Patent ID: 8799038
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A dynamic taxi-sharing system, comprising: a ride-sharing service provider carrying at least one passenger from a first current location to a first travel destination through a route in an area and sending registration information to a service server computer; a plurality of ride-sharing requests being sent to the service server computer, each of the ride-sharing requests comprising a second current location and a second travel destination; and the service server computer dividing the area into n by n blocks, n being an integer greater than 1, the service server computer choosing a destination area in which the first travel destination is a center point and dividing the destination area into k by k blocks, k being an integer greater than 1 and smaller than n, according to the registration information and the ride-sharing requests, service server computer matching at least one ride-sharing traveler, having the second current location close to the route and the second travel destination inside the destination area, to the ride-sharing service provider; wherein the n×n blocks are represented by a matrix, and each element of the matrix represents a transit time of a corresponding road section of the area for obtaining a fastest path to the first travel destination and the second travel destination.