WO2016008391A1

WO2016008391A1 - Method and system for booking taxi for third party in online taxi hiring system

Info

Publication number: WO2016008391A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/083838
Authority: WO
Inventors: 汤鹏; 王柏
Original assignee: 北京东方车云信息技术有限公司
Priority date: 2014-07-15
Filing date: 2015-07-13
Publication date: 2016-01-21
Also published as: CN104794884A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for booking a taxi for a third party in an online taxi hiring system, where a passenger and a taxi-hailing user are different persons. The related system comprises a taxi-hailing user client, a passenger mobile phone, at least one driver-side onboard terminal, and a server providing a taxi hiring service. The method comprises: the taxi-hailing user client, by interacting with the server, issues a request message for booking a taxi for a third party; the server, by interacting with the onboard terminals on taxis, provides taxis accepting the booking; when a taxi is selected by the taxi-hailing user for the passenger, the server generates an order and notifies the taxi being selected and the passenger.

Description

Method and system for ordering a car in a network rental system

Technical field

The present invention relates to a system for providing a taxi service, and more particularly to a method and system for booking a car for another person, wherein the passenger is not a user who actively calls the vehicle.

Background technique

In the current densely populated cities, due to the complexity of traffic conditions, the following situations often occur: a large number of taxis are continually searching for passengers who need to take a taxi. On the other hand, passengers with taxi needs are difficult to get near the starting point. Waiting for the empty vehicles, the asymmetry of the taxi information has caused the problem of difficult city taxis, and also wastes limited public resources, energy resources and time resources of passengers and taxi drivers. In order to solve this problem, it is constantly Many applications based on handheld smart terminals have emerged, such as taxi software. These taxi software are installed on the user's handheld smart terminal (hereinafter referred to as the user client). The process of providing taxi service is as follows:

The passenger client sends a request for a taxi to the server, and the server generates the order information according to the request, and pushes the order information to the vehicle terminal of the taxi that meets the distance condition (within the passenger's starting address within a certain range) and the empty driving condition. When the taxi driver using the vehicle terminal selects the order according to his own operation, the order is completed, the contact information of the taxi is returned to the passenger, and then the specific taxi transaction is completed between the passenger and the taxi.

However, in the real world, there are often situations in which it is necessary to book a car for other people, such as booking a car for an elderly person who is not good at using a smart phone, booking a car for a friend who is visiting the local for the first time, and booking a car for a guest who needs to be invited. Therefore, in existing taxi systems, it is necessary to provide methods and systems for providing taxi service to others to meet these needs in order to effectively utilize public resources, energy resources, and time resources of passengers and taxi drivers.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above-mentioned need for a car for another person, on the one hand, the present invention provides a method for ordering a car for someone else in a network car rental system, wherein the passenger and the active car user are different people, and the method involves actively calling the car user customer. a terminal, a passenger mobile phone, at least one driver-side vehicle terminal, and a server providing a taxi service; wherein the method for booking a car for another person includes:

The active calling user client sends a taxi request message to the server, where the taxi request information carries the mobile phone number of the passenger, and the passenger start address information and the destination address information;

The server receives a taxi request message sent by the active calling user client, and according to the distance between the current taxi and the starting address of the passenger, the road condition, whether it is in an air-driving state, and passenger preference information and taxi evaluation information, Screen out at least one taxi;

The server pushes the taxi request message to the vehicle terminal of the at least one taxi that is selected;

The vehicle terminal on the at least one taxi determines whether to take the order according to the operation situation of the taxi, and if the order is received, the message of the order is sent to the server;

When receiving the order response message returned by the at least one in-vehicle terminal, the server returns information of the taxi corresponding to all the in-vehicle terminals of the order to the client of the active calling user;

The active calling user client selects a taxi for the passenger according to the order vehicle information, and returns information of the selected taxi to the server;

The server generates an order according to the selection of the active calling user client, and sends the order related information to the selected taxi vehicle terminal; and,

The server sends a short message to the passenger mobile phone, and the short message includes a contact information of the taxi.

Preferably, in the above method for ordering a car for another person, the active car user client selects a passenger through an address book and acquires the phone number of the passenger.

Preferably, in the above method for ordering a car for another person, the active car user selects the passenger using the passenger information in the taxi history record, and acquires the passenger's mobile phone number.

Preferably, in the above method for ordering a car for another person, the related information of the passenger, including the mobile phone number thereof, can be imported from other applications.

