CN1656489A - Ride-share request matching system and method - Google Patents

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CN1656489A
CN1656489A CN 02826468 CN02826468A CN1656489A CN 1656489 A CN1656489 A CN 1656489A CN 02826468 CN02826468 CN 02826468 CN 02826468 A CN02826468 A CN 02826468A CN 1656489 A CN1656489 A CN 1656489A
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Abstract

A real-time request matching system for and method of matching free-format requests of users, as requestors, to providers in servicing the requests, each of the requestors having at least one communicator for making requests and addressing replies thereto and each of the providers having at least one communicator for addressing requests and respective replies thereto, the method comprising the steps of: receiving requests from requestors; for each request, providing for the request to be relayed to selected providers as addressed thereby; receiving replies from selected providers, the replies received being made by the respective providers based on the respective requests; and one or both of supplying, for each request, information regarding the respective requestor to any providers having provided a positive reply to the respective request, with a positive reply indicating that a provider is able to meet a request, and information regarding replies from selected providers to the respective request to the respective requestor.The present invention relates to a real-time, ride-share request matching system for and method of matching persons registered as lift requirers and requiring a lift to persons registered as lift providers and available to consider providing lifts such as to enable sharing of vehicle journeys, each of the lift requirers having a mobile communicator for making lift requests and each of the lift providers having a mobile communicator for addressing lift requests, the method comprising the steps of: receiving lift requests, each including a voice message, from lift requirers; relaying lift requests to respective lift providers as determined by the locations of the respective lift requirers; and receiving replies from lift providers to respective lift requests in accepting the same.

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Ride-share request matching system and method
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of real-time ride-share request matching system, be used for getting a lift the supplier and can considering to provide the people who gets a lift coupling, thereby can share individual vehicle journeys, especially car travelling being registered as the people who gets a lift the demander and thumb a lift and being registered as.
Background technology
For a lot of reasons, mainly be the reason on the environment, especially there is the common aspiration that reduces individual vehicle journeys quantity in the government aspect.Improve the key that public transport is regarded as realizing this target, even but have the required investments that improves public transport, timetable and route restrictions will always limit the use of public transport.Should recognize and have the principal mode that the individual vehicle that reaches for example car of ability Anywhere any time will remain traffic.
The shared people's of travelling the relative number by bus that increased of vehicle journeys, therefore and reduced the number of everyone vehicle journeys, but current being difficult to usually arranged, and it is only really effective to the route that limits, the work of for example getting a lift, and because potential safety hazard, only when being familiar with each other, the people utilizes taking usually.
Summary of the invention
Therefore an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of real-time ride-share request matching system and method, it is by increasing relative number with the people of vehicle journeys and make more effective and using vehicle journeys safely.
In one aspect of the invention, a kind of real-time ride-share request matching system is provided, be used for to be registered as the people who gets a lift the demander and thumb a lift and be registered as and get a lift the supplier and can consider to provide the people who gets a lift coupling, thereby can share vehicle journeys, each demander that gets a lift has the mobile communications device that is used to send lift request, and each supplier that gets a lift has the mobile communications device that is used to handle this lift request, this system comprises: request processing module is used for receiving the lift request that each all comprises speech message from the demander that gets a lift; Communication network is used for lift request is relayed the respective lift supplier who determines according to respective lift demander's place; With the answer treatment module, be used for when accepting lift request, from the answer of supplier's reception of getting a lift to respective lift request.
In another aspect of this invention, a kind of matching process of taking in real time is provided, be used for to be registered as the people who gets a lift the demander and thumb a lift and be registered as and get a lift the supplier and can consider to provide the people who gets a lift coupling, thereby can share vehicle journeys, described each demander that gets a lift has the mobile communications device that is used to make lift request, and described each supplier that gets a lift has the mobile communications device that is used to handle lift request, and the method comprising the steps of: receive the lift request that each all comprises speech message from the demander that gets a lift; Lift request is relayed the respective lift supplier who determines according to respective lift demander's place; With when accepting lift request, from the answer of supplier's reception of getting a lift to respective lift request.
In essence, the invention provides a kind of real-time request matching system and method, make that not necessarily one or more people of understanding can share vehicle journeys each other based on the place.
Exploitation the present invention is used for more effective and uses vehicle journeys safely, and can imagine the present invention can be in conjunction with other motivations, thereby according to the number of sharing travelling in the moment and length and discount offered car tax or officer ﹠ director liability are taken, especially sharing whilst on tour with the work colleague.
The present invention is called Travelshare TMTake system.
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Fig. 1 indicative icon ride-share request matching system according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.
