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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, a computer program product, a signal sequence, a transportation vehicle and a method for assisting a user of a transportation vehicle in finding a suitable fellow passenger. The method includes receiving a ride request having a definition of a starting position and of a destination position, automatically comparing the ride request against a predefined route of the transportation vehicle and taking a result of the comparison as a basis for automatically deciding, based on a predefined reference, whether or not the ride request is made to the user.