US Patent 11392861 Systems and methods for managing a vehicle sharing facility

A method and apparatus for managing a networked vehicle resource sharing facility, the method and system detect inputs corresponding to vehicle booking requests, where each of the vehicle booking requests identifies location data and calculates identity of multiple locations corresponding to other vehicle booking requests. Drop-off locations may be distinct from drop-off location specified in each of the other vehicle booking requests. The system accesses a data structure storing user authorisations for using assets for sharing and other qualifying criteria. Customers are automatically selected customers to share a vehicle and a route is calculated based on global optimization criteria.