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This system comprises cordless communication network, comprise a plurality of emittor/receivers unit 3a, 3b, the 3c that are assigned to corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c separately in this embodiment, be used for communicating by letter with a plurality of mobile communications devices 5, with communication unit 7, be used to control transmitter/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c each with mobile communications device 5 between communicate by letter and the position of record mobile communications device 5.
In this embodiment, this cordless communication network comprises cellular radio, wherein this mobile communications device 5 is cellular radio communications devices, the typical case is mobile phone or PDAs, and each geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c that distributes to corresponding transmitter/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c is the sub-district, and each is with sub-district ID sign.
In this embodiment, dispose this emittor/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c being broadcast to any mobile communications device 5 among associated geographic region 4a, 4b, the 4c, and the supplier's that gets a lift of configuration registration mobile communications device 5 is with the communication of response by emittor/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c broadcasting.For the example purpose, a plurality of mobile communications devices 5 that are arranged in a geographic area 4a are illustrated as the emittor/receiver unit 3a related with this geographic area 4a and carry out broadcast communication.
In this embodiment, the supplier's that gets a lift of configuration registration mobile communications device 5, thereby when login system, lift request by the record of replaying is relayed this lift request of being informed by corresponding transmitter/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c, and need not any intervention of respective lift supplier side, promptly need not these mobile communications device 5 jingle bells and handled by the respective lift supplier, this advantageously allows the reception that need not hand and voice of lift request.
In another embodiment, the supplier's that gets a lift of configurable registration mobile communications device 5, thereby when login system, jingle bell when receiving communication, and when the respective lift supplier handles, relay the lift request that receives in the communication by the lift request of the record of replaying.
In an alternative embodiment, configurable this emittor/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c make this broadcast as selected a plurality of multileaving of the mobile communications device 5 in associated geographic region 4a, 4b, 4c.
In another alternative embodiment, configurable this emittor/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c, make and side by side communicate by letter with the mobile communications device 5 among associated geographic region 4a, 4b, the 4c separately serially or by a plurality of channels to small part by single channel, and the supplier's that gets a lift of configuration registration mobile communications device 5 makes to respond the communication of being informed by this emittor/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c.
This communication unit 7 comprises control module 8, be used to control the communication between the corresponding a plurality of and mobile communications device 5 of this emittor/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c, with communicator location records module 9, be used for preserving the location records of mobile communications device 5 at this communication network.In this embodiment, this communicator location records module 9 comprises with reference to the location records by each mobile communications device 5 in the communication network of the ad-hoc location of coordinate system sign altogether or Reference Map zone 4a, 4b, 4c.The mobile communications device 5 that the learning of the ad-hoc location of mobile communications device 5 makes it possible to the available lift supplier in the area of space with any requirement is optionally set up and is communicated by letter, and advantageously, this area of space, for example radius does not need to be restricted to geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c related with corresponding transmitter/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c.The learning of any geographic area 4a related, the mobile communications device 5 among 4b, the 4c with corresponding transmitter/receiver unit 3a, 3b, 3c make it possible to corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c in available lift supplier's mobile communications device 5 set up multicast communication, and need not to learn any ad-hoc location of available lift supplier's mobile communications device 5, advantageously avoid obtaining the demand of the specific location information of mobile communications device 5 thus.
This system also comprises request matching unit 10, is used for the supplier's coupling of getting a lift with the get a lift demander and the registration of registration.The demander that gets a lift that this system requirements is all registers in order with the supplier that gets a lift, and especially guarantees its personal security.
Each demander's that gets a lift register information comprises: the particulars of mobile communications device 5, be the cellular radio communications device in this embodiment, visit the employed telephone number of this system, personal data, comprise name, age, sex, occupation, interest etc., home address, the supplier's requirement of getting a lift, it is any supplier's of getting a lift requirement, for example require the sex supplier that gets a lift, the supplier or of getting a lift of year age group from one of the supplier that gets a lift of locality, with account's particulars, thereby any expense that causes in system can being used debts.
The register information that also can be registered as each supplier that gets a lift of the demander that gets a lift comprises: mobile communications device 5, be the particulars of cellular radio communications device in this embodiment, visit the employed telephone number of this system, personal data, comprise name, age, sex, occupation, interest etc., home address, the vehicle particulars, comprise registration number, pattern, color, tenure of use etc., the demander's requirement of getting a lift, it is any demander's of getting a lift requirement, for example require the sex demander that gets a lift, one of the demander that gets a lift of year age group, with account's particulars, this account particulars are necessary, can will provide any expense that causes of getting a lift to credit to the demander that gets a lift.When the supplier that gets a lift also is registered as when getting a lift the demander, this register information comprises that the supplier that gets a lift requires, is that any supplier of getting a lift requires, for example requires the get a lift supplier or from one of the supplier that gets a lift of locality of getting a lift of supplier, year age group of sex, with account's particulars, thereby any expense that causes in the demander's using system of getting a lift can be debted.
