US Patent:
20090216600, Aug 27, 2009
Inventors:
Achim Hill - Boise ID, US
International Classification:
G06Q 10/00
Abstract:
A requester may submit a request for transport comprising a set of transport preferences, which may include a desired starting point, ending point (e.g., destination), and pickup and/or delivery time. The transport preferences may also comprise a price and proximity thresholds indicating that non-conforming transport may be accepted within the supplied thresholds (e.g., not starting from exactly the desired starting point location, etc.). A group of registered users may be searched to find one or more transport providers (e.g., drivers) who may be available to provide the requested transport services. The set of drivers may be filtered based on one or more preferences of the requester. The requester preferences may relate to driver characteristics and/or driver vehicle characteristics.