CN107239976B

CN107239976B - Shared rental bicycle management system and method

Info

Publication number: CN107239976B
Application number: CN201710433591.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 方义飞
Original assignee: Ningbo Xiaoliu Sharing Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Xiaoliu Information Technology Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2017-06-09
Filing date: 2017-06-09
Publication date: 2021-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 2037-06-09
Also published as: CN107239976A

Abstract

The invention discloses a shared rental bicycle management system and method. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of generating a map, identifying various different areas in the map, and giving different settlement standards based on parking positions when a user returns a car; the map is updated regularly or irregularly, unused bicycles in the danger area are identified and marked in the map, prompt information including reward measures is sent to nearby users, and different rewards are given based on parking positions. Therefore, the bicycle in the dangerous area is guided to be ridden to the safe area and returned by the user through marking, reminding and adopting different reward measures, so that the probability of damage to the bicycle can be reduced, the resource waste is reduced, and the public benefits are maintained. In addition, the invention also provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

Description

Shared rental bicycle management system and method

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of information services of public transport systems, in particular to a shared rental bicycle management system. Wherein, the bicycle can be a pedal bicycle or an electric bicycle.

In addition, the application also specifically relates to a method for managing the shared rented bicycles.

Background

With the rapid development of shared bicycles, problems are increased, for example, a network reports that a large number of shared bicycles in a wetland park are damaged (group pictures) and the network reports that many media such as network, wave, phoenix network, civil network and Chinese network are easy to be noticed and surprised (see the website: http:// hn. Although the paid bicycle leasing company in the park performs destructive means such as deflation, locking brake and transferring to a remote place for the shared bicycle, the illegal competition mode not only causes the public interests to be damaged, but also causes the waste of national resources.

On one hand, the operation of related illegal competitive enterprises should be regulated; on the other hand, management may also be improved by sharing a single vehicle to reduce or otherwise reduce the likelihood of direct conflicts with this type of enterprise.

Therefore, it is an important technical problem to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art to provide a management system and method for shared rented bicycles, so as to reduce the possibility of damaging or losing bicycles.

Disclosure of Invention

Certain embodiments commensurate in scope with the claimed invention are summarized below. These embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the claimed invention, but rather, they are intended only to provide a brief summary of possible forms of the corresponding invention. Indeed, the claimed invention may encompass a variety of forms that may be similar to or different from the embodiments described below.

In a first aspect, a shared rental bicycle management system is provided that includes at least one computer including at least one processor and at least one memory storing processor-executable instructions to cause the computer to be programmed to:

generating a map indicating respective locations of a plurality of bicycles included in a shared rental service, identifying in the map a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area at least partially surrounding the hazardous area;

identifying a location of the shared rental bike while the user returns the bike, providing instructions to adjust a settlement criterion for the shared rental bike based at least on the location of the shared rental bike;

updating a map at regular time or irregular time, identifying unused shared rental bicycles in a dangerous area, marking the shared rental bicycles in the map, identifying a mobile communication terminal of a user near the identified shared rental bicycles, and sending prompt information including reward measures to the mobile communication terminal of the identified user;

the method includes identifying a location of a shared rental bicycle while returning the vehicle using a user identified with the shared rental bicycle, providing instructions to adjust reward criteria in their settlement based at least on the location of the shared rental bicycle.

Preferably, the areas identified in the map further comprise priority parking areas.

Preferably, the average use frequency is determined based on at least the number of times the shared rental bicycles are used and/or the riding route, an area higher than the average use frequency is defined as a high-frequency use area, and a high-frequency use area in the safety area is defined as a priority parking area within a range in which the shared rental bicycles are used.

Preferably, the settlement criteria include a full amount, a premium charge, a combination of a full amount and a credit rating credit, and a combination of a premium charge and a credit rating credit. Wherein, the charging can adopt charging of different degrees.

Preferably, the reward criteria include preferential discounts, free-of-all, cash rewards, credit rating points rewards. Wherein, the discount can adopt different degrees of discount.

Preferably, the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas.

Preferably, the shared rental bicycle management system further comprises: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle; further comprises an instruction to unlock the vehicle locking device to strengthen the alarm effect. Wherein the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

In a second aspect, a method is provided, comprising:

In a preferred method, the areas identified in the map further include a priority parking area.

In a preferred method, an average use frequency is determined based on at least the number of times the shared rental bicycle is used and/or a riding route within a range in which the shared rental bicycle is used, an area higher than the average use frequency is defined as a high-frequency use area, and a high-frequency use area in a safety area is defined as a priority parking area.