In other embodiments, this register information can also comprise necessary information, is used to discern any demander of getting a lift or the supplier that gets a lift.
By requiring such register information, any people who registers to this system can be by identity and the trustworthiness of examination to guarantee them.Except the particulars that inspection contrast usable record provides, it is contemplated that making inspection does not have previous conviction to guarantee anyone, particularly violence, and for any people who is registered as the supplier that gets a lift, this people has driving license completely.
In the registration, distributing people's identification code one by one to everyone, is personal identification number (PIN) in this embodiment, and public identification code, is four alphabetical identity code (FLIC) in this embodiment.It is secret that this PIN need keep, and guarantee that the people who only registers at mobile communication corresponding device 5 can visit this system.Public use FLIC identifies the people of each registration, and it is learnt to set up their identity by respective lift demander and supplier.Since there is code, if therefore expectation, the anonymity that can keep respective lift demander and supplier's name at least.
In an alternative embodiment, can be for example by using the random number generator to produce FLIC for get a lift at every turn, make in case the supplier that gets a lift has accepted lift request, just give corresponding FLIC of each distribution of the supplier that gets a lift of get a lift demander and acceptance.Yet, the use of the FLIC that distributes during the imagination registration is more practical, because this can be avoided the possible confusion by using changing code to cause, remember the FLIC that uses repeatedly easilier, and also have the advantage that makes the supplier that gets a lift can discern the regular demander that gets a lift, whether this supplier's decision that will help to get a lift accepts lift request.
This request matching unit 10 comprises the supplier's login module 11 of getting a lift, and its daily record of the supplier that gets a lift that keeps all these systems of current login is as the available lift supplier, just currently wants to provide the supplier that gets a lift who gets a lift for the demander that gets a lift of registration.
In this embodiment, get a lift the supplier by utilizing his/her mobile communications device 5 these system of login, here by " available " option in the display menu, come to set up and the communicating by letter of the supplier's login module 11 of getting a lift via communication network, this system makes the individual can login as below will get a lift the in greater detail supplier or one of the demander that gets a lift, and key in his/her PIN, with by the identity of the mobile communications device 5 judged from calling line identity (CLI) to mobile communications device 5 authentications of just using himself/herself.
Dispose this system in this embodiment, make when thereby the CLI of the mobile communications device of forbidding just using 5 prevents that it from directly identifying, maybe when this PIN and PIN for the CLI registration of the mobile communications device 5 that just using did not match, the supplier that do not allow to get a lift logined this system.
In this embodiment, dispose this system and make and to default to, when shared whilst on tour, here by " sharing " option in the display menu, the supplier that gets a lift receives the share the expenses from any demander of getting a lift, but also can not need be set to share the expenses by the supplier that gets a lift.
This request matching unit 10 also comprises request processing module 15, is used to handle the lift request from the demander that gets a lift of registration.In this embodiment, here by " request " option in the display menu, the demander that gets a lift utilizes his/her mobile communications device 5 these system of visit, to set up via this communication network and the communicating by letter of request processing module 15, and key in his/her PIN, with by the identity of the mobile communications device 5 judged from calling line identity (CLI) to mobile communications device 5 authentications of just using himself/herself.
Dispose this system in this embodiment, make when thereby the CLI of the mobile communications device of forbidding just using 5 prevents that it from directly identifying, maybe when the PIN of this key entry and PIN for the CLI registration of the mobile communications device 5 that just using did not match, the demander that do not allow to get a lift visited this request processing module 15.
In this embodiment, when sending request, the demander that gets a lift can select one of two request patterns, in first pattern, the only input information when sending lift request of demander of getting a lift, and in second pattern, before continuing to stay lift request, for this demander that gets a lift presents customizing messages.In this first simple mode, the demander that gets a lift stays speech message, shows pick-up point, his/her destination, his/her FLIC and any other relevant information, and for example he is being with pet to travel together.In this second pattern, present the short tabulation of the pick-up point of suggestion for the demander that gets a lift, in this embodiment, whether number and these suppliers that gets a lift that utilization makes this demander's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 (for example WAP activates communicator or MMS activates communicator) can receive the available lift supplier among the associated diagram of picture information and his/her geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c need to share the indication that this travelling spends.When this demander's decision of getting a lift continues to make lift request, he advances to pick-up point, it needn't be one of the pick-up point of suggestion, this demander that gets a lift stays speech message, pick-up point, his/her destination, his/her FLIC and any other relevant information are described, for example he is being with pet to travel together.
