Patent ID: 11868140
Assignee: LYFT, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:
determining a fleet-level objective for a vehicle, wherein the fleet-level objective is associated with instructing the vehicle to travel a route according to route criteria based on the fleet-level objective;
receiving a ride request from a ride requestor, wherein the ride request is associated with ride criteria including at least a pick-up location and a drop-off location;
determining (1) an urgency score indicative of an urgency to fulfill the fleet-level objective and (2) a risk factor score indicative of an overall condition of the vehicle;
based on (1) the urgency score and (2) the risk factor score, determining that the vehicle is suitable to operate in an incentive mode while fulfilling the fleet-level objective, wherein the incentive mode comprises incentivizing the ride requestor to accept one or more modifications to the ride criteria associated with the ride request so as to fulfill the fleet-level objective;
responsive to determining that the vehicle is suitable to operate in the incentive mode, providing one or more incentives to the ride requestor contingent on acceptance of the one or more modifications to the ride criteria;
after receiving, from the ride requestor, the acceptance of the one or more modifications to the ride criteria, modifying the ride criteria in accordance with the route criteria; and
instructing the vehicle to transport the ride requestor based on the modified ride criteria so as to fulfill the fleet-level objective.