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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:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
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 financing a rideshare system is provided. A rideshare transaction is arranged. Potential participants are identified for the rideshare transaction. Two or more of the potential participants are matched for inclusion in the rideshare transaction. Revenue is derived through an offering of insurance coverage for the arranged rideshare transaction.