Preferably, in the above method for ordering a car for another person, after the order is successfully generated and a short message is sent to the passenger, the server is in the vehicle to the passenger client and the driver for the case where the client is installed on the passenger mobile phone. The terminal pushes a chat interface for communication even; receives a message from the passenger client and/or the driver vehicle terminal and displays it on the chat interface of the passenger client and the driver vehicle terminal.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a system for booking a car for someone else in a network car rental system, wherein the passenger and the active car user are different people, the system comprising an active car user client, a passenger phone, at least one a driver-side vehicle terminal and a server providing a taxi service; in the system,

The active calling user client is configured to send a taxi request message to the server, where the taxi request information carries a mobile phone number of the passenger, and the passenger starting address information and the destination address information; and the active calling user The client is also used to select a taxi for the passenger from the pick-up taxi;

The at least one driver-side vehicle-mounted terminal is configured to receive a taxi request message pushed by the server, and return the driver's order response message to the server, and receive an order returned by the server when selected by the passenger Success message

The server is configured to filter out at least one taxi according to a distance between a current taxi and a starting address of the passenger, a road condition, an idle state, and passenger preference information and taxi evaluation information, and The taxi request message is pushed to the in-vehicle terminal on the selected at least one taxi; when receiving the order response message returned by the at least one in-vehicle terminal, the information of the taxi corresponding to all the in-vehicle terminals of the order is returned to the active Calling the client of the car user; and after selecting the taxi by the active car user client, generating an order, and transmitting the order related information to the selected taxi car terminal, and transmitting the contact including the taxi to the passenger mobile phone Short message

The passenger handset is used to receive a short message containing a contact information for the taxi.

Preferably, in the system for booking a car for another person, the active car user client selects the passenger through the address book and acquires the mobile phone number of the passenger.

Preferably, in the system for booking a car for another person, the active car user client uses the passenger information in his taxi history to select the passenger and obtain the passenger's mobile phone number.

Preferably, in the system for booking a car for another person, the relevant information of the passenger, including its mobile phone number, can be imported from other applications.

Preferably, in the system for booking a car for another person, the server further has a real-time communication module, and when the client is installed on the passenger mobile phone, the server pushes the passenger client and the driver vehicle terminal A chat interface for even communication; receiving a message of the passenger client and/or the driver vehicle terminal and displaying on the chat interface of the passenger client and the driver vehicle terminal.

The above-mentioned system and method for booking a car for others brings about the following technical effects: it can meet the needs of setting a car for others in many cases, and improve the efficiency of taxiing and the efficiency of taxi operation.

DRAWINGS

Figure 1 illustrates a system for booking a car for another person in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 illustrates the steps of a method of booking a car for another person in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The method and system for ordering a car according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 1, a system for booking a car for another person includes the following parts:

Actively calling the user client 1, the passenger handset 2, the taxis 3, 5, 6, 7 and the corresponding driver-side vehicle terminals 3', 5', 6', 7' and the server 4 providing the taxi service;

When the user A needs to reserve a car for the guest B, the user A is called an active calling user, and he can use the client 1 to send a taxi request message to the server 2 through the mobile network, and the taxi request information carries The mobile phone number of the passenger (guest B), as well as the passenger's starting address information and destination address information;

After the server 4 receives the taxi request message sent by the client of the active calling user A, the server 4 according to the distance between the current taxi and the starting address of the passenger, the road condition, whether it is in the idle state, and the passenger preference information and Taxi evaluation information, select taxis 3, 5, 6 from taxis 3, 5, 6, 7;

Thereafter, the server 4 pushes the taxi request message to the selected taxi 3, 5,6 vehicle-mounted terminals 3', 5', 6';

The drivers of the taxis 3, 5, and 6 decide whether to take orders according to their own operation conditions. For example, when the taxis 3, 6 are idle, they select orders, and then they send a message to the server 4 respectively. ;

After receiving the order response message returned by the in-vehicle terminal 3', 6', the server 4 returns the information of the taxi corresponding to the in-vehicle terminal of the order, that is, the information of the taxi 3, 6 to the active calling user A. Client 1;

The active calling user A finally selects the taxi 6 for the passenger B according to the ordering vehicle information, and returns the information of the selected taxi 6 to the server 4;

The server 4 generates an order according to the selection of the active calling user A, and transmits the order related information to the in-vehicle terminal 6' of the selected taxi 6, which contains the mobile phone number of the passenger (guest B);

The server 4 sends a short message to the mobile phone of the passenger (guest B), which includes the contact information of the taxi.

After that, the taxi driver and passenger (Guest B) can contact each other to complete the subsequent taxi transaction.

In another embodiment, in order to make it more convenient to book a car for others, in the client 1 of the user A of the system, the user A can extract the passenger's phone number through his address book, and can also access the history of the car reservation. Record the phone number of the passenger who wants to book the car.

In yet another embodiment, passenger information for passengers to be ordered for the vehicle may be dumped from other applications and devices, the information including the telephone number.

In another aspect, another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of booking a car for another person. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps:

Step S001: The active calling user client sends a taxi request message to the server, where the taxi request information carries the mobile phone number of the passenger, and the passenger starting address information and the destination address information;

Step S002: The server receives the taxi request message sent by the active calling user client, and according to the distance between the current taxi and the passenger's starting address, the road condition, whether it is in an idle state, And passenger preference information and taxi evaluation information, screening at least one taxi;

Step S003, the server pushes the taxi request message to the vehicle terminal of the at least one taxi that is selected;

Step S004: The vehicle terminal on the at least one taxi determines whether to take the order according to the operation situation of the taxi, and if the order is received, the message of the order is sent to the server;

Step S005: When receiving the order response message returned by the at least one in-vehicle terminal, the server returns information of the taxi corresponding to all the in-vehicle terminals of the order to the client of the active calling user;

Step S006, the active calling user client selects a taxi for the passenger according to the receiving vehicle information, and returns the information of the selected taxi to the server;

Step S007, the server generates an order according to the selection of the active calling user client, and sends the order related information to the selected taxi vehicle terminal, which includes the passenger mobile phone number;

In step S008, the server sends a short message to the passenger mobile phone, where the short message includes a contact information of the taxi.