In this embodiment, when the demander that gets a lift has made lift request, according to the location records of the mobile communications device 5 that keeps in the communicator location records module 9 of communication unit 7 determine to get a lift demander's the position of mobile communications device 5, thereby determining geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c, is the cell i d that this demander's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 is positioned in this embodiment.When geographic area 4a, the 4b that is positioned at the mobile communications device 5 of determining this demander that gets a lift, 4c, the control module 8 of this communication unit 7 makes emittor/receiver unit 3a among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c, 3b, 3c that this lift request is broadcast to mobile communications device 5 among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c.
In an alternative embodiment, when the demander that gets a lift makes lift request, according to the location records of the mobile communications device 5 that keeps in the communicator location records module 9 of communication unit 7 determine to get a lift demander's the position of mobile communications device 5, thereby determine geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c, be the cell i d that this demander's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 is positioned in this embodiment, and the geographic area 4a that is positioned at the mobile communications device 5 of determining this demander that gets a lift, 4b, behind the 4c, determine corresponding geographic area 4a according to the location records of the mobile communications device 5 that keeps in the communicator location records module 9 of this communication unit 7,4b, the mobile communications device 5 of available lift supplier among the 4c.During the mobile communications device 5 of the available lift supplier in determining corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c, the control module 8 of this communication unit 7 makes the emittor/receiver unit 3a among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c, the determined mobile communications device 5 that 3b, 3c are multiplexed to this lift request the available lift supplier among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c.
In another alternative embodiment, when the demander that gets a lift makes lift request, according to the location records of the mobile communications device 5 that keeps in the communicator location records module 9 of communication unit 7 determine to get a lift demander's the position of mobile communications device 5, thereby determine geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c, be the cell i d that this demander's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 is positioned in this embodiment, and the geographic area 4a that is positioned at the mobile communications device 5 of determining this demander that gets a lift, 4b, behind the 4c, determine corresponding geographic area 4a according to the location records of the mobile communications device 5 that keeps in the communicator location records module 9 of this communication unit 7,4b, the mobile communications device 5 of available lift supplier among the 4c.During the mobile communications device 5 of the available lift supplier in determining corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c, the control module 8 of this communication unit 7 makes the emittor/receiver unit 3a among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c, the determined mobile communications device 5 that 3b, 3c relay this lift request separately the available lift supplier among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c.
Then, the available lift supplier among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c receives this lift request at its mobile communications device 5; This lift request is the speech message of demander record of getting a lift, and just comprises pick-up point, the demander's that gets a lift destination, the demander's that gets a lift FLIC and other relevant informations, and for example this demander that gets a lift is being with pet to travel together.
In this embodiment, relay the lift request of communication like this, and need not any intervention, just need not determined available lift supplier's mobile communications device 5 jingle bells and handle by the respective lift supplier to respective lift supplier side.
In another embodiment, in a single day available lift supplier's mobile communications device 5 receives communication, then relays the lift request of such communication of being handled by the respective lift supplier.
This request matching unit 9 also comprises answer treatment module 16, is used to handle from the answer of supplier to lift request person of getting a lift.
In case receive this lift request, any available lift supplier can accept this lift request by selecting " acceptance " option.In this embodiment, this supplier's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 is configured to voice activation, makes this available lift supplier only by saying that " acceptance " accept lift request.In another embodiment, can in display menu, present this " acceptance " option.
If available lift supplier believes that he can get a lift to him in the halfway at least of the demander's that gets a lift destination, and it is warm to speech message sensation from the demander's that gets a lift lift request, then this demander that gets a lift selects " acceptance " option, and the sign of the respective lift request correspondence of these request processing module 15 maintenances is set to supplier's receive status.Should understand by requiring this lift request to comprise speech message, this available lift supplier can be from the style of this speech message and the confidence level of tone acquisition certain degree.The use of this speech message is also favourable in the operating aspect that allows to need not to hand, and to allow this lift request be that form is asked freely, and this is opposite with the structuring request that utilizes the keyboard that for example is provided with to make up.
After accepting this lift request, this answer treatment module 16 provides audible affirmation for the supplier that gets a lift of respective active, following " affirmation " speech message that repeats lift request for its back in this embodiment, and be the demander's that gets a lift the text representation of FLIC and the expression of pick-up point in this embodiment, here be the text of for example figure or picture express one or both, as map.
This system also comprises itinerary module 17, this block configuration is for following the travelling particulars of each lift request of respective lift supplier's acceptance with log record, and respective lift demander and supplier's the mobile communications device 5 of getting a lift be configured to travel mode, this will be described in greater detail below, and this provides predetermined function for mobile communications device 5 in introducing such as the additional function of emergency condition and travel information function.