In a preferred method, the settlement criteria include a total, a premium charge, a combination of a total and a credit rating credit, and a combination of a premium charge and a credit rating credit. Wherein, the charging can adopt charging of different degrees.

In a preferred method, the reward criteria include preferential discounts, free-of-all, cash rewards, credit rating points rewards. Wherein, the discount can adopt different degrees of discount.

In a preferred method, the areas identified in the map further include no-parking areas.

In a preferred method, the method further comprises: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle; further comprises an instruction to unlock the vehicle locking device to strengthen the alarm effect. Wherein the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

In a third aspect, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for optimizing management of shared rental bikes, the storage medium comprising instructions for:

Preferably, the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas.

Preferably, the instructions further comprise: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle; further comprises an instruction to unlock the vehicle locking device to strengthen the alarm effect. Wherein the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

In a fourth aspect, a shared rental bicycle management system is provided that includes at least one computer including at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computer to be programmed to:

generating a map indicating respective locations of a plurality of bicycles included in a shared rental service, identifying in the map a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area at least partially surrounding the hazardous area; distinguishing a high-frequency use area from a low-frequency use area at least based on the frequency of the shared rental bicycle used by the user, defining a safety area in the high-frequency use area as a preferential parking area and identifying the safety area in a map;

updating a map at regular time or non-regular time, identifying and marking shared rental bicycles which are not used in a dangerous area and/or shared rental bicycles which are not used in a non-high-frequency using area and have time exceeding a set threshold in the map, identifying a mobile communication terminal of a user near the identified shared rental bicycles, and sending prompt information including reward measures to the mobile communication terminal of the identified user;

Preferably, the average usage frequency is determined based on at least the number of times the shared rental bicycle is used and/or the riding route, and an area higher than the average usage frequency is defined as a high frequency usage area and an area lower than the average usage frequency is defined as a low frequency usage area within a range where the shared rental bicycle is used.

Preferably, a region in which the use frequency is not less than 1.5 times the average use frequency is defined as a high-frequency use region.

Preferably, a region in which the usage frequency is not less than 2 times the average usage frequency is defined as a high-frequency usage region.

Preferably, the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas.

Preferably, the shared rental bicycle management system further comprises: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle. Further comprises an instruction to unlock the vehicle locking device to strengthen the alarm effect. Wherein the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

In a fifth aspect, a method is provided, comprising:

In a preferred method, the average usage frequency is determined based on at least the number of times the shared rental bicycle is used and/or the riding route, and an area higher than the average usage frequency is defined as a high-frequency usage area and an area lower than the average usage frequency is defined as a low-frequency usage area within a range where the shared rental bicycle is used.

In a preferred method, a region in which the use frequency is not less than 1.5 times the average use frequency is defined as a high-frequency use region.

In a preferred method, a region in which the use frequency is not less than 2 times the average use frequency is defined as a high-frequency use region.

In a preferred method, the method further comprises: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle. Further comprises an instruction to unlock the vehicle locking device to strengthen the alarm effect. Wherein the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for optimizing management of shared rental bikes, the storage medium comprising instructions for:

Preferably, the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas.

Preferably, the instructions further comprise: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle. Further comprises an instruction to unlock the vehicle locking device to strengthen the alarm effect. Wherein the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

Against the above background, the present application provides some inventions with substantially the following advantageous effects.

1. A shared rental bicycle management system or method, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, to which certain invention relates, includes generating a map indicating respective positions of a plurality of bicycles included in a shared rental service, identifying in the map a dangerous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area at least partially surrounding the dangerous area; identifying a location of the shared rental bike while the user returns the bike, providing instructions to adjust a settlement criterion for the shared rental bike based at least on the location of the shared rental bike; updating a map at regular time or irregular time, identifying unused shared rental bicycles in a dangerous area, marking the shared rental bicycles in the map, identifying a mobile communication terminal of a user near the identified shared rental bicycles, and sending prompt information including reward measures to the mobile communication terminal of the identified user; the method includes identifying a location of a shared rental bicycle while returning the vehicle using a user identified with the shared rental bicycle, providing instructions to adjust reward criteria in their settlement based at least on the location of the shared rental bicycle. The bicycle in the dangerous area is driven to be ridden to the safe area and returned by the user through marking and reminding the user and adopting different rewarding measures, so that the probability of damaging the bicycle can be reduced, the resource waste is reduced, and the public benefits are maintained.

