Patents by Inventor Charles Parker Spielman
Charles Parker Spielman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11948220Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include dynamically selecting transportation options to present to a transportation requestor device based on current transportation network conditions and transportation requestor device history. In some embodiments, transportation network may have many different ways of arranging a transportation requestor's trip, such as private rides, shared rides, immediate rides, and delayed rides. In some examples, the requestor's choice of transportation option may have an impact on the transportation network. In anticipation of or in response to a transportation request, the method may determine which transportation options will better benefit the transportation network and determine which transportation options to display to the requestor and/or the prominence with which the transportation products are displayed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Abhinav Amrut Vora, Hao Yu Liu, Benjamin Han, Julia Yu, Le Guan, Xiaoyuan Xu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, David Chouinard
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Patent number: 11928713Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may match transportation requestor devices to transportation provider devices pre-request by using the same matching process employed by a matching engine that is capable of predicting transportation swaps and walks. Multiple matches may be showcased on user devices, and offline transportation providers may see an exact match to a requestor, with an ability to go online and accept the pre-request match. Additional techniques disclosed include the curation and presentation of offers using constraint space partitioning and adjustment of price and/or the presentation of offers based on real-time information to improve the efficiency and/or utilization of transportation provider resources.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman
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Publication number: 20230385713Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include instant and optimized matching of transportation requesters with transportation providers by precomputing and caching evaluations of matching schemes between existing requests and available providers, where each of the matching schemes excludes one of the available providers. The possibility of matching any new request to a given provider may then be evaluated according to the cached results of the matching scheme that excluded that provider along with an evaluation of matching the new request to the provider, which may be a computationally easy problem. Thus, the new request may be matched to a provider instantly without waiting for the next iteration of solving the global matching problem. Matching requestors and providers in this way may also improve the accuracy of estimated time of arrival information provided to requestors. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Ido Avigdor Bright, Harrison Chen-Hau Chu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman
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Patent number: 11733049Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting when users deviate from a provided transportation route and for correcting the transportation route in response to such user deviations is presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided including detecting a changed condition for a transportation route between a first location and a second location. The transportation route may include multiple transportation segments. A first transportation segment designating a first modality may be identified, wherein the changed condition decreases a likelihood that vehicles associated with the first modality will be available to service the first transportation segment. In response, a second transportation segment designating a second modality different from the first modality is generated. The first transportation segment is then replaced with the second transportation segment in the transportation route.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Karina Goot, Priyanka Madhav Phatak, Michael Francis Lodick, Jatin Chopra
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Patent number: 11733046Abstract: Methods and systems for generating multi-modal transportation proposals are presented. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor may execute the instructions to receive a request for transportation from an origin location to a destination location and to generate a proposal identifying a route between the origin location and destination location. Generating the proposal may include determining a primary modality for a primary segment with a primary starting location and a primary ending location. A starting portion may be identified from the origin location to the primary starting location and an ending portion may be identified from the primary ending location to the destination location. A secondary modality may be identified for transportation along the starting portion and/or the ending portion. The primary and secondary modality may be assigned to the proposal, which may be transmitted to a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Karina Goot
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Patent number: 11703336Abstract: Methods and systems for planning and creating transportation routes with multiple modalities are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transportation request that includes a first location and a second location. A transportation proposal may then be generated including a route for transportation between the first location and the second location. The method may then include determining modalities available to provide transportation and determining respective transportation segments for the modalities, and at least a subset of the transportation segments may be combined to form the route for transportation. The transportation proposal, including the route for transportation, may then be transmitted for display on a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Karina Goot, Priyanka Madhav Phatak, Michael Francis Lodick, Jatin Chopra
