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Glossary

User

Any individual that has access to the application. A user can have two possible roles when signing up to use the application: driver or rider. A user must supply contact information such as email and phone number when signing up.

Rider

A type of user that can request rides from a starting location to an ending location. Riders also need to confirm a driver's offer to service their request, and are able to cancel a request both before and after a driver has offered to service it. Riders can also rate a driver that has serviced their request.

Driver

A type of user that can service a ride request by driving the rider from the starting location to the ending location. Drivers can browse for open ride requests and make offers of service, and are compensated with a QR-Bucks payment. Drivers have ratings expressed in number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down to indicate their reputation.

Rating

An indication of a driver's performance and a rider's satisfaction with the service after a ride request has been completed. The rating can be expressed as either a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down.

Ride Request

A request made by a rider that could be accepted by a driver. Requests are defined by a start location and an end location and can take on one of several states: pending, offered, accepted, in progress, cancelled, and completed.

Pending Ride Request

A ride request that has been made by a rider but has not yet been offered to be serviced by a driver. The request can be cancelled by the rider in this state.

Offered Ride Request

A ride request that has been offered to be serviced by a driver and is awaiting acceptance by the rider. The request can be cancelled by the rider in this state.

Accepted Ride Request

A ride request in which the offer of service made by the driver has been accepted by the rider. The request can be cancelled by the rider in this state.

In-Progress Ride Request

A ride request that is currently being serviced; i.e., the driver is currently driving the rider from the start location to the end location.

Cancelled Ride Request

A ride request that has been cancelled by the rider after being made.

Completed Ride Request

A rider request that has been completed; i.e., the driver has driven the rider to the end location. The ride request enters this state upon confirmation from the rider. In this state, the QR-Bucks payment from the rider to the driver needs to be made, and the rider can rate the driver.

QR-Bucks Payment

A method of compensation from the rider to the driver for servicing a ride request. The payment is made by having the driver use the app to scan a QR code presented on the rider's app.

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