System and methods for verifying that one or more directives that direct transport of a second end user

• US 10,002,333 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2017
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Modern Geographia, LLC (Uber Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel
• Application Number:
  US15/588,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20170308824A1
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 701 19, 701 20, 701 21, 701410, 701533, 701537, 701200, 701209, 3405734, 340990, 4554565, 4555521
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving one or more first directives that direct a transportation vehicle unit to transport a first end user; receiving, while the transportation vehicle unit is en route to or is transporting the first end user, one or more second directives that direct the transportation vehicle unit to transport a second end user while transporting the first end user, the transportation vehicle unit having been determined to be able to accommodate transport of the second end user while transporting the first end user; and verifying that compliance with the one or more second directives will not conflict with one or more obligations to transport the first end user by the transportation vehicle unit. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a computing device; and

one or more instructions which, when executed on the computing device, cause the computing device to perform one or more operations including at least;

receiving one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit, the transportation vehicle unit assigned for transport of an end user to an end user destination, and at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination;

providing, via at least one display of the computing device, one or more indications at least partially based on the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit and on the at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination;

ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one hardware-based position sensor of the computing device, at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location; and

providing, via the at least one display of the computing device, at least one indication of the at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location.

2. A method, comprising:

receiving one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit, the transportation vehicle unit assigned for transport of an end user to an end user destination, and at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination;

providing, via at least one display of at least one wearable device, one or more indications at least partially based on the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit and on the at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination;

ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one hardware-based position sensor of the at least one wearable device, at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location; and

providing, via the at least one display of the at least one wearable device, at least one indication of the at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location,

wherein at least one of the receiving, providing, or ascertaining is at least partially implemented using at least one processing device.

3. A system, comprising:

circuitry configured for receiving one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit, the transportation vehicle unit assigned for transport of an end user to an end user destination, and at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination;

circuitry configured for providing, via at least one display of at least one wearable device, one or more indications at least partially based on the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit and on the at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination;

circuitry configured for ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one hardware-based position sensor of the at least one wearable device, at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location; and

circuitry configured for providing, via the at least one display of the at least one wearable device, at least one indication of the at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for receiving one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit, the transportation vehicle unit assigned for transport of an end user to an end user destination, and at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of one or more of make, model, license plate number, or driver name of the at least one transportation vehicle unit.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for receiving one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit, the transportation vehicle unit assigned for transport of an end user to an end user destination, and at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit assigned in response to a transmitted request for the transport of the end user to an end user destination.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein circuitry configured for receiving one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit assigned in response to a transmitted request for the transport of the end user to an end user destination comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving, by a smartwatch, one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit assigned in response to a transmitted request for the transport of the end user to an end user destination, the request transmitted by a smartphone.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein circuitry configured for receiving, by a smartwatch, one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit assigned in response to a transmitted request for the transport of the end user to an end user destination, the request transmitted by a smartphone comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving, from a first web service, the one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit assigned in response to a transmitted request for the transport of the end user to an end user destination, the request transmitted to a second web service by the smartphone, the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit received by the first web service from the second web service and relayed to the smartwatch.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry configured for receiving, from a first web service, the one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit assigned in response to a transmitted request for the transport of the end user to an end user destination, the request transmitted to a second web service by the smartphone, the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit received by the first web service from the second web service and relayed to the smartwatch comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving the one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit at the smartwatch from the first web service subsequent to transmission by the smartphone of the request to a ride hailing service as the second web service.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for receiving one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit, the transportation vehicle unit assigned for transport of an end user to an end user destination, and at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit and the at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit from a first web service subsequent to the first web service receiving one or more login credentials associated with a ride hailing service and requesting one or more transportation vehicle unit status updates associated with the one or more login credentials from the ride hailing service.

10. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for providing, via at least one display of at least one wearable device, one or more indications at least partially based on the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit and on the at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination comprises:

circuitry configured for causing at least one display of at least one smartwatch to output at least one of make, model, license plate number, or driver name of the at least one transportation vehicle unit assigned for transport of the end user to the end user destination.

11. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for providing, via at least one display of at least one wearable device, one or more indications at least partially based on the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit and on the at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination comprises:

circuitry configured for causing at least one display of at least one smartwatch to output at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination.

12. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for providing, via at least one display of at least one wearable device, one or more indications at least partially based on the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit and on the at least one estimated time of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit for transport of the end user to the end user destination comprises:

circuitry configured for updating the at least one display of the at least one wearable device with one or more updated indications of identities of the transportation vehicle unit or one or more updated estimated times of arrival of the transportation vehicle unit responsive to receiving one or more updates.

13. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one hardware-based position sensor of the at least one wearable device, at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location comprises:

circuitry configured for ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one GPS sensor of at least one smartwatch, at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location.

14. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one hardware-based position sensor of the at least one wearable device, at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location comprises:

circuitry configured for ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one hardware-based position sensor of the at least one wearable device, at least one location of the transportation vehicle unit in real-time with at least one of car-length or footstep granularity.

15. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one hardware-based position sensor of the at least one wearable device, at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location comprises:

circuitry configured for ascertaining, at least partially based on at least one hardware-based position sensor of the at least one wearable device, at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location, the rendezvous location including at least one location within a proximity of a starting point for the transport of the end user to the end user destination where the end user can enter the transportation vehicle unit.

16. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry configured for providing, via the at least one display of the at least one wearable device, at least one indication of the at least one direction and at least one distance associated with the transportation vehicle unit relative to a rendezvous location comprises:

circuitry configured for providing guidance to a pick up location, including at least providing direction and distance to the pick up location, the pick up location including at least one location within a proximity of a starting point for the transport of the end user to the end user destination where the end user can enter the transportation vehicle unit.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry configured for providing guidance to a pick up location, including at least providing direction and distance to the pick up location, the pick up location including at least one location within a proximity of a starting point for the transport of the end user to the end user destination where the end user can enter the transportation vehicle unit comprises:

circuitry configured for causing at least one display of a smartwatch to show an arrow pointing to the pick up location and a distance to the pick up location.

18. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

circuitry configured for detecting that a rendezvous between the end user and the transportation vehicle unit has occurred.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein circuitry configured for detecting that a rendezvous between the end user and the transportation vehicle unit has occurred comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an indication from a web service that the transport of the end user to the end user destination has started.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

circuitry configured for providing, via the at least one display of the at least one wearable device, an estimate of an amount of time to the end user destination from a current location of the transportation vehicle unit.