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Lyft may be reaching for a higher gear in the driverless race. 

The company is seeking to patent a method for matching autonomous vehicles to transportation requests. Here's how it works: After determining the characteristics of both an autonomous vehicle and "road segments of a geographic area," the tech decides whether or not it can match a rider's request with an autonomous vehicle. 

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Source Fool.com