Patent SG-11201803717V-A (SG)
Title: Method and system for shared transport
Inventor: PAN BIN
IPC: G06Q50/30
Filed: 2016-11-16
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property - Organization International Bureau irst0) (43) International Publication Date ..... ..sr ,„„o 26 May 2017(26.05.2017) WIPO I PCT II (10) WO International 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111t111111111111111 2017/087565 Publication Number Al (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every G06Q 50/30 (2012.01) G06Q 10/04 (2012.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, G06Q 50/10 (2012.01) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (21) International Application Number: DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, PCT/US2016/062344 HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, (22) International Filing Date: KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, 16 November 2016 (16.11.2016) MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (25) Filing Language: English SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, (26) Publication Language: English TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (30) Priority Data: 14/942,361 16 November 2015 (16.11.2015) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (71) Applicant: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [US/US]; GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, 1455 Market St., 4th Floor, San Francisco, California TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, 94103 (US). TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (72) Inventors: PAN, Bin; 1455 Market St. 4th Floor, San DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Francisco, California 94103 (US). GODIL, Hasrat; 1455 Market St., 4th Floor, San Francisco, California 94103 SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (US). TOLKIN, Brian; 1455 Market St., 4th Floor, San GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Francisco, California 94103 (US). Published: 21(3)) (74) Agent: MAHAMEDI, Zurvan; Mahamedi IP Law LLP, — with international search report (Art 1901 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 600, Campbell, California with amended claims (Art 19(1)) 95008 (US). Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARED TRANSPORT (54) 1 Client Devices -- _ --) (Drivers) 102D L -- Pool e, 3, Logic < Transport • Application 105 112 Servers ... 101 1 Client Devices Position109D (Riders) 102R Service State 119D Communication Network 104 11 Position109R Service State 119R .4t • Service di II Appal In 112 in — Transport Arrangement System 100 IN cc FIG. 1 0 --..„ L E ---- (57) : A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. ..::::; The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of el transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. 0 One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on 1 determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.