2. A shared rental bicycle management system or method, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, to which certain invention relates, comprising: generating a map indicating respective locations of a plurality of bicycles included in a shared rental service, identifying in the map a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area at least partially surrounding the hazardous area; distinguishing a high-frequency use area from a low-frequency use area at least based on the frequency of the shared rental bicycle used by the user, defining a safety area in the high-frequency use area as a preferential parking area and identifying the safety area in a map; identifying a location of the shared rental bike while the user returns the bike, providing instructions to adjust a settlement criterion for the shared rental bike based at least on the location of the shared rental bike; updating a map at regular time or non-regular time, identifying and marking shared rental bicycles which are not used in a dangerous area and/or shared rental bicycles which are not used in a non-high-frequency using area and have time exceeding a set threshold in the map, identifying a mobile communication terminal of a user near the identified shared rental bicycles, and sending prompt information including reward measures to the mobile communication terminal of the identified user; the method includes identifying a location of a shared rental bicycle while returning the vehicle using a user identified with the shared rental bicycle, providing instructions to adjust reward criteria in their settlement based at least on the location of the shared rental bicycle. The method is characterized in that the method comprises the steps of marking and reminding a user, and adopting different reward measures to drive the user to ride a bicycle in a dangerous area to a safe area for returning the bicycle, so that the probability of damaging the bicycle can be reduced, the resource waste is reduced, the public benefit is maintained, and the position of returning the bicycle by the user is optimized; meanwhile, the bicycles are marked and driven by the user to ride to the preferential parking area through the long-time unused bicycles in the non-high-frequency use area, and the distribution of the bicycles is matched with the use frequency (different from a general uniform distribution strategy) by the user, so that the utilization rate of the shared rental bicycles is improved, the bicycle distribution of bicycle operation enterprises is improved and optimized, and the yield is improved.

The objects, features and aspects of the various claimed inventions can be applied together or independently in any combination. Not all objects or features may be required to be combined in each claim.

Drawings

In order to illustrate the embodiments of the claimed invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of some of the inventions, and that other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an alternative embodiment of a shared rental bicycle management system provided in the present application.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart schematically illustrating an exemplary process of determining settlement criteria based on "location information".

Fig. 3 is a flow chart that schematically illustrates an exemplary process of recommending shared rental bikes parked in a "hazardous area" to a user for use in re-parking a portion of the shared rental bikes.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart that schematically illustrates an exemplary process of recommending shared rental bikes parked in a "hazardous area" to a user for another portion of the shared rental bikes to be parked again.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart that schematically illustrates an exemplary process of recommending shared rental bikes parked in "non-high frequency use areas" to a user for use in re-parking a portion of the shared rental bikes.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart that schematically illustrates an exemplary process of recommending shared rental bikes parked in a "non-high frequency use area" to a user for another portion of the shared rental bikes to be parked again.

Detailed Description

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the technical solutions involved in the present invention, the following detailed description of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples. It should be noted that, in a non-conflicting manner, the embodiments and the specific features described in the embodiments in the present application may be combined in any suitable manner; in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations are not described in the present application, and should be considered as disclosed in the present application as long as they do not depart from the gist of the invention.

In some embodiments described herein, the rental bicycle settlement criteria are shared, such as full, premium, full combined with credit rating points, and premium combined with credit rating points. The settlement standard can be controlled to guide a user to use the bicycle to park the bicycle at a proper position when returning the bicycle, so that the bicycle can be placed more canonically, and the occupied public space is reduced. In particular, the settlement criteria may be automatically adjusted, such as via an operator center server, operator application, or administrator, communicatively coupled to one or more shared rental bicycles, communicatively coupled to mobile communication terminals of one or more users, and/or the like, such as via a wide area network that may include cellular technology, Wi-Fi, and/or other technologies.

The adjustment of the settlement criteria may be based on various factors, including the area in which the parking location is located. The division of the area is generally artificial, and is divided according to the surrounding environment conditions of nature, society, humanity and the like, and then is marked in a map of the shared rental bicycle management system; the division of the area can also be automatically completed by the computer according to the input parameters of various environments and then identified in the map. The divided areas may include a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area. Different settlement standards are given to the user based on different areas where the parking positions are located, so that the user is guided to park the bicycle in a safe area, and the probability of damaging the bicycle is reduced.

In still other embodiments described herein, the rental bicycle is shared with reward criteria such as preferential discounts, total free, cash rewards, credit rating points rewards, etc. The reward standard can be controlled to guide the user to use the designated bicycle, and the bicycle is parked at a proper position when the user returns the bicycle, so that the bicycle can be placed more regularly, the occupied public space is reduced, and the like. In particular, the reward criteria may be automatically adjusted, such as via a carrier center server, carrier application, or administrator, communicatively coupled to one or more shared rental bicycles, communicatively coupled to mobile communication terminals of one or more users, etc., such as via a wide area network that may include cellular technology, Wi-Fi, and/or other technology.

