Dynamic Multi-Device Ride Matching Interface for Screen Space Limits

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional transportation matching systems suffer from limited flexibility, inefficiency, and resource wastage due to rigid assignment of transportation requests, excessive bandwidth usage, and limited screen space on provider devices, leading to inefficient user interfaces and computational resource waste.

Innovation Solution

A multi-device selection system that generates intelligent graphical user interfaces, utilizing a multi-request transportation model to analyze features of transportation requests and provider devices, intelligently surfaces selectable elements on interactive maps, and dynamically updates interfaces to provide multiple transportation options, reducing computational resources and conflicts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional systems provide rigid transportation assignments to provider devices, then system simplicity is maintained, but flexibility and efficiency deteriorate as providers cannot easily select alternative requests

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveflexibilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the number of transportation requests displayed to provider devices based on real-time conditions. Instead of rigidly displaying a fixed number of requests, the system modifies the quantity of requests presented according to provider behavior patterns, acceptance rates, and system performance metrics, enabling flexibility while maintaining manageable complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of request quantity displayed to providers based on analyzed performance data. By adjusting this parameter dynamically rather than maintaining a static value, the system achieves adaptability in response conditions while the underlying analysis framework maintains structural simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional systems display multiple transportation requests to provider devices, then selection flexibility improves, but screen space limitations and interface complexity worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveselection flexibilityVSAvoidscreen space
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically determines the optimal number of requests to display on provider screens based on real-time analysis of acceptance patterns and system performance. This dynamic adjustment ensures that screen space is utilized efficiently while providing sufficient selection flexibility, avoiding both overcrowding and excessive limitation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system displays a controlled number of requests that is sufficient to provide meaningful selection flexibility but not so many as to overwhelm screen space. By presenting a partial set of relevant requests rather than all available options, the system achieves adequate flexibility within spatial constraints

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Reliability

If conventional systems iteratively reassign transportation requests after cancellations, then request fulfillment is maintained, but computational resource waste and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverequest fulfillmentVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of provider behavior patterns and request characteristics before cancellations occur. By pre-analyzing data and preparing potential reassignment options in advance, the system can quickly fulfill replacement requests without extensive iterative processing, maintaining reliability while reducing time loss

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops that monitor provider acceptance patterns and system performance. This feedback enables the system to learn from past cancellations and optimize reassignment strategies, improving both fulfillment reliability and processing efficiency through data-driven decision-making

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

4Productivity

If conventional systems assign fixed bandwidth for transportation matching, then system simplicity is maintained, but efficiency deteriorates due to excessive bandwidth usage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematching efficiencyVSAvoidbandwidth usage
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts bandwidth allocation for transportation matching operations based on real-time system conditions and performance metrics. By modifying bandwidth usage dynamically rather than maintaining fixed allocation, the system achieves improved matching efficiency while reducing excessive bandwidth consumption through adaptive resource management

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250354822A1Generating dynamic interfaces providing intelligent multi-device selectable elements for a transportation matching system
Publication Date: 2025.11.20 LYFT INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating dynamic graphical user interfaces that provide intelligent multi-device selectable elements for a transportation matching system. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems compare features associated with multiple transportation requests and features associated with a provider device utilizing a multi-device selection model. In addition, the disclosed systems can intelligently surface a subset of transportation requests to graphical user interfaces of individual provider devices. For instance, the disclosed systems provide selectable elements within an interactive digital map so that provider devices can efficiently and accurately select transportation matches within a consolidated user interface. Moreover, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems provide individual transportation requests to multiple provider devices and intelligently resolve overlapping conditions utilizing a provider selection model.