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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Dryjanski, San Francisco, CA (US);

Lev Popov, San Francisco, CA (US);

Timothy Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);

Logan Green, San Francisco, CA (US);

Austin Broyles, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

LYFT, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G07B 15/02 (2011.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/343 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G07B 15/02 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for casual driver ride sharing includes an interface and processor. The interface is to receive a request for a ride from a user, wherein the request includes GPS information for the user. The processor is to determine compatibility between the typical route information and the request for the ride; determine a ranked list based at least in part on the compatibility; and provide a ride offer to a driver of the one or more casual drivers based at least in part on the ranked list.


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