Suggested pickup location for ride services

US10685416B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Uber Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brian Tolkin · San Francisco, US
• Qing Xu · Munich, DE
• Sami Aref · San Francisco, US
• Peter Ng · San Francisco, US
• Yuhki Yamashita · San Francisco, US
• Siddharth Kar · San Francisco, US
• Nikhil Goel · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 16, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/202
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A travel coordination system coordinates travel between a client and a provider to a destination. The client and provider meet at a pickup location and the provider transports the client (or an item or object from the client) to the destination. The travel coordination system automatically suggests a pickup location for the trip by determining location data points corresponding to prior trips of clients. Location data points near the client's location are determined by distance or by region and scored to determine a pickup location that improves the estimated pickup time and/or estimated time to arrive at the destination.