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Patent number: 11681955Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include instant and optimized matching of transportation requesters with transportation providers by precomputing and caching evaluations of matching schemes between existing requests and available providers, where each of the matching schemes excludes one of the available providers. The possibility of matching any new request to a given provider may then be evaluated according to the cached results of the matching scheme that excluded that provider along with an evaluation of matching the new request to the provider, which may be a computationally easy problem. Thus, the new request may be matched to a provider instantly without waiting for the next iteration of solving the global matching problem. Matching requestors and providers in this way may also improve the accuracy of estimated time of arrival information provided to requestors. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Ido Avigdor Bright, Harrison Chen-Hau Chu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman
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Publication number: 20230068492Abstract: The present application discloses systems, methods, and computer-readable media that can intelligently generate a graphical user interface (GUI) having expandable and/or collapsible interface elements that flexibly, efficiently, and accurately provide transportation mode options and transportation sub-options on a computing device. For example, based on monitored transportation features of provider devices and requestor devices, the disclosed systems can dynamically determine a first tier of transportation mode option interface elements and a second tier of transportation sub-option interface elements within accordion-based elements that are operable to display and hide the second tier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Sushant Deepak Bhadkamkar, David Florian Kayode Ikuye, Sravanthi Kadali, Charles Parker Spielman
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Publication number: 20230033313Abstract: Systems and methods for improved transitioning and updating of navigations modes for multi-modal transportation routes are presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transportation route, which may include a first segment and a second segment. A first interface associated with the first segment may be displayed and may include a visual indicator of a rate of progress. A predicted travel time may be predicted, based on the rate of progress, to a starting location of the second segment. The visual indicator may be updated based on a comparison of the predicted travel time to a start time of the second segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Assaf Haim Shalev, Christine Mara Todorovich, Mohammad Harith Aslam Khawaja
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Publication number: 20220381567Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting when users deviate from a provided transportation route and for correcting the transportation route in response to such user deviations is presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided including detecting a changed condition for a transportation route between a first location and a second location. The transportation route may include multiple transportation segments. A first transportation segment designating a first modality may be identified, wherein the changed condition decreases a likelihood that vehicles associated with the first modality will be available to service the first transportation segment. In response, a second transportation segment designating a second modality different from the first modality is generated. The first transportation segment is then replaced with the second transportation segment in the transportation route.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Karina Goot, Priyanka Madhav Phatak, Michael Francis Lodick, Jatin Chopra
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Patent number: 11473924Abstract: Systems and methods for improved transitioning and updating of navigations modes for multi-modal transportation routes are presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transportation route, which may include a first segment and a second segment. A first interface associated with the first segment may be displayed and may include a visual indicator of a rate of progress. A predicted travel time may be predicted, based on the rate of progress, to a starting location of the second segment. The visual indicator may be updated based on a comparison of the predicted travel time to a start time of the second segment.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Assaf Haim Shalev, Christina Mara Todorovich, Mohammad Harith Aslam Khawaja
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Patent number: 11415424Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting when users deviate from a provided transportation route and for correcting the transportation route in response to such user deviations is presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided including detecting a changed condition for a transportation route between a first location and a second location. The transportation route may include multiple transportation segments. A first transportation segment designating a first modality may be identified, wherein the changed condition decreases a likelihood that vehicles associated with the first modality will be available to service the first transportation segment. In response, a second transportation segment designating a second modality different from the first modality is generated. The first transportation segment is then replaced with the second transportation segment in the transportation route.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Karina Goot, Priyanka Madhav Phatak, Michael Francis Lodick, Jatin Chopra
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Publication number: 20220214177Abstract: Methods and systems for planning and creating transportation routes with multiple modalities are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transportation request that includes a first location and a second location. A transportation proposal may then be generated including a route for transportation between the first location and the second location. The method may then include determining modalities available to provide transportation and determining respective transportation segments for the modalities, and at least a subset of the transportation segments may be combined to form the route for transportation. The transportation proposal, including the route for transportation, may then be transmitted for display on a mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Karina Goot, Priyanka Madhav Phatak, Michael Francis Lodick, Jatin Chopra