Where the adjustment of the reward criteria may be based on various factors, including the area in which the parking location is located. The division of the area is generally artificial, and is divided according to the surrounding environment conditions of nature, society, humanity and the like, and then is marked in a map of the shared rental bicycle management system; the division of the area can also be automatically completed by the computer according to the input parameters of various environments and then identified in the map. The divided areas may include a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area. Different reward standards are given to the user based on different areas where the parking positions are located, so that the user is guided to park the marked bicycle in a safe area after the bicycle is transferred, and the probability that the bicycle is damaged is reduced.

In still other embodiments described herein, the divided areas may include a dangerous area, a safe area, a semi-safe area, and a high frequency use area and a low frequency use area distinguished based on at least a frequency used by a user, and define the safe area among the high frequency use area as a priority parking area. In other embodiments, the user is guided to park the marked bicycle in the preferential parking area after the bicycle is rotated, so that the damage probability of the bicycle can be greatly reduced, the utilization rate of the bicycle can be improved, the average utilization rate of the bicycle is optimized, and the service life of the bicycle is prolonged beneficially due to balanced use.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an alternative embodiment of a shared rental bicycle management system provided in the present application, which includes at least one and typically a plurality of bicycles 120. Each bicycle 120 includes a computing device communicatively coupled to network 100, including a communication interface, a processor, and a storage medium. The bicycle 120 may also include devices such as GPS or beidou positioning system devices or similar devices in the bicycle.

The computing devices of the bicycle 120 CAN be configured to communicate over a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus or the like, and/or other wired or wireless protocols, such as bluetooth or the like, i.e., the computing devices CAN communicate via various mechanisms that CAN be provided in the bicycle 120, and CAN accordingly receive data from sensors provided on the bicycle 120, communications via the network 100, such as from the operations center server 110 or the like. The computing device of the bicycle 120 may also be connected to an on-board diagnostic device, such as a battery, smart lock, etc., via a CAN bus, and/or other wired or wireless mechanisms. Further, as shown in fig. 1, the devices of the GPS or beidou positioning system are communicatively coupled to computing devices on the bicycles 120 to provide location data, which may provide data including location information of the bicycles 120 to the operation center server 110 via the network 100.

Network 100 represents one or more mechanisms by which computing devices onboard bicycles 120 may communicate with operation center server 110 and/or user mobile communication terminals 130. Thus, the network 100 may be one or more of a variety of wired or wireless communication mechanisms, including any desirable combination of wired (e.g., cable and fiber) and/or wireless (e.g., cellular, wireless, satellite, microwave, and radio frequency) communication mechanisms and any desirable network topology (or topologies when multiple communication mechanisms are used). Exemplary communication networks include wireless communication networks (e.g., using bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, etc.), Local Area Networks (LANs), and/or Wide Area Networks (WANs), including the internet, that provide data communication services. Network 100 is connected to a network server 140 and a network data storage 141, such as a hard disk drive, solid state drive, or any other volatile or non-volatile medium; in china, the shared bicycle rental management system generally uses network communication services provided by china mobile, china unicom or china telecommunications, but may be other systems.

Operation center server 110 may be one or more computer servers, each generally including at least one processor and at least one memory storing processor-executable instructions, including instructions for performing the various steps and processes described herein. The operations center server 110 can include or be communicatively coupled to a data store 111 for storing data received from one or more bicycles 120.

The user mobile communication terminal 130 may be any of a variety of computing devices including a processor and memory, as well as a communication device. For example, the user mobile communication terminal 130 may be a portable computer, tablet computer, smart phone, etc. that includes wireless communication functionality using IEEE 802.11, bluetooth, and/or cellular communication protocols. Further, the user mobile communication terminal 130 may use such communication functionality to communicate via the network 100, including communicating with computing devices onboard the letter car 120. User mobile communication terminal 130 may communicate with the computing device of bicycle 120 through other mechanisms, such as a network in bicycle 120, known protocols such as bluetooth, etc. Further, the user mobile communication terminal 130 can be used to provide a Human Machine Interface (HMI) to the computing device of the bicycle 120.

Fig. 2 illustrates an example process for determining settlement criteria based on "location information". The process begins at step 210, where the operations center server 110 produces and/or updates a map of the geographic area sharing the rental bicycle at step 210. Such maps may be stored in memory of operations center server 110 and/or in data storage 111.

Next, in step 220, various areas are divided on the map and identified on the map. The division of the area is generally artificial, and is divided according to the surrounding environment conditions of nature, society, humanity and the like, and then is marked in a map of the shared rental bicycle management system; the division of the area can also be automatically completed by the computer according to the input parameters of various environments and then identified in the map. Here, in step 220, the divided areas may include a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area at least partially surrounding the hazardous area. Obviously, step 220 may also be performed synchronously with step 210.

