Patent ID: 9293048
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G01C,G06Q,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method for allocating vehicles to persons desiring transportation, the method comprising: a) wirelessly communicating vehicle information from at least one vehicle console to at least one dispatch unit, each said vehicle console being borne by a vehicle with a driver, and each said vehicle being suitably equipped for transporting persons, wherein said vehicle information including: b) routing said vehicles by at least one dispatch unit, each said dispatch unit including: c) wirelessly communicating travel directions to each said vehicle console borne by said vehicle associated with said extracted feasible route, said travel directions including said information designating said included parties as included in said extracted feasible route, and d) dispatch said carrying vehicle to embark each said included party at the origin of said included party, to transport said included party to the destination of said included party, to disembark said included party at said destination of said included party, and to communicate the facts of said embarkations and disembarkations to said dispatch unit, e) wherein said superior route set is selected on the basis of least total predicted passenger travel cost for all included parties in said superior route set, said total predicted passenger travel cost comprising the sum of predicted passenger travel costs for each of the passengers in each of the traveling parties included in said superior route set.