Ride-sharing joint rental groups
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a ride-sharing server configured toreceive, from a first user, a vehicle rental request including trip characteristics specifying an origin, a destination, and time constraints;
identify a second user having rental criteria matching the vehicle rental request;
send a rent-share request to the first and second users to form a joint rental group;
rent a vehicle to the joint rental group when the rent-share request is confirmed;
determine that a better-matched vehicle is now available for the joint rental group that was unavailable when the vehicle was rented; and
send a vehicle update request to the users of the joint rental group indicating that the better-matched vehicle is now available.
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Abstract
A ride-sharing server may receive, from a user, a vehicle-rental request including trip characteristics specifying an origin location, a destination location, and time constraints; identify another user having rental criteria matching that of the vehicle-rental request; send a rent-share request to the user and the other user to rent-share as a joint-rental group; and rent a vehicle to the joint-rental group when the rent-share request is confirmed. A mobile device of a ride-sharing user may send, to a rent-sharing server, a vehicle-rental request including trip characteristics specifying an origin location, a destination location, and time constraints; receive, from the rent-sharing server, a rent-share request to rent-share a vehicle as a joint-rental group including another user having rental criteria matching that of the vehicle-rental request; and responsive to the rent-share request, rent the vehicle as the joint-rental group.
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1. A system comprising:
a ride-sharing server configured to receive, from a first user, a vehicle rental request including trip characteristics specifying an origin, a destination, and time constraints; identify a second user having rental criteria matching the vehicle rental request; send a rent-share request to the first and second users to form a joint rental group; rent a vehicle to the joint rental group when the rent-share request is confirmed; determine that a better-matched vehicle is now available for the joint rental group that was unavailable when the vehicle was rented; and send a vehicle update request to the users of the joint rental group indicating that the better-matched vehicle is now available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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identifying a vehicle matching passenger characteristics of first and second users having matching rental criteria; sending a rent-share request including a confirmation identifier to the first and second users to rent-share as a joint rental group using the vehicle; renting the vehicle to the joint-rental group when the rent-share request is confirmed by receipt of the confirmation identifier from the vehicle; determining that a better-matched vehicle is now available for the joint rental group that was unavailable when the vehicle was rented; and sending a vehicle update request to the users of the joint rental group indicating that the better-matched vehicle is now available. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
a mobile device of a ride-sharing user configured to send, to a rent-sharing server, a vehicle rental request including trip characteristics specifying an origin, a destination, and time constraints; receive, from the rent-sharing server, a rent-share request for a vehicle as a joint rental group including another user having rental criteria matching that of the vehicle rental request; responsive to the rent-share request, rent the vehicle as the joint rental group; display a user interface indicating the vehicle update request; responsive to receiving assent to switch to an available vehicle that is a better fit to a joint rental group that a current vehicle rented to the ride-share user, display a listing of the available vehicles and a confirmation identifier; and receive a selection from the listing of the available vehicles to be confirmed by entry of the confirmation identifier into the vehicle as selected from the listing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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