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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael C. Hollinger, Austin, TX (US);
Adriana Kobylak, Round Rock, TX (US);
Andrew J. Geissler, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas E. Bofferding, Cedar Park, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for incentivizing ride share users, where offers are presented to the users and based on selected offers, corresponding fares may be reduced. A ride share incentivization may include user profile database, a business database, a route generator, and an advertisement generator. The route generator is configured to generate a first route and a first fare based on a first ride share request, and a second route and a second fare based on a second ride share request. The advertisement generator may generate offers for the rider share users and adjust the fares of the ride share users based on the selected offers. The advertisement generator may further adjust one or more offers when no offers are selected.