IP Library Granted Patent US 11,961,404
Granted Patent B2
US 11,961,404 · App. 17/848,672 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Method and system for scheduling a driver service provider for one or more third parties

Inventors: Ritu Narayan (San Carlos, CA); Vivek Garg (San Mateo, CA); Abhishek Garg (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee: Zum Services, Inc.
G08G1/205G01C21/3438G08G1/052G08G1/202
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,961,404
App. No.
17/848,672
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (28)

1. A method of providing a ride service for a third party child in response to a ride request from an adult guardian ride requestor, comprising:

receiving, by a driver device, a ride request for the third party child from the adult guardian ride requestor based on a driver's references;

receiving, by the driver device, identification information for the child including a driver verification password set by the adult guardian ride requestor;

receiving, by the driver device, pickup location information and drop-off location information for the child;

receiving, by a child device, the driver verification password from the adult guardian ride requestor;

transmitting, by the driver device, the driver verification password to the child device associated with the third party child to ensure that the driver is the driver the adult guardian ride requestor intended to dispatch to provide the ride service the third party rider;

transmitting, by the driver device, real time ride status information to the adult guardian ride requestor;

receiving, by the driver device, in response to reaching a drop-off location an identification of a contact party to whom custody of the third party child is intended to be transferred; and

receiving and identifying, by the adult guardian ride requestor, dropoff information for the third party child.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes a visual image of the third party child.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the password is set by the adult guardian ride requestor.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the password is set by the adult guardian and communicated to a driver by the driver device.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the password is set by the adult guardian and communicated to the third party child.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real time ride status information includes a current location of the driver.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real time ride status information includes a speed of a vehicle associated with a driver.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real time ride status information includes an estimated time of arrival for the third party child and the dropoff location.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dropoff location information includes one or more of a name of a dropoff contact, a description of the likeness of the dropoff contact, and a particular location at the dropoff location for a dropoff.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the identification information for the child includes one or more of a description of a likeness of the child.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the identification information for the child includes one or more interests of the child.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the driver associated with the driver device is selected from a trusted pool of drivers.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the trusted pool of drivers include people known to adult guardian ride requestor.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein driver contact information is provided by the driver device to the adult guardian ride requestor.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ride request is a scheduled ride request.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ride request is an unscheduled ride request.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the driver device includes a list of scheduled rides and a pickup time the pickup location for a plurality of third party children.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the driver device includes a representation of a map.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the map includes a location indicator relative to a pickup location indicator.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving a ride request by the driver device includes displaying an indicator on the driver device which allows the driver to accept the ride request.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2025
From: ZUM SERVICES, INC.
To: HASI FLEET LENDER 2 LLC
Reel/Frame 072749/0949 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2023
From: ZUM SERVICES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 064318/0684 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: NARAYAN, RITU; GARG, ABHISHEK; GARG, VIVEK
To: ZUM SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 063927/0184 →