System and method for hailing taxicabs

摘要

The present application provides a system and method for enabling a driver to locate a passenger. In one or more implementations, a graphical user interface is provided that is operable to send and receive information associated with passengers and vehicles. A location of a first vehicle, a location of a first passenger and a location of a second passenger are received. Information associated with the locations of the first and second passenger is transmitted and a representation of at least one of the first passenger and the second passenger and the respective location thereof is provided.

主权项

1. A system that uses information received from a plurality of computing devices, each respectively employing triangulation methods to provide accurate location-based information representing a respective location of each of the plurality of computing devices, to enable a driver to locate a plurality of passengers within a geographic area relative to a location of the driver, the system comprising:
a passenger application that is operable to execute on each of a plurality of passenger computing devices respectively associated with the plurality of passengers, wherein each of the plurality of passenger computing devices is configured using the passenger application to obtain the location-based information associated with each of the plurality of passengers, the passenger application further configuring each of the plurality of passenger computing devices to transmit, to at least one processor on a communication network, the location-based information associated with each of the plurality of passengers; a driver application that is operable to execute on a driver computing device associated with the driver, wherein the driver computing device is configured using the driver application to present a graphical user interface, and to obtain and transmit the location-based information associated with a vehicle driven by the driver, the driver application further configuring the driver computing device to transmit, to the at least one processor on a communication network, the location-based information associated with the driver; at least one processor that is configured to receive, on a communication network and from the driver computing device, the location-based information associated with the vehicle driven by the driver; the at least one processor further configured to receive on a communication network, from each of the plurality of passenger computing devices, the location-based information associated with each of the plurality of passengers; the at least one processor further configured to process the received location-based information associated with the vehicle driven the driver and the location-based information associated with the plurality of passengers to determine that at least one of the plurality of passengers is within a geographic vicinity of the vehicle driven by the driver; the at least one processor further configured to transmit over a data communication network to the computing device associated with the driver, information associated with a respective location of each of the at least one of the plurality of passengers; the at least one processor further configured to display, via the graphical user interface operating on the computing device associated with the driver, a representation of each of the at least one of the plurality of passengers and respective location and to display an updated representation of a new respective location of the at least one of the plurality of passengers as the at least one of the plurality of passengers moves before being in the vehicle; and the at least one processor further configured to provide an anonymous hailing transaction between the driver and at least one passenger of the plurality of passengers in the graphical user interface operating on the computing device associated with the driver.