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Method for requesting transportation services

  • US 10,368,198 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2018
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing transportation services, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a requester device associated with a requester, a first transportation request comprising a requester location and a dropoff destination;

    providing, to one or more transporter devices, the requester location and the dropoff destination;

    receiving, from a transporter device of the one or more transporter devices, a confirmation indicating an acceptance of the first transportation request;

    in response to receiving the confirmation, providing, to the transporter device, a positive acknowledgement to the transporter device, the positive acknowledgement indicating that the confirmation from the transporter device is the first confirmation received; and

    in response to receiving any subsequent confirmation attempts for the first transportation request from other transporter devices of the one or more transporter devices, providing a negative acknowledgement to the other transporter devices, the negative acknowledgement indicating that the subsequent confirmation attempts are rejected.

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