MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631001220 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, on Jan. 6, for 'dynamic ride request selection during ongoing shared trips with rider-defined fare and delay constraints.'

Inventor(s) include Debasis Mitra; Vijay Pandey; and Shibani Patro.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a dynamic ride-sharing system and method that enables a driver engaged in an ongoing shared trip to evaluate and selectively accept additional ride requests in real-time, while optimizing net earni...