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User controlled media for use with on-demand transport services

  • US 9,965,783 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2014
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing media output within transport vehicles, the method being performed by one or more servers of a transport arrangement service and comprising:

  • remotely enabling a computing device of a user to control media output within a vehicle, using a device associated with a driver of the vehicle that is selected to provide the user with a transport service, wherein remotely enabling the computing device of the user includes performing, on the one or more servers, operations that include;

    selecting the driver to provide the transport service for the user;

    determining the user has requested to have control over media that is to be outputted from the device associated with the driver;

    identifying a token of the user;

    transmitting the token to the device associated with the driver, from which media output is to be initiated;

    monitoring position information from the device associated with the driver before initiation of the transport service;

    detecting, from the monitored position information, a first event that is associated with initiation of the transport service by the selected driver; and

    in response to detecting the first event, enabling the computing device of the user to initiate media output within the vehicle using the token and the device associated with the driver.

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