographical locations comprises a pick-up location and a destination location, wherein the second client computing device is to generate the order request form filled with the pick-up location and the destination location without user intervention and without user input of the pick-up location and without user input of the destination location.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further to identify, based on the first shortcode, identifying data, wherein the second client computing device is to generate the order request form filled with the identifying data without user intervention and without user input of the identifying data.

17. A client computing device comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to;

receive a shortcode comprising a plurality of characters arranged in an order;

responsive to transmitting the shortcode to a server computing device, receive, from the server computing device, computer-executable instructions and one or more geographic locations;

initiate, using the computer-executable instructions, a process to generate an order request form filled with the one or more geographic locations received from the processing device based on the shortcode without user intervention and without user input of the one or more geographic locations; and

responsive to receiving a confirmation message with respect to the order request form, transmit, the order request form to the server computing device, wherein the server computing device is to transmit an order request to a vehicle computing device to provide a transportation service to a user of the client computing device based on the order request form, the transportation service being associated with the shortcode and the one or more geographic locations.

18. The client computing device of claim 17, wherein receiving the shortcode is via a graphical user interface displayed via the client computing device.

19. The client computing device of claim 17, wherein the one or more geographical locations comprises a pick-up location and a destination location, wherein the client computing device is to generate the order request form filled with the pick-up location and the destination location without user intervention and without user input of the pick-up location and without user input of the destination location.

20. The client computing device of claim 17, wherein the processing device is further to identify, based on the shortcode, identifying data, wherein the client computing device is to generate the order request form filled with the identifying data without user intervention and without user input of the identifying data.