Next, in step 230, data of the bicycle 120, here mainly the parking position information of the bicycle 120, is retrieved when the user returns the bicycle. Of course, in some preferred embodiments, other information may be retrieved, such as the charge capacity of the vehicle battery, ambient condition information such as light, etc.

Next, in step 240, a settlement criterion is determined based at least on the information of the location where the bicycle 120 is parked. The settlement criteria in step 240 include full, premium charge, a combination of full and credit rating points, a combination of premium charge and credit rating points, and the like.

For example, when the user returns the bicycle 120, if the user is in the safe area, the credit evaluation point is given to be added during settlement, but other similar points may be used; if the mobile terminal is in the semi-safe area, the settlement is carried out according to the whole money during the settlement; if the user is in the dangerous area, the charged fee and/or credit point are given to be deducted when the user is in the dangerous area. The benefit driving is formed by controlling the settlement standard so as to guide the user to preferentially park the bicycle 120 in a safe area when parking, so that the bicycle 120 can be more regularly placed, thereby reducing the occupation of public space and effectively reducing the probability of the bicycle 120 being damaged.

Fig. 3 schematically illustrates one example process of recommending a shared rental bicycle parked in a "hazardous area" to a user for use in re-parking a portion of the shared rental bicycle. The process begins at step 310, where the operations center server 110 produces and/or updates a map of the geographic area sharing the rental bicycle at step 310. Such maps may be stored in memory of operations center server 110 and/or in data storage 111.

Next, in step 320, various areas are divided on the map and identified on the map. The division of the area is generally artificial, and is divided according to the surrounding environment conditions of nature, society, humanity and the like, and then is marked in a map of the shared rental bicycle management system; the division of the area can also be automatically completed by the computer according to the input parameters of various environments and then identified in the map. Here, in step 320, the divided areas may include a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area at least partially surrounding the hazardous area. Obviously, step 320 may also be performed synchronously with step 310.

Next, in step 330, data of the bicycle 120 is retrieved, here primarily the use status and location information of the bicycle 120. In addition, in some preferred embodiments, other information may be retrieved, such as the amount of charge of the vehicle battery, ambient condition information such as light, etc.

Next, in step 340, it is identified or determined whether the bicycle 120 is not in use and is located in a hazardous area. If not, ending; if so (unused and located in the hazardous area), the next step 350 is performed. The specific steps of judging whether to use or not and judging whether to be in the dangerous area can be mutually exchanged or carried out simultaneously.

Next, in step 350, the bicycle 120 identified in step 340 is labeled. Such as highlighting the identified bicycle 120 located in the map or otherwise distinctively displaying.

Next, in step 360, the user's mobile communication terminal 130 is retrieved in the vicinity of the marked bicycle 120. This step 360 may be performed in synchronization with step 350.

Next, in step 370, a prompt or suggestion including the reward measure is sent to the mobile communication terminal 130 of the identified user. The prompt message may specifically be a short message or an in-application message. Once the one or more reminders are sent, the process of FIG. 3 may continue as described as part of the process of FIG. 4.

Fig. 4 schematically shows one example process of recommending a shared rental bicycle parked in a "hazardous area" to a user for another portion of the shared rental bicycle to be parked again. Step 410 is step 370, which is not described in detail.

Next, in step 420, the operation center server 110 determines whether the suggestion provided in step 410 has been accepted, e.g., the user's mobile communication terminal 130 may send an acceptance to the operation center server 110 via the network 100. If the recommendation is not accepted, the process ends. If so, the process proceeds to step 430.

Next, in step 430, the user engages the vehicle. Please refer to the related art, which is not described herein.

Next, in step 440, the user returns the car. Please refer to the related art, which is not described herein.

Next, in step 450, the data for the bicycle 120 in step 440 is retrieved, primarily to retrieve the parking location of the bicycle 120. This step 450 may be performed in synchronization with step 440.

Next, in step 460, reward criteria for the user are determined based on the parking location of the bicycle 120 determined in step 450. Different rewards are given according to different parking positions, and comprise preferential discount, total free, cash rewards, credit evaluation point rewards and the like. For example, in step 460, if in the security zone, the user is given a bonus of cash award and/or credit rating points; if the mobile terminal is in the semi-safe area, a full-free mode is adopted; if the user is in the dangerous area, a certain preferential discount is given. The benefit driving is formed by controlling the reward standard so as to guide the user to preferentially park the bicycles 120 in the dangerous area in the safe area when the bicycles are parked again, so that the bicycles 120 can be placed more regularly, the occupation of public space is reduced, and the probability of damage to the bicycles 120 can be effectively reduced. After step 460, the process can end.

