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Method for efficient vehicle allocation in vehicle sharing system

  • US 6,975,997 B1
  • Filed: 06/28/2000
  • Issued: 12/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for efficient use of vehicles in a vehicle sharing system for sharing a fleet of vehicles pooled in a plurality of ports among a plurality of users with the aid of a computer control system including a central computer system and a plurality of computer subsystems associated with said ports, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a) identifying vehicles that should be relocated;

    b) identifying requests for use of vehicles by users, wherein a user requests a trip from a port from which a vehicle should be relocated to a port to which the vehicle should be relocated and states a number of passengers traveling with the user;

    c) determining whether a passenger in the trip identified in step b) above is available to relocate a vehicle identified as a vehicle that should be relocated; and

    d) offering the vehicle to be relocated to the available passenger for relocation.

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