Patent AU-2021203004-A1 (AU)
Title: Coordinating travel on a public transit system and a travel coordination system
Inventor: ILAND DANIEL
IPC: G06Q50/10
Filed: 2021-05-12
Abstract: A method comprising: receiving, from a public transit system at a computing system, public 
transit data corresponding to one or more public transit vehicles that transport passengers 
between a plurality of public transit stops and a plurality of estimated arrival times of the one 
or more public transit vehicles at the plurality of public transit stops; receiving, at the 
computing system, a first trip request from a first rider client device of a first rider, the first 
rider traveling on a public transit vehicle of the one or more public transit vehicles, and the 
first trip request comprising a current location and a destination of the first rider; receiving, at 
the computing system, a second trip request from a second rider client device of a second 
rider, the second rider traveling on the public transit vehicle of the one or more public transit 
vehicles, and the second trip request comprising a current location and a destination of the 
second rider; identifying, by the computing system, the public transit vehicle on which the 
first rider and the second rider are traveling based on the current location of the first rider, the 
current location of the second rider, and the public transit data; identifying, by the computing 
system, a public transit stop at which the first rider and the second rider will exit the public 
transit vehicle; identifying, by the computing system, an estimated arrival time of the 
plurality of estimated arrival times that corresponds with when the identified public transit 
vehicle is expected to arrive at the identified public transit stop; matching, by the computing 
system, the first rider and the second rider with a provider based on the destination of the first 
rider, the destination of the second rider, and the identified estimated arrival time; 
transmitting, to a provider client device of the provider by the computing system, instructions 
to pick up the first rider and the second rider at a pickup location near the identified public 
transit stop at a time near the identified estimated arrival time; transmitting to the first rider 
client device, instructions that cause the first rider client device to display a first user 
interface, the first user interface displaying details of the pickup location; transmitting to the 
second rider client device, instructions that cause the second rider client device to display a 
second user interface, the second user interface displaying details of the pickup location; and 
responsive to the first rider and the second rider arriving at the public transit stop, 
transmitting to the first client device and to the second client device, respective instructions 
that cause the first rider client device to update the first user interface to display routing 
instructions that route the first rider from the identified public transit stop to the pickup 
location, and that cause the second rider client device to update the second user interface to 
display routing instructions that route the second rider from the identified public transit stop 
to the pickup location.