Fig. 5 schematically illustrates one example process of recommending a shared rental bike parked in a "non-high frequency use area" to a user for use in re-parking a portion of the shared rental bike. The process begins at step 510, where the operations center server 110 produces and/or updates a map of the geographic area sharing the rental bicycle at step 510. Such maps may be stored in memory of operations center server 110 and/or in data storage 111.

Next, in step 520, various areas are divided on the map and identified on the map. The division of the area is generally artificial, and is divided according to the surrounding environment conditions of nature, society, humanity and the like, and then is marked in a map of the shared rental bicycle management system; the division of the area can also be automatically completed by the computer according to the input parameters of various environments and then identified in the map. Here, in step 520, the divided zones may include a dangerous zone, a safe zone, a semi-safe zone at least partially surrounding the dangerous zone, and a high frequency use zone and a low frequency use zone distinguished based on at least a frequency with which the shared rental bicycle 120 is used by the user. In addition, a safety area in the high-frequency-use area is defined as a priority parking area and identified in the map. Obviously, step 520 may also be performed synchronously with step 510.

Next, in step 530, data of the bicycle 120 is retrieved, here primarily the use status and location information of the bicycle 120. In addition, in some preferred embodiments, other information may be retrieved, such as the amount of charge of the vehicle battery, ambient condition information such as light, etc.

Next, in step 540, it is identified or determined whether the bicycle 120 is located in a non-high frequency use area and the unused time exceeds a threshold. If not, ending; if so (located in a non-high frequency use region and the unused time exceeds a threshold), then the next step 550 is performed. The specific steps of determining whether the non-high frequency using region is located in the non-high frequency using region and determining whether the non-using time exceeds the threshold value can be exchanged or performed simultaneously. Here, the unused time threshold set here may be set to 3 or 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24 hours, or the like.

Next, in step 550, the bicycle 120 identified in step 540 is labeled. Such as highlighting the identified bicycle 120 located in the map or otherwise distinctively displaying.

Next, in step 560, the user's mobile communication terminal 130 is retrieved in the vicinity of the identified bicycle 120. This step 560 may be performed in synchronization with step 550.

Next, in step 570, a prompt or suggestion including the reward measure is sent to the mobile communication terminal 130 of the identified user. The prompt message may specifically be a short message or an in-application message. Once the one or more reminders are sent, the process of FIG. 5 may continue as described as part of the process of FIG. 6.

Fig. 6 schematically illustrates one example process of recommending a shared rental bike parked in a "non-high frequency use area" to a user for another portion of the shared rental bike to be parked again. Step 660 is step 570, which is not described in detail.

Next, in step 620, the operation center server 110 determines whether the suggestion provided in step 610 has been accepted, e.g., the user's mobile communication terminal 130 may send an acceptance to the operation center server 110 via the network 100. If the recommendation is not accepted, the process ends. If so, the process proceeds to step 630.

Next, in step 630, the user engages the car. Please refer to the related art, which is not described herein.

Next, in step 640, the user returns the car. Please refer to the related art, which is not described herein.

Next, in step 650, the data for the bicycle 120 in step 640 is retrieved, primarily the parking location of the bicycle 120. This step 650 may be performed in synchronization with step 640.

Next, in step 660, reward criteria for the user are determined based on the parking location of the bicycle 120 determined in step 650. Different rewards are given according to different parking positions, and comprise preferential discount, total free, cash rewards, credit evaluation point rewards and the like. For example, in step 660, if the user is in a secure area, the user is given a bonus of cash prize and/or credit rating points; if the mobile terminal is in the semi-safe area, a full-free mode is adopted; if the user is in the dangerous area, a certain preferential discount is given. The benefit driving is formed by controlling the reward standard so as to guide the user to preferentially park the bicycles 120 in the dangerous area in the safe area when the bicycles are parked again, so that the bicycles 120 can be placed more regularly, the occupation of public space is reduced, and the probability of damage to the bicycles 120 can be effectively reduced. After step 660, the process can end.

In a series of embodiments, the processes described above with reference to fig. 2, the processes described with reference to fig. 3 and 4, the processes described with reference to fig. 5 and 6, and the like may be combined or adjusted within various processes, and the respective processes may also be combined or adjusted with each other, which is not described herein again.

Alternatively, in the above process, a region where the use frequency is not less than 1.5 times the average use frequency is defined as a high-frequency use region.