In this embodiment, this itinerary module 17 is with all travellings of the supplier that gets a lift of each registration of log record, and for each lift request with the following particulars of log record: (i) the lift request person and the supplier that gets a lift, (ii) vehicle registration, (iii) hitchhike the date, when and where, (iv) route information, comprise place and time along route, (v) Lv Hang distance, (the date of vi) getting off, when and where, (vii) make the time period between the lift request and the supplier that the gets a lift acceptance, (viii) the time of accepting by the supplier that gets a lift and (ix) this travelling spend require apportionment.
In this embodiment, utilize to be total to coordinate system writes down respective lift demander and the supplier's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 in the GIS database place, thereby can determine the position of this mobile communications device 5 and respective lift supplier's vehicle.In an embodiment, by triangulation or a kind of place of determining mobile communications device 5 of the radiolocation of GPS for example.By using the GIS database, can determine distance, speed and direction and they are related with corresponding vehicle and get a lift demander and the supplier that gets a lift.In this embodiment, the get a lift demander and the supplier's that gets a lift the place of mobile communications device 5 can be assigned to geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c of this communication network.
In this embodiment, utilize this travel log information to calculate by the supplier that gets a lift according to the needs of use the determining apportionment of demander of getting a lift to the travelling cost, this number debts from respective lift demander's account, and according to the payment of use determining of making to the supplier that gets a lift, this payment credits on respective lift supplier's account.
The available lift supplier who has accepted this lift request then is driven to the pick-up point of appointment, if and from appearance, this demander that gets a lift supplier that seemingly gets a lift is receptible, and then this supplier that gets a lift is near this demander and propose this demander's that gets a lift FLIC of getting a lift; Learn that this FLIC guarantees that this supplier that gets a lift has registered in this system.If any situation that exists this supplier that gets a lift that for example this lift request person's appearance is felt under the weather, then he can continue this travelling and selection " refusal " option, and the lift request that this demander that gets a lift can not aware acceptance is rejected subsequently.
When getting a lift the supplier when getting a lift the demander, this demander that gets a lift utilizes his/her mobile communications device 5 to provide this travelling of sharing travelling to confirm then, pass through from available menu, to select " travelling is confirmed " option in this embodiment, and key in this vehicle registration number.This vehicle registration number is provided to request processing module 15, to respond that this request processing module 15 indication itinerary modules 17 are returned and the sign of respective lift request is set to the supplier and confirms state, in this embodiment by text representation, supplier's the FLIC of getting a lift registers to vehicle, and confirms whether this supplier that gets a lift has asked to share the cost of this travelling.
Then, this demander that gets a lift inquires his/her FLIC to this supplier that gets a lift, if and this FLIC is correct, then this demander that gets a lift confirms that this gets a lift, in this embodiment, by selecting " affirmations of getting a lift " option from available menu, and can be to register under people's the situation of this vehicle to enter this vehicle reliable this supplier that gets a lift of affirmation.Utilize this affirmation of getting a lift, the travel mode of itinerary module 17 hypothesis respective lift request.
If have more than a people in designated pick-up point, then this demander that gets a lift have to discern himself/herself, indicate the card of his/her FLIC in this embodiment by demonstration, the supplier can discern this demander that gets a lift thereby this is got a lift.
Select under the situation of " refusal " option the supplier that gets a lift, keep by request processing module 15, the sign corresponding with respective lift request be reset to suspension status from supplier's receive status, and this lift request current available lift supplier in aforesaid corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c that recommunicates, and this demander that gets a lift can not perceive the lift request that the supplier that gets a lift has refused previous acceptance.Similarly, if the supplier that do not get a lift accepts this initial lift request, then blink at interval after, this lift request resends the supplier that newly gets a lift who enters this corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c.
Request matching unit 10 also comprises status report module 19, in this embodiment by from available menu, selecting " solicited status ", it makes the demander that gets a lift can obtain status report about their respective request, typically bides one's time and can find in pick-up point etc.In this embodiment, this information of returning comprises: (i) the disclosed time period of his/her request, the (ii) supplier's that gets a lift of process number nearby, here be by corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c, owing to made lift request, the supplier can classify according to travel direction so these are got a lift, promptly northern, south, the master compass direction in east and west, and can be according to whether needing to share travelling cost classification, (iii) corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the number of current available lift supplier among the 4c, the number of the refusal that has (iv) received, this message delay time period at random, the typical case was up to three minutes, thereby the demander that prevents to get a lift is related with the particular vehicle and the supplier that gets a lift with refusal.
The information that can imagine in this status report can be used for revising the lift request that does not have success.For example, the demander that gets a lift can determine to attempt another pick-up point through the relative direction of the travelling of corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c according to the available lift supplier, decision examination more after a while when the number of the current available lift supplier among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c hangs down, for example specify the different inceptive directions of travelling to determine to change his/her lift request, or decision improve his/her appearance when receiving a plurality of refusal by the relative direction of passing through the travelling of corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, 4c according to the available lift supplier.
