Patent ID: 9671239
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for facilitating real-time carpooling, comprising: receiving a request for transport of a first end user; selecting, in response to the received request, a transportation vehicle unit for transporting the first end user that, at a point in time when the selecting occurs, is en route to or is currently transporting a second end user, the selection of the transportation vehicle unit being based, at least in part, on (i) a location of the transportation vehicle unit sensed via at least one satellite positioning sensor of a transport computing device within the transportation vehicle unit and (ii) ascertaining that the transportation vehicle unit is able to accommodate transport of the first end user while transporting the second end user; providing at least one option to the second end user to at least one of accept or reject the assignment of the first end user to the selected transportation vehicle unit; and determining whether to transmit one or more directives that direct the selected transportation vehicle unit to transport the first end user.