Alternatively, in the above process, a region where the usage frequency is not less than 2 times the average usage frequency is defined as a high-frequency usage region.

Alternatively, in any of the above processes, the charging rate may be different degrees of charging, such as 10% increase or 20%, 30%, 33%, 50%, 70%, 100%, 1000% increase. The cash award may also be a different award such as 1 or 2, 3, 4, 4.3, 5, 8, 10, 100 or more awards.

In any of the above processes, the area identified in the map further includes a no-parking area. Further, the shared rental bicycle management system further includes: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal 130 of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle 120. The alarm device further comprises an instruction for unlocking the vehicle locking device so as to strengthen the alarm effect. Wherein the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

In some specific embodiments (referring to or in conjunction with fig. 1-4), a shared rental bicycle management system is provided that includes at least one computer including at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computer to be programmed to:

generating a map indicating respective locations of a plurality of bicycles 120 included in the shared rental service, identifying in the map a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area at least partially surrounding the hazardous area;

identifying a location of shared rental bike 120 when the user returns, providing instructions to adjust settlement criteria for shared rental bike 120 based at least on the location of shared rental bike 120;

updating the map at regular or irregular time, identifying and marking unused shared rental bicycles 120 in the dangerous area in the map, identifying the mobile communication terminal 130 of the user near the identified shared rental bicycles 120, and sending prompt information including reward measures to the mobile communication terminal 130 of the identified user;

the location of the shared rental bicycle 120 is identified when the user using the identified shared rental bicycle 120 returns the bicycle, and instructions are provided to adjust the reward criteria in his settlement based at least on the location of the shared rental bicycle 120.

In still other embodiments (referring to or in conjunction with fig. 1-4), a method is provided, comprising:

In still other particular embodiments (which may be referred to or incorporated in fig. 1-4), a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for optimizing management of shared rental bikes, the storage medium comprising instructions for:

In still other specific embodiments (which may be referred to or combined with fig. 1-6), a shared rental bicycle management system includes at least one computer including at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computer to be programmed to:

generating a map indicating respective locations of a plurality of bicycles 120 included in the shared rental service, identifying in the map a hazardous area, a safe area, and a semi-safe area at least partially surrounding the hazardous area; differentiating a high frequency use area from a low frequency use area based at least on a frequency of use of the shared rental bike 120 by the user, defining a safety area in the high frequency use area as a priority parking area and identifying in a map;

updating a map at regular or irregular time, identifying and marking the shared rental bicycles 120 which are not used in the dangerous area and/or the shared rental bicycles 120 which are not used in the non-high-frequency using area and have the time exceeding a set threshold value in the map, identifying the mobile communication terminal 130 of the user near the identified shared rental bicycles 120, and sending prompt information including reward measures to the mobile communication terminal 130 of the identified user;

In yet other embodiments (which may be referred to or incorporated with reference to fig. 1-6), a method comprises:

In still other particular embodiments (which may be referred to or incorporated with fig. 1-6), a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for optimizing management of shared rental bikes, the storage medium comprising instructions for:

In some preferred embodiments, the areas identified in the map further include a priority parking area.

In some preferred embodiments, the average usage frequency is determined based at least on the number of times the shared rental bike 120 is used and/or the riding route, an area higher than the average usage frequency is defined as a high frequency usage area, and a high frequency usage area in the safety area is defined as a priority parking area, within the range where the shared rental bike 120 is used.

In some preferred embodiments, the average usage frequency is determined based at least on the number of times the shared rental bike 120 is used and/or the riding route, an area higher than the average usage frequency is defined as a high frequency usage area, an area lower than the average usage frequency is defined as a low frequency usage area, and a high frequency usage area in the safety area is defined as a priority parking area within a range in which the shared rental bike 120 is used.

In some preferred embodiments, a region in which the usage frequency is not less than 1.5 times the average usage frequency is defined as a high-frequency usage region. Preferably, a region in which the usage frequency is not less than 2 times the average usage frequency is defined as a high-frequency usage region.

In some preferred embodiments, the settlement criteria include a full amount, a premium charge, a combination of a full amount and a credit rating credit, and a combination of a premium charge and a credit rating credit. Alternatively, the charging may be carried out with different degrees of charging, for example 10% increase or 20%, 30%, 33%, 50%, 70%, 100%, 1000% increase.

In some preferred embodiments, the reward criteria include preferential discounts, free-of-all, cash rewards, credit rating points rewards. Alternatively, the cash award may be a different award, such as 1 or 2, 3, 4, 4.3, 5, 8, 10, 100 or more awards.

In some preferred embodiments, the set unused time threshold may be set to 3 or 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24 hours, etc., or other time values.

