Patent ID: 9094787
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G01C,G01S,G06Q,G08G,H04L,H04M,H04W,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method by a computer system for managing a transportation service, comprising: receiving, from a wireless mobile device of a requester, a request for a transportation service, wherein the request includes a geographic location of the wireless mobile device that was determined by the wireless mobile device; transmitting to wireless mobile devices of a plurality of transportation providers the request for the transportation service including the geographic location of the wireless mobile device of the requester prior to selection of any one of the plurality of transportation providers; receiving a first confirmation to provide the transportation service from the wireless mobile device of each of a set of one or more of the plurality of transportation providers; automatically selecting as a selected transportation provider one of the set of transportation providers; transmitting to the wireless mobile device of each of the set of transportation providers a notification indicating whether that transportation provider was selected; and transmitting to the wireless mobile device of the requester a second confirmation that the transportation service has been arranged to be provided by the selected transportation provider.