Request matching unit 10 also comprises travel information module 21, in this embodiment by from available menu, selecting " travel information " option, it makes the demander that gets a lift can obtain specific travel information in travel mode the time, comprise: (i) current or replacement geographic area 4a, 4b, the suggestion of the 4c tabulation a little of hitchhiking/get off, (ii) geographic area 4a, 4b, the number of available lift supplier among the 4c, in current region or the replacement zone, these suppliers that get a lift can classify according to travel direction, promptly northern, south, the master compass direction in east and west, and can be according to whether needing to share travelling cost classification, (iii) with geographic area 4a, 4b, the information that 4c is relevant, in current region or the replacement zone, the typical case relates to the use of this system.Where can imagine is got off and when also need to get a lift in decision by the demander that gets a lift is utilized this information when arriving his/her destination.
In this embodiment, available lift supplier can share travelling at any time with more than the demander that gets a lift, but keep this travel mode to exist until the termination incident for each demander that gets a lift, just get a lift when setting up another travel mode between the demander as the supplier and second that getting a lift, keep this get a lift supplier and first travel mode of getting a lift and setting up between the demander.
And in this embodiment, one of demander's current shared is got a lift even this is got a lift, and the also feasible demander that gets a lift of this system makes another lift request, and keeps existing travel mode till having the termination incident.
When this demander that gets a lift got off, this get a lift demander or the supplier that gets a lift did not take specific action.This system of angle configuration from safety, make the respective lift demander and the supplier's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 keep this travel mode till having the termination incident, wherein in this embodiment, this termination incident is the mobile communications device 5 by the preset distance physical separation respective lift demander and the supplier that gets a lift, or the respective lift demander and the supplier's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 schedule time of process when static, implement by the respective lift request person among same geographical area 4a, 4b, the 4c and the supplier's that gets a lift mobile communications device 5 here.This configuration prevents that the respective lift demander or one of the supplier that gets a lift from forbidding the respective lift demander or the supplier's that gets a lift another the emergency function of mobile communications device 5.
Request matching unit 10 also comprises emergency condition contact module 23, and when emergency condition took place, its emergency condition contact for the get a lift demander or the supplier that gets a lift provided emergency services, is typically the police.Although system provides higher level of security by the lift request and the acceptance operation of getting a lift, but should be appreciated that emergency may take place, and provide the emergency interconnection function, thereby, increased confidence level in the system thereby make for the get a lift demander and the supplier that gets a lift provide additional personal security.
Dispose this system in this embodiment, when making mobile communications device 5 as the get a lift demander and the supplier that gets a lift in travel mode, set up and specify for example communicating by letter of police of emergency services by the application of being scheduled to thump.In this embodiment, when the button pressed continuously fast on the mobile communication corresponding device 5, start this emergency function, during startup, this emergency function makes emergency message send to emergency services, this message comprises the particulars of vehicle, comprise registration number, pattern, color, tenure of use etc., the current place that supplier and at least one demander's that gets a lift the place of mobile communications device 5 derives of from vehicle, getting a lift, get a lift in the vehicle supplier and at least one demander's that gets a lift travel direction and name and address.Utilize this information, this associated vehicle should be able to be located and stop to this emergency services rapidly.In this embodiment, this emergency function is also opened the voice channel that has with this emergency services discontinuously, thereby makes the talks in this emergency services energy uppick vehicle.In an alternative embodiment, by differently knocking the operation that the key to run that is used to send this emergency message is opened this emergency function of voice channel, time by the elongated segment that pushes button here.This emergency function makes the emergency services once got in touch with follow to get a lift in the vehicle supplier and at least one demander's that gets a lift the moving of mobile communications device 5, and determines this vehicle location thus.
At last, should understand the present invention and in its preferred embodiment, obtain describing, and can revise by different way, and not break away from the scope of the present invention that claims limit.
For example, in one embodiment, this lift request can comprise text message or picture information, for example the map of pick-up point or respective lift demander's photo.
This system of the present invention also can aware that a people thumbs a lift and another people is ready to provide and uses immediately when getting a lift the get a lift demander and the supplier that gets a lift, and obtain intrinsic safety be beneficial to.
For example, the supplier's login system in the above described manner of getting a lift, the people that identification need be got a lift, be typically the people who waits in the roadside, put the FLIC that this demander that gets a lift enters the supplier that gets a lift in his/her mobile communications device 5 at this, dispose this system and make and confirm that when entering this supplier's that gets a lift FLIC this gets a lift.
