A system may include a processor configured to receive a first request from a first user; electronically assign a ridesharing vehicle to pick up the first user and determine a driving route for transporting the first user; determine a target arrival time at a first drop-off location; receive a second request from a second user; calculate an estimated delay that would be caused to the first user by picking up of the second user; determine whether the delay would cause the first user to arrive at a first drop-off location after a target arrival time; determine that picking up the second user will not cause the first user to arrive at the first drop-off location after the target arrival time and electronically assign the ridesharing vehicle to pick up the second user; and direct the ridesharing vehicle according to an updated driving route.
AVOIDING MISSED RIDESHARE CONNECTIONS
2021-09-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / G06Q Datenverarbeitungssysteme oder -verfahren, besonders angepasst an verwaltungstechnische, geschäftliche, finanzielle oder betriebswirtschaftliche Zwecke, sowie an geschäftsbezogene Überwachungs- oder Voraussagezwecke , DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES / H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze |
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