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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Modern Geographia, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Richard T. Lord, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
MODERN GEOGRAPHIA, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Computationally implemented methods, devices and systems that are designed for transmitting a request for one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit for transporting a first end user; receiving the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit for transporting the first end user, the transportation vehicle unit currently en route to or is currently transporting a second end user and having been identified based, at least in part, on a determination that the transportation vehicle unit is able to accommodate transport of the first end user while transporting the second end user; and directing the identified transportation vehicle unit to rendezvous with the first end user in order to transport the first end user.