Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamically adjusting transportation provider pool size
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Application No.: US16672242Application Date: 2019-11-01
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Publication No.: US11748789B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Helen Wai-Quen Bentley , Aidan Church , John Torres Fremlin , Matthew Lawrence Green , Mayank Gulati , Yilei Li , Demitri Nava , Mengqi Niu , Daniel Allen Sullivan , Garrett van Ryzin , Rachel Marie Wasko , Shashi Kant Sharma
- Applicant: Lyft, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Keller Preece PLLC
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; G06Q30/0283 ; G06Q10/047 ; G01C21/34 ; G06Q10/063 ; G06Q50/30 ; G06Q10/02 ; H04W4/021 ; G06F16/29 ; G06F9/4401 ; G01C21/36 ; G08G1/00

Abstract:
The disclosed systems can regulate access to an online mode for a dynamic transportation matching system. For example, based on a provider efficiency parameter associated with the dynamic transportation matching system, the disclosed systems can prevent a transportation provider device from switching to the online mode within a geographic area. In addition, the disclosed systems can detect a pattern of behavior and, based on a comparison between the pattern of behavior and a behavioral threshold, cause a transportation provider device to switch from the online mode to an offline mode. Further, the disclosed systems can provide a map interface that indicates where a transportation provider device can switch from the offline mode to the online mode. Additionally, the disclosed systems can determine priorities associated with transportation provider devices and, based on the prioritization, selectively allow the transportation provider devices to switch from the offline mode to the online mode.
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