Patent ID: 8880601

Claim:
An arrangement of functionally connected electronic devices, comprising: a data input entity that obtains data including i) user information relative to a plurality of users, ii) data indicative of trust between multiple users from the plurality of users, and iii) data indicative of a number of ride requests and ride offers by the users, a trust network knowledgebase entity that establishes and manages a number of trust networks on the basis of the obtained data, wherein the trust network knowledgebase entity i) groups the plurality of the users into a number of trust networks, ii) creates a personal ride sharing trusted network specific to a first user for ride sharing within a ride sharing service, the individual personal ride sharing trusted network being implemented as a group of other users with whom the first user has a trust relationship, the trust relationship being sufficiently strong for sharing transportation with in private, iii) adds a number of trusted users in the created personal ride sharing trusted network, and iv) based on input of the first user, removes existing trusted users from the created personal ride sharing trusted network, a scheduling entity that, on the basis of the obtained data, determines a potential transport sharing scenario for a plurality of the users belonging to the same trust network and including the first user, wherein the scheduling entity finds potential shared legs of at least partial matches between the ride requests and the ride offers in order to determine said scenario such that mutual trust exists between concerned users of the ride sharing service for each of the one or more shared legs between the concerned users, and a data output entity that indicates the scenario preferably to multiple users of said plurality of the users, wherein the determined one or more shared legs are indicated at least to the concerned users.