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Publication number: 20220164914Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include dynamically selecting transportation options to present to a transportation requestor device based on current transportation network conditions and transportation requestor device history. In some embodiments, transportation network may have many different ways of arranging a transportation requestor's trip, such as private rides, shared rides, immediate rides, and delayed rides. In some examples, the requestor's choice of transportation option may have an impact on the transportation network. In anticipation of or in response to a transportation request, the method may determine which transportation options will better benefit the transportation network and determine which transportation options to display to the requestor and/or the prominence with which the transportation products are displayed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Abhinav Amrut Vora, Hao Yu Liu, Benjamin Han, Julia Yu, Le Guan, Xiaoyuan Xu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, David Chouinard
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Patent number: 11238555Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include dynamically selecting transportation options to present to a transportation requestor device based on current transportation network conditions and transportation requestor device history. In some embodiments, transportation network may have many different ways of arranging a transportation requestor's trip, such as private rides, shared rides, immediate rides, and delayed rides. In some examples, the requestor's choice of transportation option may have an impact on the transportation network. In anticipation of or in response to a transportation request, the method may determine which transportation options will better benefit the transportation network and determine which transportation options to display to the requestor and/or the prominence with which the transportation products are displayed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Abhinav Amrut Vora, Hao Yu Liu, Benjamin Han, Julia Yu, Le Guan, Xiaoyuan Xu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, David Chouinard
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Patent number: 11226208Abstract: Methods and systems for planning and creating transportation routes with multiple modalities are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transportation request that includes a first location and a second location. A transportation proposal may then be generated including a route for transportation between the first location and the second location. The method may then include determining modalities available to provide transportation and determining respective transportation segments for the modalities, and at least a subset of the transportation segments may be combined to form the route for transportation. The transportation proposal, including the route for transportation, may then be transmitted for display on a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: LYFT, INC.Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Karina Goot, Priyanka Madhav Phatak, Michael Francis Lodick, Jatin Chopra
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Publication number: 20210270631Abstract: Systems and methods for improved transitioning and updating of navigations modes for multi-modal transportation routes are presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transportation route, which may include a first segment and a second segment. A first interface associated with the first segment may be displayed and may include a visual indicator of a rate of progress. A predicted travel time may be predicted, based on the rate of progress, to a starting location of the second segment. The visual indicator may be updated based on a comparison of the predicted travel time to a start time of the second segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Assaf Haim Shalev, Christina Mara Todorovich, Mohammad Harith Aslam Khawaja
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Publication number: 20210270617Abstract: Systems and methods for improved transitioning and updating of navigations modes for multi-modal transportation routes are presented. A transportation route may be received that includes a first segment associated with a first modality and a second segment associated with a second modality. A first interface associated with the first modality may be displayed and a trigger event associated with the first segment may be detected. In response, a second interface may be displayed that is associated with the second modality.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Assaf Haim Shalev, Christine Mara Todorovich, Mikhail Skobov
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Publication number: 20210192584Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may match transportation requestor devices to transportation provider devices pre-request by using the same matching process employed by a matching engine that is capable of predicting transportation swaps and walks. Multiple matches may be showcased on user devices, and offline transportation providers may see an exact match to a requestor, with an ability to go online and accept the pre-request match. Additional techniques disclosed include the curation and presentation of offers using constraint space partitioning and adjustment of price and/or the presentation of offers based on real-time information to improve the efficiency and/or utilization of transportation provider resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Molly Angelica Ingles Lorenzo, Nihar Chandra Bhupalam
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING A PREDICTED MATCH TO AN OFFLINE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER DEVICE
Publication number: 20210192663Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may match transportation requestor devices to transportation provider devices pre-request by using the same matching process employed by a matching engine that is capable of predicting transportation swaps and walks. Multiple matches may be showcased on user devices, and offline transportation providers may see an exact match to a requestor, with an ability to go online and accept the pre-request match. Additional techniques disclosed include the curation and presentation of offers using constraint space partitioning and adjustment of price and/or the presentation of offers based on real-time information to improve the efficiency and/or utilization of transportation provider resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Molly Angelica Ingles Lorenzo, Nihar Chandra Bhupalam