Patent ID: 9671233
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G01C,G01S,G06F,G06Q,G08G,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for operating a computer system to arrange services for requesters, the method being performed by one or more processors of a computing system and comprising: receiving a request for a service from a requester operating a requester computing device; determining, from the request, a service location of where the service is to be initiated; selecting one or more service providers for the requester based at least in part on the service location and a position of a computing device of each selected service provider; communicating with at least a first computing device of a first one of the selected service providers, to arrange for the first service provider to initiate the service at the service location, the first service provider being associated with a vehicle, wherein communicating with the first computing device includes: communicating with the requester computing device as the first service provider operates the vehicle to arrive at the service location, the requester computing device operating independent of the first computing device and separate from the vehicle, wherein communicating with the requester computing device includes: