US 12,087,166 B2
Preemptively navigating drivers to an event location to transport passengers upon completion of the event
Talmon Marco, Tel Aviv (IL); Ziv Haparnas, Bellevue, WA (US); and David Agasi, Kiryat Ono (IL)
Assigned to Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/453,640.
Application 16/453,640 is a continuation of application No. 14/876,094, filed on Oct. 6, 2015, granted, now 10,366,614.
Prior Publication US 2019/0318630 A1, Oct. 17, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0202 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06Q 50/60 (2024.01)
CPC G08G 1/202 (2013.01) [G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/362 (2013.01); G06Q 10/063118 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0202 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0223 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06Q 50/60 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
transmitting, prior to an end time of an event by a processing device of a first server device to a plurality of driver computing devices, navigational data to direct the plurality of driver computing devices to navigate to a location of the event to transport passengers, the transmitting based on a schedule for arriving at the location of the event prior to receipt of transportation requests;
subsequent to the transmitting of the navigational data, communicating with an event information source of a second server device during the event to obtain updated information regarding how much time is remaining prior to the end time of the event; and
responsive to generating an updated schedule based on the updated information received during the event, directing the plurality of driver computing devices to the location of the event based on the updated schedule.