System and method for matching participants in a rideshare program
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1. A method for matching participants in a rideshare program, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining lists of participants in a rideshare environment;
selecting one of the participants and determining participant ratings for one or more of the other participants, comprising;
obtaining information about the participant from at least one third party social network system;
identifying relationships between the participant and the other participants within the third party social network system; and
assigning the participant ratings to the other participants based on the relationships; and
matching the participant with one of the other participants based on the participant ratings,wherein the steps are performed on a suitably programmed computer.
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Abstract
A method and system for matching participants in a rideshare program is provided. A participant rating is identified in a rideshare environment. A rideshare participation score is generated for the identified participant. The identified participant is assigned to a rideshare transaction with at least one other participant in the rideshare program based on the rideshare participation score.
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1. A method for matching participants in a rideshare program, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining lists of participants in a rideshare environment; selecting one of the participants and determining participant ratings for one or more of the other participants, comprising; obtaining information about the participant from at least one third party social network system; identifying relationships between the participant and the other participants within the third party social network system; and assigning the participant ratings to the other participants based on the relationships; and matching the participant with one of the other participants based on the participant ratings, wherein the steps are performed on a suitably programmed computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18)
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10. A system for matching participants in a rideshare program, comprising:
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a database to maintain lists of participants in a rideshare environment; a participation scoring module to select one of the participants and to determine participant ratings for the other participants by obtaining information about the participant from at least one third party social network system, identifying relationships between the participant and the other participants within the third party social network system, and assigning the participant ratings to the other participants based on the relationships; and a ride match module to match the participant with one of the other participants based on the participant ratings. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 19)
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15. A method for matching participants in a rideshare program, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining lists of participants in a rideshare environment; selecting one of the participants and generating a rideshare participation score for the other participants, comprising; obtaining information about the participant from at least one third party social network system; identifying relationships between the participant and the other participants within the third party social network system; and assigning the rideshare participation scores to the other participants based on the relationships; and assigning the participant to a rideshare transaction with at least one other participant in the rideshare environment based on the rideshare participation score for the participant, wherein the steps are performed on a suitably programmed computer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 20)
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