Providing navigational data to a driver computing device to direct the driver computing device to a geographic region in view of a location specified by the driver computing device
US10634509B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/202
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processing device over a network from a driver computing device, a driver destination location and a scheduled arrival time; and determining, based on historical data, a plurality of likelihoods corresponding to a plurality of passenger pick-up regions. Each of the plurality of likelihoods is a corresponding likelihood of the driver computing device arriving at the driver destination location by the scheduled arrival time after completing transportation of a passenger from a corresponding passenger pick-up region. The method further includes: selecting, based on the plurality of likelihoods, a first passenger pick-up region; and providing, by the processing device over the network to the driver computing device, navigational data to direct a driver corresponding to the driver computing device to the first passenger pick-up region.
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