System and method for hailing vehicles
First Claim
1. A system that uses information received from a computing device, respectively providing location-based information representing a respective location of the computing device, to enable a person to send a substantially anonymous hail on a communication network to a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:
- at least one processor that is configured to execute instructions provided on non-transitory computer-readable media, in order to perform operations that include;
receiving, on the communication network and from the computing device, the substantially anonymous hail, wherein the computing device is configured using a hailing application to;
present a graphical user interface;
obtain location-based information associated with a location of the computing device; and
transmit, to the at least one processor on the communication network, the substantially anonymous hail including the location-based information associated with the computing device;
receiving on the communication network, from each of a plurality of computing devices associated with the plurality of vehicles and each configured with a vehicle application, location-based information associated with each of the plurality of vehicles;
processing the received substantially anonymous hail and the location-based information associated with the plurality of vehicles to determine that at least one of the plurality of the vehicles is within a geographic vicinity of the computing device;
transmitting over the communication network to the computing device, vehicle location information associated with a respective location of each of the at least one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the vehicle location information is without representing a prearranged pickup or dispatch and wherein the vehicle location information is without being limited to a particular geographic or physical location; and
presenting, via the graphical interface, updated information automatically that represents changes in at least one vehicles location,wherein the substantially anonymous hail is cancelled in response to a predetermined event.
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Abstract
The present application provides a system and method for enabling a driver to locate a passenger. In one or more implementations, a graphical user interface is provided that is operable to send and receive information associated with passengers and vehicles. A location of a first vehicle, a location of a first passenger and a location of a second passenger are received. Information associated with the locations of the first and second passenger is transmitted and a representation of at least one of the first passenger and the second passenger and the respective location thereof is provided.
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1. A system that uses information received from a computing device, respectively providing location-based information representing a respective location of the computing device, to enable a person to send a substantially anonymous hail on a communication network to a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:
at least one processor that is configured to execute instructions provided on non-transitory computer-readable media, in order to perform operations that include; receiving, on the communication network and from the computing device, the substantially anonymous hail, wherein the computing device is configured using a hailing application to; present a graphical user interface; obtain location-based information associated with a location of the computing device; and transmit, to the at least one processor on the communication network, the substantially anonymous hail including the location-based information associated with the computing device; receiving on the communication network, from each of a plurality of computing devices associated with the plurality of vehicles and each configured with a vehicle application, location-based information associated with each of the plurality of vehicles; processing the received substantially anonymous hail and the location-based information associated with the plurality of vehicles to determine that at least one of the plurality of the vehicles is within a geographic vicinity of the computing device; transmitting over the communication network to the computing device, vehicle location information associated with a respective location of each of the at least one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the vehicle location information is without representing a prearranged pickup or dispatch and wherein the vehicle location information is without being limited to a particular geographic or physical location; and presenting, via the graphical interface, updated information automatically that represents changes in at least one vehicles location, wherein the substantially anonymous hail is cancelled in response to a predetermined event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method that uses information received from a computing device, respectively providing location-based information representing a respective location of the computing device, to enable a person to send a substantially anonymous hail on a communication network to a plurality of vehicles, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the at least one processor on the communication network and from the computing device, the substantially anonymous hail, wherein the computing device is configured using a hailing application to; present a graphical user interface; obtain location-based information associated with a location of the computing device; and transmit, to the at least one processor on the communication network, the substantially anonymous hail including the location-based information associated with the computing device; receiving on the communication network, from each of a plurality of computing devices associated with the plurality of vehicles and each configured with a vehicle application, location-based information associated with each of the plurality of vehicles processing, by the at least one processor, the received substantially anonymous hail and the location-based information associated with the plurality of vehicles to determine that at least one of the plurality of the vehicles is within a geographic vicinity of the computing device; transmitting, by the at least one processor over the communication network to the computing device, vehicle location information associated with a respective location of each of the at least one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the vehicle location information is without representing a prearranged pickup or dispatch and wherein the vehicle location information is without being limited to a particular geographic or physical location; and presenting, via the graphical interface, updated information automatically that represents changes in at least one vehicles location, wherein the substantially anonymous hail is cancelled in response to a predetermined event. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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