Method and system for scheduling a driver service provider for one or more third parties
View Patent ↗This disclosure generally relates to a method and system for providing a ride for a third party rider at the request of a user ride requestor. In one embodiment, a driver device may be used to receive a ride request from one or more server computing devices for a third party rider. The driver device may receive information identifying the third party rider, including a password. Further, the driver device may transmit real time ride status information to the ride requestor directly or indirectly via the one or more server computing devices.
1. A method of providing a ride service for a third party in response to a ride request from a user ride requestor, comprising:
receiving, by a driver device, a wireless ride request for a third party rider;
receiving, by the driver device, identification information for the third party rider, the identification information including a password set by the user ride requestor and which is communicated to a driver by the driver device and to the third party rider;
transmitting, by driver device, real time ride status information to the user ride requestor; and
receiving, by the driver device and in response to reaching a dropoff location requested by the user ride requestor for the third party rider, dropoff information for the third party rider.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes a picture of the third party rider.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes a visual representation of the third party rider.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes the name of the third party rider.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes interest information for the third party rider.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes comments provided by the user ride requestor to the driver for the third party rider.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real time ride status information includes a current location of a vehicle associated with the driver.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real time ride status information includes a current speed of a vehicle associated with the driver.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real time ride status information includes an estimated time of arrival for a vehicle associated with the driver at a dropoff location requested by the user ride requestor for the third party rider.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dropoff information for the third party rider includes one or more of a name of a dropoff contact, a description of the likeness of the dropoff contact, and a particular location for the dropoff at the dropoff location.
11. A system for providing a ride service for a third party in response to a ride request from a user ride requestor, comprising:
a driver device, including a processor to:
receive a wireless ride request for a third party rider;
receive identification information for the third party rider, the identification information including a password set by the user ride requestor and which is communicated to a driver by the driver device and to the third party rider;
transmit real time ride status information to the user ride requestor; and
receive, in response to reaching a dropoff location requested by the user ride requestor for the third party rider, dropoff information for the third party rider.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the wherein the identification information includes a picture of the third party rider.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identification information includes a visual representation of the third party rider.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the real time ride status information includes a current location of a vehicle associated with the driver.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
receive a wireless ride request made by a user ride requestor for a third party rider;
receive identification information for the third party rider, the identification information including a password set by the user ride requestor and which is communicated to a driver by the driver device and to the third party rider;
transmit real time ride status information to the user ride requestor, and
receive, in response to reaching a dropoff location requested by the user ride requestor for the third party rider, dropoff information for the third party rider.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the identification information includes a picture of the third party rider.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the real time ride status information includes a current location of a vehicle associated with the driver.