Patent ID: 11972472
Assignee: KWIVO, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method of facilitating provisioning of in-vehicle services, the in-vehicle services being requested from one or more user-provided devices prior to the departure of a vehicle in which the in-vehicle services are provided, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the computer system, trip-identifying information relating to a passenger that is associated with a user-provided device, wherein the trip-identifying information identifies a trip that is to occur on the vehicle;
determining, by the computer system, based on the trip-identifying information, a list of in-vehicle services that are available for the trip;
determining, by the computer system, that a current time is within a predetermined boarding or pre-boarding time period associated with the trip;
providing, by the computer system, the list of in-vehicle services to the user-provided device based on the determination that the current time is within the predetermined boarding or pre-boarding time period;
receiving, by the computer system, a selection of at least one in-vehicle service from the user-provided device; and
generating, by the computer system, a request for the at least one in-vehicle service based on the selection.