Patent ID: 9026454
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for procuring a service, comprising: exchanging, using a processor, information between the at least one stationary physical server and the plurality of devices accessible to subscribers including at least one device accessible to suppliers and at least one device accessible to interested parties; determining, using the processor, a current position of the devices accessible to subscribers; storing, using the processor, data corresponding to position and route information of the subscribers; comparing, using the processor, transportation requests, communicated to the at least one server from at least one device accessible to interested parties, to transportation offerings, communicated to the at least one server from at least one device accessible to suppliers; and determining, using the processor, whether any transportation requests match any transportation offerings, and, in the case of a match, communicating the match to the device accessible to interested parties that communicated the matching request, the transportation offerings including a starting point, a destination point, and intermediate route information, and at least one of the transportation offerings includes at least one of a starting region and a destination region, the at least one of a starting region and a destination region being defined by a radius value around a respective geographic coordinate to increase a probability of a match.