Onboard vehicle sharing service

Abstract

The disclosure includes a system, method and graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”) for providing an onboard vehicle sharing system. The system may include an onboard vehicle sharing system installed in a vehicle. The onboard vehicle sharing system may include a processor, a touchscreen installed in the vehicle and a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the touchscreen and the processor. The non-transitory computer-readable medium may store computer instructions that are executable by the processor to perform or control performance of operations for providing an onboard vehicle sharing service. The operations may include receiving an input to the touchscreen indicating a sharing mode for the vehicle. The sharing mode may include a Share Ride mode or a Share Vehicle mode.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 an onboard vehicle sharing system installed in a vehicle, the onboard vehicle sharing system comprising:
 a processor; 
 a touchscreen installed in the vehicle; and 
 a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the touchscreen and the processor, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to perform or control performance of operations for providing an onboard vehicle sharing service, the operations comprising:
 receiving an input to the touchscreen indicating that the vehicle is in a share ride mode; and 
 responsive to the input, receiving ride share data associated with the two or more ride sharing services, the ride share data describing a set of customers for sharing a ride in the vehicle in exchange for a payment. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying a graphical user interface on the touchscreen describing the geographic location of the set of customers relative to one another and relative to the vehicle. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the graphical user interface includes an indication of the ride sharing service associated with the customers in the set of customers. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein there are two or more customers in the set of customers and one customer is associated with a first ride sharing service and a different customer is associated with a second ride sharing service that is different from the first ride sharing service. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the set of customers includes one or more suggested customers selected from a larger group of customers, wherein the one or more suggested customers are selected based on social network data indicating that the selected customers have a relationship to a user of the vehicle. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the relationship is a similar interest. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the set of customers includes one or more suggested customers selected from a larger group of customers, wherein the one or more suggested customers are selected based on network services data indicating that the selected customers have similar music interests that are related to a user of the vehicle. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the music interests of the user is determined based on the music presented to the user in the vehicle via one or more network services. 
     
     
         9 . A system comprising:
 an onboard vehicle sharing system installed in a vehicle, the onboard vehicle sharing system comprising:
 a processor; 
 a touchscreen installed in the vehicle and displaying a vehicle mode graphical user interface configured to enable the vehicle to be shared; and 
 a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the touchscreen and the processor, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to perform or control performance of operations for providing an onboard vehicle sharing service, the operations comprising:
 receiving a first input to the touchscreen indicating that the vehicle is in a share vehicle mode; 
 receiving a second input to the touchscreen including a time slot describing a period of time during which the vehicle is available for one or more vehicle sharing services; and 
 responsive to the first and second input, transmitting data indicating that the vehicle is available for the one or more vehicle sharing services and the time slot during which the vehicle is available. 
 
   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , further comprising an onboard wireless communication system, wherein the operations further comprise:
 identifying that a client associated with a user of the vehicle is no longer paired with the onboard wireless communication system of the vehicle; and   responsive to the identification, determining that the user associated with the client has departed the vehicle.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise securing client profile data describing one or more preferences of the user responsive to the determination that the user has departed the vehicle. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9 , further comprising an onboard wireless communication system, wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving customer profile data describing one or more preferences of a customer who has indicated they will use the vehicle in exchange for a payment;   identifying that a client associated with the customer is paired with the onboard wireless communication system of the vehicle; and   responsive to the identification, determining that the customer is present at the vehicle.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 responsive to the determination that the customer is present at the vehicle, configuring an element of the vehicle to be personalized for the customer.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining that a customer who used the vehicle in exchange for a payment has ended their journey; and   reconfiguring one or more elements of the vehicle consistent with user profile data describing one or more preferences of a user of the vehicle;   responsive to the identification, determining that the user associated with the client has departed the vehicle; and   securing client profile data describing one or more preferences of the user.   
     
     
         15 . A method of determining that a person is present at a vehicle using wireless communication, the method comprising:
 identifying, by a processor-based device programmed to do the identification, that a client associated with a user is paired with an onboard wireless communication system of a vehicle; and   responsive to the pairing of the client with the onboard wireless communication system of the vehicle, determining that the user associated with the client is present at the vehicle.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the pairing includes the client pairing with the onboard wireless communication system via Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE). 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising configuring an element of the vehicle to be personalized for the user based on the determination that the user is present at the vehicle. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the element of the vehicle that is configured for the user is a heads-up display unit. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the element of the vehicle that is configured for the user is an outward facing display of a heads-up display unit. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising providing an indication of a location of the vehicle. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the indication includes blinking one or more exterior lights of the vehicle to indicate the location of the vehicle. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the indication includes sounding the horn of the vehicle. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the indication includes displaying a message on an outward facing panel of a heads-up display unit of the vehicle.