Systems and methods for analyzing telematics data to determine a driver on a shared trip

Abstract

A technical design solution for classifying users as potential drivers traveling in a vehicle based upon a combination of gathered data during a shared trip and historical data. Data gathered would include, at the least, overlapping time and distance of users to be classified as potential drivers. Shared trip scenarios, where a driver is identified, include (1) two or more users share a complete trip from beginning to end; (2) two or more users share the beginning of a trip, at least one user is dropped off, thereby ending their trip, and the other user continues driving; (3) two or more users share the end of a trip, where at least one user is picked up during the shared trip; and (4) one user picks up at least one other user during a trip, thereby creating a shared trip, and drops off the at least one other user to a different location, then heads to a final location. Driver identification is performed based upon the real-time gathering of data, which is then analyzed based upon and in view of historical data.

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         21 . A computing device for driver identification, the computing device comprising:
 one or more processors; and   a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
 determine whether a first trip by a first user and a second trip by a second user are a shared trip within a vehicle based at least in part upon a first plurality of measurements from a first user device during the first trip and a second plurality of measurements from a second user device during the second trip, wherein determining whether the first trip and the second trip are the shared trip within the vehicle includes determining whether the first user and the second user are in the vehicle together during the shared trip; and 
 if the first user and the second user have been determined to be in the vehicle together during the shared trip, determine whether the first user or the second user is a driver of the vehicle during the shared trip based at least in part upon the first plurality of measurements and the second plurality of measurements. 
   
     
     
         22 . The computing device of  claims 21 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
 calculate a time and a distance for each trip of the first trip and the second trip in response to determining that the first trip overlaps with the second trip in time;   calculate an overlapping time between the first trip and the second trip; and   calculate a shared distance between the first trip and the second trip.   
     
     
         23 . The computing device of  claim 22 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
 classify the first trip and the second trip as the shared trip in response to determining that the shared distance is less than the distance of the first trip or the second trip.   
     
     
         24 . The computing device of  claim 21 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
 designate at least one of the first user and the second user as the driver of the shared trip based at least in part upon the first user or the second user self-identifying as the driver.   
     
     
         25 . The computing device of  claim 21 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
 designate at least one of the first user and the second user as the driver of the shared trip based at least in part upon one trip of the first trip and the second trip being longer than the other trip, wherein the first user or the second user of the longer trip is designated as the driver.   
     
     
         26 . The computing device of  claim 21 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
 designate at least one of the first user and the second user as the driver of the shared trip based at least in part upon one user of the first user and the second user having a higher driving probability of being the driver for the shared trip, wherein the higher driving probability is based upon historical data stored in user profiles of the first user and the second user.   
     
     
         27 . The computing device of  claim 21 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
 receive the first plurality of measurements from the first user device during the first trip; and   receive the second plurality of measurements from the second user device during the second trip.   
     
     
         28 . A computer-implemented method for driver identification, the method comprising:
 determining whether a first trip by a first user and a second trip by a second user are a shared trip within a vehicle based at least in part upon a first plurality of measurements from a first user device during the first trip and a second plurality of measurements from a second user device during the second trip, wherein determining whether the first trip and the second trip are the shared trip within the vehicle includes determining whether the first user and the second user are in the vehicle together during the shared trip; and   if the first user and the second user have been determined to be in the vehicle together during the shared trip, determining whether the first user or the second user is the driver of the vehicle during the shared trip based at least in part upon the first plurality of measurements and the second plurality of measurements.   
     
     
         29 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 28 , further comprising:
 calculating a time and a distance for each trip of the first trip and the second trip in response to determining that the first trip overlaps with the second trip in time;   calculating an overlapping time between the first trip and the second trip; and   calculating a shared distance between the first trip and the second trip.   
     
     
         30 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 29 , further comprising:
 classifying the first trip and the second trip as the shared trip in response to determining that the shared distance is less than the distance of the first trip or the second trip.   
     
     
         31 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 28 , further comprising:
 designating at least one of the first user and the second user as the driver of the shared trip based at least in part upon the first user or the second user self-identifying as the driver.   
     
     
         32 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 28 , further comprising:
 designating at least one of the first user and the second user as the driver of the shared trip based at least in part upon one trip of the first trip and the second trip being longer than the other trip, wherein the first user or the second user of the longer trip is designated as the driver.   
     
     
         33 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 designating at least one of the first user and the second user as the driver of the shared trip based at least in part upon one user of the first user and the second user having a higher driving probability of being the driver for the shared trip, wherein the higher driving probability is based upon historical data stored in user profiles of the first user and the second user.   
     
     
         34 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 receiving the first plurality of measurements from the first user device during the first trip; and   receiving the second plurality of measurements from the second user device during the second trip.   
     
     
         35 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for driver identification, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
 determine whether a first trip by a first user and a second trip by a second user are a shared trip within a vehicle based at least in part upon a first plurality of measurements from a first user device during the first trip and a second plurality of measurements from a second user device during the second trip, wherein determining whether the first trip and the second trip are the shared trip within the vehicle includes determining whether the first user and the second user are in the vehicle together during the shared trip; and   if the first user and the second user have been determined to be in the vehicle together during the shared trip, determine whether the first user or the second user is a driver of the vehicle during the shared trip based at least in part upon the first plurality of measurements and the second plurality of measurements.   
     
     
         36 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 35 , wherein the instructions that cause the computing device to determine whether the first user or the second user is the driver of the vehicle further cause the computing device to:
 designate the first user or the second user as the driver; and   retain the driver designation for the first user or the second user in response to determining that the first user or the second user was previously designated as the driver.   
     
     
         37 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 36 , wherein the instructions that cause the computing device to designate the first user or the second user as the driver further cause the computing device to:
 designate the first user as the driver in response to determining that a GPS-based distance of the first trip is longer than a GPS-based distance of the second trip.   
     
     
         38 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 36 , wherein the instructions that cause the computing device to designate the first user or the second user as the driver further cause the computing device to:
 designate the second user as the driver in response to determining that a GPS-based distance of the second trip is longer than a GPS-based distance of the first trip.   
     
     
         39 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 36 , wherein the instructions that cause the computing device to designate the first user or the second user as the driver further cause the computing device to:
 designate the first user or the second user as the driver in response to driver probability data associated with each user of the first user and the second user, wherein the first user or the second user with a higher probability of being the driver is designated as the driver of the shared trip.   
     
     
         40 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 35 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computing device to:
 receive the first plurality of measurements from the first user device during the first trip; and   receive the second plurality of measurements from the second user device during the second trip.