Patent ID: 8285570

Claim:
A system for providing a shared ride to a first traveler and second traveler, the system comprising: a reservation provider; one or more transportation providers; and a remote ride share platform, wherein the reservation provider comprises a computer providing a user interface to the first traveler and second traveler, the reservation provider is in communication with the one or more transportation providers and the remote ride share platform, and the reservation provider is adapted to: receive a first travel itinerary from the first traveler and transmit the first travel itinerary to the remote ride share platform; receive a second travel itinerary from the second traveler and transmit the second travel itinerary to the remote ride share platform; dynamically provide one or more ride share options received from the remote ride share platform to the second user via the user interface, wherein the ride share options include the option to share a ride with the first traveler; receive a request to share a ride with the first traveler from the second traveler via the user interface; and modify the first travel itinerary to include the second traveler; and wherein the remote ride share platform is adapted to: receive and save the first travel itinerary from the reservation provider; receive the second travel itinerary from the reservation provider; determine that the second travel itinerary matches the first travel itinerary; dynamically transmit ride share options for the second traveler to the reservation provider, based on the determination that the second travel itinerary matches the first travel itinerary.