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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Qingfeng Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
David K. Fork, Los Altos, CA (US);
Luke Plurkowski, Antioch, CA (US);
Dave Weinerth, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Qingfeng Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
David K. Fork, Los Altos, CA (US);
Luke Plurkowski, Antioch, CA (US);
Dave Weinerth, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for financial transactions in a rideshare system is provided. An economic demand is determined for a rideshare transaction. An economic supply is also determined for the rideshare transaction. A rideshare transaction price is set based at least in part upon the economic supply and the economic demand determined for the rideshare transaction.