Patent ID: 11946756
Assignee: LYFT, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a requestor computing device, a transport request comprising transport request information;
identifying, based on the transport request information, an available provider for matching with the transport request during a first ride request matching process comprising determining a location associated with the available provider at a first time;
determining, based on the first ride request matching process, to delay matching the transport request with the available provider based on the location associated with the available provider being outside of a geographic area that is defined by a threshold estimated travel time to a pickup location;
determining, based on a second ride request matching process comprising determining an updated location associated with the available provider at a second time, that the updated location associated with the available provider is within the geographic area that is defined by the threshold estimated travel time to a pickup location;
matching the transport request with the available provider based on the updated location associated with the available provider being within the geographic area; and
providing, to a provider computing device associated with the available provider, at least a portion of the transport request information based on matching the transport request with the available provider.