In step S001 of another embodiment, the passenger's information, including the mobile phone number, is derived from the address book.

In a further step S001 of the embodiment, the passenger's information, including the mobile phone number, is derived from historical taxi information.

In step S001 of another embodiment, the passenger's information, including the mobile phone number, is imported from other applications, such as mailbox contacts.

The present invention has been described in connection with the specific embodiments thereof, and the present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims, and modifications and equivalents of the embodiments of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

A method for ordering a car for someone else in a network car rental system, wherein the passenger and the active car user are different people, the method involving an active car user client, a passenger phone, at least one driver side vehicle terminal, and a server providing a taxi service The method for ordering a car for another person includes:

The active calling user client sends a taxi request message to the server, where the taxi request information carries the mobile phone number of the passenger, and the passenger start address information and the destination address information;

The server receives a taxi request message sent by the active calling user client, and according to the distance between the current taxi and the starting address of the passenger, the road condition, whether it is in an air-driving state, and passenger preference information and taxi evaluation information, Screen out at least one taxi;

The server pushes the taxi request message to the vehicle terminal of the at least one taxi that is selected;

The vehicle terminal on the at least one taxi determines whether to take the order according to the operation situation of the taxi, and if the order is received, the message of the order is sent to the server;

When receiving the order response message returned by the at least one in-vehicle terminal, the server returns information of the taxi corresponding to all the in-vehicle terminals of the order to the client of the active calling user;

The active calling user client selects a taxi for the passenger according to the order vehicle information, and returns information of the selected taxi to the server;

The server generates an order according to the selection of the active calling user client, and sends the order related information to the selected taxi vehicle terminal; and,

The server sends a short message to the passenger mobile phone, and the short message includes a contact information of the taxi.
The method for ordering a car for another person according to claim 1, wherein the active car user client selects a passenger through an address book and acquires the phone number of the passenger.
A method of booking a car for another person according to claim 1, wherein said active car user selects a passenger using passenger information in his taxi history and acquires the passenger Phone number.
A method of ordering a car for another person as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passenger related information, including the mobile phone number thereof, can be imported from other applications.
A method of booking a car for another person as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the order is successfully generated and a short message is sent to the passenger, the server is directed to the passenger client and the client is installed on the mobile phone. The driver vehicle terminal pushes a chat interface for communication even; receives a message of the passenger client and/or the driver vehicle terminal and displays it on the chat interface of the passenger client and the driver vehicle terminal.
A system for booking a car for someone else in a network car rental system, wherein the passenger and the active car user are different people, the system comprising an active car user client, a passenger cell phone, at least one driver side car terminal, and a server providing a taxi service In the system,

The active calling user client is configured to send a taxi request message to the server, where the taxi request information carries a mobile phone number of the passenger, and the passenger starting address information and the destination address information; and the active calling user The client is also used to select a taxi for the passenger from the pick-up taxi;

The at least one driver-side vehicle-mounted terminal is configured to receive a taxi request message pushed by the server, and return the driver's order response message to the server, and receive an order returned by the server when selected by the passenger Success message

The server is configured to filter out at least one taxi according to a distance between a current taxi and a starting address of the passenger, a road condition, an idle state, and passenger preference information and taxi evaluation information, and The taxi request message is pushed to the in-vehicle terminal on the selected at least one taxi; when receiving the order response message returned by the at least one in-vehicle terminal, the information of the taxi corresponding to all the in-vehicle terminals of the order is returned to the active Calling the client of the car user; and after selecting the taxi by the active car user client, generating an order, and transmitting the order related information to the selected taxi car terminal, and transmitting the contact including the taxi to the passenger mobile phone Short message

The passenger handset is used to receive a short message containing a contact information for the taxi.
A system for ordering a car for another person according to claim 6, wherein said active calling user client selects a passenger through an address book and acquires a mobile phone number of the passenger.
A system for ordering a car for another person according to claim 6, wherein said active car user client selects a passenger using passenger information in his taxi history and acquires the passenger's mobile phone number.
A system for ordering a car for another person as claimed in claim 6 wherein said passenger related information, including its mobile number, can be imported from other applications.
A system for ordering a car for another person according to claim 6, wherein said server further has a real-time communication module, said server to said passenger client and said said client is installed on a passenger mobile phone The driver vehicle terminal pushes a chat interface for communication even; receives a message of the passenger client and/or the driver vehicle terminal and displays it on the chat interface of the passenger client and the driver vehicle terminal.