And, when the feasible supplier that gets a lift of the demander that gets a lift accepts its lift request, disposing this system, the feasible demander that gets a lift can confirm getting a lift of another supplier that gets a lift by the vehicle registration of keying in the supplier that newly gets a lift.Dispose this system, with send cancellation message to the supplier that gets a lift of previous acceptance as voice and text message one or both.
Also the configuring request matching unit 10, and the feasible demander that gets a lift can propose to take taxi or need the route bus service.In this pattern, this lift request can be multi-cast to the taxi supplier of the registration among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c or need among the bus service supplier one, this first taxi supplier or need " acceptance " option and the lift request of bus service supplier selective reception " affirmation " message, and be connected to this demander that gets a lift automatically and make him can confirm that he is on his/her road.The taxi supplier of the registration among corresponding geographic area 4a, 4b, the 4c or need the bus service supplier another will not receive " affirmation " message, and therefore think previous by the taxi supplier of another registration or need the bus service supplier to accept this to take.

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1. real-time ride-share request matching system, be used for and also can consider to provide the people who gets a lift coupling as the people who gets a lift the demander and thumb a lift and as the supplier that gets a lift, thereby can share vehicle journeys, described each demander that gets a lift has the mobile communications device that is used to make lift request, and described each supplier that gets a lift has the mobile communications device that is used to handle this lift request, and this system comprises:
Request processing module is used for receiving the lift request that each all comprises speech message from the demander that gets a lift;
Communication network is used for lift request is relayed the respective lift supplier who determines according to respective lift demander's place; With
The answer treatment module is used for when accepting this lift request, from the answer of supplier's reception to respective lift request of getting a lift.
2. according to the system of claim 1, wherein this lift request comprises one or two of text message and picture image, for example map or photo.
3. according to the system of claim 1 or 2, wherein this mobile communications device comprises mobile phone or PDA.
4. according to any system of claim 1 to 3, wherein dispose this communication network, in the area of space of determining according to respective lift demander's place, to broadcast lift request.
5. according to the system of claim 4, wherein this broadcasting is the multicast communication of the available lift supplier in this area of space.
6. according to any system of claim 1 to 3, wherein dispose this communication network, with the available lift supplier in the area of space of determining according to respective lift demander's place that lift request is communicated by letter separately.
7. according to any system of claim 4 to 6, wherein this predetermined space zone is the radial distance with respect to respective lift demander's place, the hourage of calculating or the supplier's density of getting a lift.
8. according to any system of claim 4 to 6, wherein this communication network comprises the geographic area of a plurality of appointments, and wherein an area of space is represented in each geographic area.
9. system according to Claim 8 wherein should be determined the place of this mobile communications device by each the unique identifier that is assigned to corresponding geographic area.
10. according to any system of claim 1 to 7, wherein determine the place of this mobile communications device by triangulation.
11., wherein determine the place of this mobile communications device by the radiolocation of for example GPS according to any system of claim 1 to 7.
12. any the system according to claim 1 to 11 also comprises:
Communicator place logging modle, the place that is used to write down described demander of getting a lift and the supplier's that gets a lift mobile communications device.
13. any the system according to claim 1 to 12 also comprises:
The itinerary module is used for the log record travel information.
14. any the system according to claim 1 to 13 wherein disposes this request processing module, so that the information about the supplier that gets a lift who accepts request to be provided to the respective lift demander.
15. system according to claim 14, each of the wherein said demander of getting a lift and the supplier that gets a lift is registered, and have the access code that to visit this system and be used to provide the identification code of identification means, and dispose this request processing module for a lift request, receive vehicles identifications information with mobile communications device from the respective lift demander, and the supplier's that gets a lift that will accept identification code sends to respective lift demander's mobile communications device, when making the codes match that identification code and respective lift supplier when respective lift demander reception provide, confirm that this gets a lift.
16. the system according to claim 15 when being subordinated to claim 13, wherein this itinerary module is with the respective lift demander in the log record travel mode and the supplier that gets a lift.
17. any the system according to claim 1 to 16 also comprises:
The emergency condition contact module, be used for warning external agent when the mobile communications device from the get a lift demander or the supplier that gets a lift receives emergency signals, this emergency condition contact module is configured to send vehicle and get a lift demander and supplier's the particulars of getting a lift, and get a lift demander or the supplier that gets a lift that wherein send emergency signals are arranged in this vehicle.
18. according to the system of claim 17, wherein this external agent is an emergency services.
19. according to any system of claim 1 to 18, wherein this answer treatment block configuration is for receiving answer from refusal with the supplier that gets a lift that the respective lift demander shares vehicle journeys.
20., wherein when the supplier's refusal of getting a lift is shared vehicle journeys with the respective lift demander, call this communication network to resend the mobile communications device of this lift request to other available lift supplier according to the system of claim 19.