In some preferred embodiments, the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas.

In some preferred embodiments, the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas. Further, the shared rental bicycle management system further includes: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal 130 of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle 120. The alarm device further comprises an instruction for unlocking the vehicle locking device so as to strengthen the alarm effect. Wherein the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

Computing devices, such as those discussed herein, typically each include instructions executable by one or more computing devices, such as those described above, for implementing the blocks or steps of the above-described programs. The computer-executable instructions may be compiled or interpreted by a computer program created using a variety of programming languages and/or techniques including, but not limited to, Java, C + +, VisualBasic, JavaScript, Perl, HTML, and the like, alone or in combination. In general, a processor (e.g., a microprocessor) receives instructions, such as from a memory, a computer-readable medium, etc., and executes those instructions, thereby implementing one or more processes, including one or more of the processes described herein. Such instructions or other data may be stored and transmitted using a variety of computer-readable media. A file in a computing device is typically a collection of data stored on a computer-readable medium, such as a storage medium, random access memory, or the like.

Computer-readable media includes any medium that participates in providing data (e.g., instructions), which may be read by a computer. Such a medium may take many forms, including but not limited to, non-volatile media, and the like. Non-volatile media includes, for example, optical or magnetic disks and other persistent memory. Volatile media include Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), which typically constitutes a main memory. Conventional forms of computer-readable media include, for example, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, any other magnetic medium, a CD-ROM (compact disc read only memory), DVD (digital versatile disc), any other optical medium, punch cards, paper tape, any other physical medium with patterns of holes, a RAM (random access memory), a PROM (programmable read only memory), an EPROM (erasable programmable read only memory), a FLASH-EEPROM (FLASH electrically erasable programmable read only memory), any other memory chip or cartridge, or any other medium from which a computer can read.

With respect to the media, processes, systems, methods, etc., described herein, it should be understood that although the steps of such processes, etc., are described as occurring in a certain order, such processes may be practiced with the described steps being performed in an order other than the order described herein. It is further understood that certain steps may be performed simultaneously, that other steps may be added, or that certain steps described herein may be omitted. In other words, the description of the systems and/or processes herein is provided for purposes of illustrating certain embodiments and should not be construed to limit the disclosed subject matter.

Accordingly, it is to be understood that the disclosure, including the above description and drawings and the claims, is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive. Many embodiments and applications other than the examples provided will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reading the above description. It is anticipated and intended that future developments will occur in the arts discussed herein, and that the disclosed systems and methods will be incorporated into such future embodiments. In sum, it should be understood that the disclosed subject matter is capable of modification and variation.

The above description of the function or effect of each invention is intended to mean that it has the function or effect, and that it may have other functions or effects, and therefore should not be construed as unduly limiting the function or effect.

The shared rental bicycle management system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, etc., provided by the claimed invention, are described in detail above. The principles and embodiments of the claimed invention have been described herein using specific examples, which are presented only to assist in understanding the method and its core concepts of the claimed invention. It should be noted that while the best modes for carrying out the claimed invention have been described in detail, those familiar with the art to which this invention relates will recognize various alternative designs and embodiments for practicing the claimed invention within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A shared rental bicycle management system, comprising at least one computer including at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computer to be programmed to:

determining an average use frequency based on at least the number of times the shared rental bicycle is used and/or the riding route, defining an area higher than the average use frequency as a high-frequency use area, defining a high-frequency use area in the safety area as a priority parking area, and identifying the priority parking area in the map;

2. The shared rental bike management system of claim 1, wherein the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas.

3. The shared rental bicycle management system of claim 1, wherein the settlement criteria comprise a full amount, a premium charge, a combination of a full amount and a credit rating score, and a combination of a premium charge and a credit rating score;

the reward criteria include preferential discounts, total free, cash rewards, credit rating points rewards.

4. The shared rental bike management system of claim 2, further comprising: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle;

the vehicle lock device is instructed to be unlocked so as to strengthen the alarm effect;

the alert prompt includes the contents of a premium charge and/or a deducted credit rating credit.

5. A method for managing shared rental bicycles, comprising:

6. The method of claim 5,

the settlement criteria comprise full money, charging, combination of full money and credit evaluation points, and combination of charging and credit evaluation points;

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas; the method further comprises the following steps: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle;

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for optimizing management of shared rental bikes, the storage medium comprising instructions for:

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8,

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the areas identified in the map further comprise no-parking areas; the instructions further include: when the position of the user returning the bicycle is in the no-parking area, an alarm prompt is sent to the mobile communication terminal of the user and/or an alarm signal is sent by the shared rental bicycle;