Patent ID: 9203897
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G08G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A network-based system for facilitating road-side assistance requests comprising: at least one subsystem that receives an assistance request from a requester; at least one subsystem that identifies a current location of the requester; at least one subsystem that identifies members of an assistance network that are within a particular area relative to the current location of the requester; at least one subsystem that routes the assistance request to an entity selected from the group consisting of emergency services, parents, and other registered users available for providing assistance in the area of the requester's current location; wherein if the requester is a minor, a parent of the requester may be notified according to the requester's selection criteria; at least one subsystem that receives selection criteria from the identified members of the assistance network; at least one subsystem that sends the assistance criteria to one or more the identified members of the assistance network; at least one subsystem that receives responses from at least one of the one or more identified members of the assistance network; and at least one subsystem that sends an acceptance to at least one of the one or more identified members of the assistance network.