21., when wherein not accepting this lift request in the section at the fixed time, call this communication network to resend the mobile communications device of this lift request to other available lift supplier according to any system of claim 1 to 20.
22. any system according to claim 13 to 21, wherein when getting a lift demander and when getting a lift that the supplier separates preset distance or having passed through predetermined amount of time in static place, this itinerary block configuration is for discharging the travel mode of this record for respective lift demander and the supplier that gets a lift.
23. real-time ride-share request matching process, be used for and also can consider to provide the people who gets a lift coupling as the people who gets a lift the demander and thumb a lift and as the supplier that gets a lift, thereby can share vehicle journeys, described each demander that gets a lift has the mobile communications device that is used to make lift request, and described each supplier that gets a lift has the mobile communications device that is used to handle this lift request, and the method comprising the steps of:
Receive the lift request that each all comprises speech message from the demander that gets a lift;
Lift request is relayed the respective lift supplier who determines according to respective lift demander's place; With
When accepting this lift request, from the answer of supplier's reception of getting a lift to respective lift request.
24. according to the method for claim 23, wherein this lift request comprises one or two of text message and picture image, for example map or photo.
25. according to the method for claim 23 or 24, wherein this mobile communications device comprises mobile phone or PDA.
26. according to any method of claim 23 to 25, wherein the step of this relay lift request comprises step:
In the area of space of determining according to respective lift demander's place, broadcast lift request.
27. according to the method for claim 26, wherein this broadcasting is the multicast communication of the available lift supplier in this area of space.
28. according to any method of claim 23 to 25, wherein the step of this relay lift request comprises step:
Lift request is communicated by letter separately according to the available lift supplier in the definite area of space in respective lift demander's place.
29. according to any method of claim 26 to 28, wherein this predetermined space zone is the radial distance with respect to respective lift demander's place, the hourage of calculating or the supplier's density of getting a lift.
30. according to any method of claim 26 to 28, wherein communication network comprises the geographic area of a plurality of appointments, wherein an area of space is represented in each geographic area.
31., wherein determine the place of this mobile communications device by each the unique identifier that is assigned to corresponding geographic area according to the method for claim 30.
32., wherein judge the place of this mobile communications device by triangulation according to any method of claim 23 to 29.
33., wherein judge the place of this mobile communications device by the radiolocation of for example GPS according to any method of claim 23 to 29.
34. any the method according to claim 23 to 33 also comprises step:
Write down the described demander of getting a lift and the place of the supplier's that gets a lift mobile communications device.
35. any the method according to claim 23 to 34 also comprises step:
With the log record travel information.
36. any the method according to claim 23 to 35 also comprises step:
Provide information to the respective lift demander about the supplier that gets a lift who accepts request.
37. according to the method for claim 36, each of the wherein said demander of getting a lift and the supplier that gets a lift is registered, and has the access code that can visit this system and be used to provide the identification code of identification means, and comprises step:
Receive vehicles identifications from the demander's that gets a lift mobile communications device;
In response to the reception of vehicles identifications, with the get a lift demander and the supplier that gets a lift in the log record travel mode; With
This supplier's that gets a lift identification code is sent to the demander's that gets a lift mobile communications device, when making the codes match that the identification code that receives as the demander that gets a lift and the supplier that gets a lift provide, confirm that this gets a lift.
38. the method according to claim 37 when being subordinated to claim 35, wherein the step with the log record travel information comprises step:
With the respective lift demander in the log record travel mode and the supplier that gets a lift.
39. any the method according to claim 23 to 38 also comprises step:
Warning external agent when the mobile communications device from the get a lift demander or the supplier that gets a lift receives emergency signals, comprise the particulars that send vehicle and get a lift the demander and the supplier that gets a lift, get a lift demander or the supplier that gets a lift that wherein send emergency signals are arranged in this vehicle.
40. according to the method for claim 39, wherein this external agent is an emergency services.
41. any the method according to claim 23 to 40 also comprises step:
Receive answer from refusal with the supplier that gets a lift that the respective lift demander shares vehicle journeys.
42., when the supplier's refusal of getting a lift is shared vehicle journeys with the respective lift demander, also comprise step according to the method for claim 41:
Resend the mobile communications device of this lift request to other available lift supplier.
43. any the method according to claim 23 to 42 also comprises step:
When not accepting this lift request in the section at the fixed time, resend the mobile communications device of this lift request to other available lift supplier.
44.,, discharge the travel mode of this record for respective lift demander and the supplier that gets a lift wherein when getting a lift demander and when getting a lift that the supplier separates preset distance or having passed through predetermined amount of time in static place according to any method of claim 35 to 43.
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