US 11,892,305 B2
Managing service requirements and ride request fulfillment across a fleet of collectively managed vehicles
Alexander Thomas Starns, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,040.
Application 17/874,040 is a continuation of application No. 16/889,611, filed on Jun. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,402,225.
Application 16/889,611 is a continuation of application No. 15/858,137, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,670,411, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043086 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01)
CPC G01C 21/3453 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising, by a computing system:
receiving respective service center candidacy information;
determining, based at least on a vehicle information, that a vehicle requires service work;
determining, based on the candidacy information and the vehicle information, a pool of service centers that are capable of providing the service work for the vehicle;
selecting, based at least on a utilization to a future demand of the vehicle, a service center from the pool of service centers; and
providing instructions to direct the vehicle to drive to the selected service center.