US 11,953,332 B2
Transportation-based service share systems and methods
Xingping Chen, Troy, MI (US); Jeremy Lerner, Southfield, MI (US); Danielle Rosenblatt, Madison Heights, MI (US); Scott Huggins, Novi, MI (US); Taylor Hawley, Oak Park, MI (US); and Ali Abdallah, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,827.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332905 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3438 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a ridehail service provider, a request from a service provider to reserve a ridehail vehicle for a ridehail service having a time frame, the request specifying a business service provided by the service provider, wherein the ridehail service provider and the ridehail service are each different from a corresponding one of the service provider and the business service;
charging a customer a first rate for the ridehail service and a second, additional rate for the business service;
determining, by the ridehail service provider, the ridehail vehicle for the service provider based on the business service; and
dispatching, by the ridehail service provider, the ridehail vehicle in order for the ridehail service to be provided to the customer, the service provider rendering the business service to the customer during the ridehail service.