System for automatically matching a service requestor with a service provider based on their proximity and establishing a voice call between them

Abstract

A system for automatically matching a service requestor with a service provider based on their physical proximity to each other. A client requesting a service (e.g. Taxi service) using a cellular telephone calls an automatic server. The server interfaces with the cellular operator(s) systems and acquires the client's location. The server also regularly keeps track of the locations and availability of pre-registered service providers (e.g. Taxi Cabs) through the same interface with the cellular operator(s). The server then matches the service requestor with a service provider based on the physical proximity of the latter to the former through a matching algorithm. Once the matching is performed, the server establishes a voice call where the service requestor is the call originator (A-Party) and the service provider is the call recipient (B-Party) so both parties can verbally agree on the details of their transaction.

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[0001] background technical field [0002] The embodiments described in this patent are generally related to the field of telecommunications, and specifically relate to a telecommunications system, which is used to communicate between a service requester carrying a mobile phone and a service provider also carrying a mobile phone based on the closest physical proximity of two mobile phones. match between. Background technique [0003] Existing common methods for matching service requesters and service providers (such as taxi customers and taxi drivers) involve the following problems: inconvenient, high cost, and high carbon emissions. Different methods include the more typical one: the customer has to walk up to the nearest main street, wait nearby for a marked taxi to pass by, and then hail a taxi, hoping to be picked up. For the client, it takes time wasted, unnecessary attempts are made, and weather conditions such as rain, snow, wind, cold, heat or humidity have to be en...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] Common existing methods for matching service requesters and service providers (e.g., taxi customers and taxi drivers) involve the following problems: inconvenient, high cost, and high carbon footprint

Customers waste time sending addresses, waiting for taxis to arrive, sometimes customers have to wait outside addresses for a long time before taxis arrive, and weather conditions

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