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Abstract

A system and method for determining a ride fare for a ride in a network-connected autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The system may divide an overall ride fare between the rider, and the enterprise or company at which the rider is employed, where the amounts allocated to each are dependent upon a productivity metric indicating a measure of the work performed by the rider during the ride. Accordingly, the system receives a ride request over a network and calculates an overall ride fare using ride parameters. At the ride's conclusion, the system receives a productivity metric indicating rider productivity enabled by the vehicle's virtual work environment. The system uses the productivity metric to calculate a portion of the overall fare allocated to the rider's account. The virtual environment may include network connectivity, input devices, displays, and cloud-based productivity software. A productivity sensing system generates the productivity metric by monitoring network traffic, or monitoring software application interactions.

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