Patent ID: 8744926

Claim:
A method for facilitating provisioning of in-vehicle services, the in-vehicle services being requested from one or more user-provided devices prior to the departure of a vehicle in which the in-vehicle services are provided, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more physical processors programmed to execute one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising: obtaining, by the one or more physical processors, trip-identifying information relating to a passenger that is associated with a user-provided device, wherein the trip-identifying information identifies a trip that is to occur on the vehicle; determining, by the one or more physical processors, whether a current time is within a predetermined boarding or pre-boarding time period associated with the trip; determining, by the one or more physical processors, a list of in-vehicle services, which are available for the trip, based on the trip-identifying information and based on a determination that the current time is within the predetermined boarding or pre-boarding time period; providing, by the one or more physical processors, the list of in-vehicle services to the user-provided device; receiving, by the one or more physical processors, a selection of at least one in-vehicle service from the user-provided device; and generating, by the one or more physical processors, a request for the at least one in-vehicle service based on the selection.