System for Navigating Grouped Passengers from an Event

摘要

In one embodiment an event likely to be attended by a plurality of users of a taxi service is identified. A location of the event is determined and an end time of the event is estimated. Prior to the end time of the event, a plurality of drivers associated with the taxi service are directed to drive to the location of the event to transport passengers from the location of the event.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining in association with an event attended by a plurality of prospective passengers whether a demand for drivers of a taxi service is greater than a supply of available drivers; and in response to a determination that the demand for drivers is greater than the supply of available drivers, sending a group ride offer to a plurality of mobile computing devices of users of the taxi service.