DETERMINING AND PROVIDING PREDETERMINED LOCATION DATA POINTS TO SERVICE PROVIDERS

• US 20160034828A1
• Filed: 08/04/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Cui, Sophia, Sweeney, Matthew, Sarawgi, Aditya
• Granted Patent: US 11,010,693 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

A system and method for arranging a transport service is described. A system can receive a request for transport service from a user device. The request can include a requested pickup location data point. The system determines a predetermined location data point associated with the requested pickup location data point. The first predetermined location data point can be different from the requested pickup location data point. The system selects a driver to perform a transport service for the user based, at least in part, on the requested pickup location data point, and transmits the predetermined location data point to a driver device of the selected driver.

Claims

1. A method of arranging a transport service, the method being performed by a computing device and comprising:

receiving, at the computing device from a user device of a user, a request for transport service, the request including a requested pickup location data point;

determining a first predetermined location data point associated with the requested pickup location data point, the first predetermined location data point being different from the requested pickup location data point;

selecting a driver to perform a transport service for the user based, at least in part, on the requested pickup location data point; and

transmitting, from the computing device to a driver device of the selected driver, the first predetermined location data point.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first predetermined location data point includes accessing a mapping table stored in one or more memory resources of the computing device, the mapping table comprising one or more location entries, wherein each location entry associates a specified region with a corresponding predetermined location data point.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the first predetermined location data point includes determining that the requested pickup location data point is positioned within a specified region of a location entry of the one or more location entries, and identifying the corresponding predetermined location data point associated with that specified region.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested pickup location data point corresponds to a calculated location data point that (i) has been determined based on one or more previous location data points from one or more previously made requests for transport service, (ii) is within a predefined distance of the user device at a time the request for the transport service is made, and (ii) has been provided to the user device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested pickup location data point corresponds to a user-selected location data point.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first predetermined location data point comprises a latitude and a longitude.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first predetermined location data point is transmitted with an invitation message that invites the selected driver to perform the transport service.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, causes the computing device to:

receive, at the computing device from a user device of a user, a request for transport service, the request including a requested pickup location data point;

determine a first predetermined location data point associated with the requested pickup location data point, the first predetermined location data point being different from the requested pickup location data point;

select a driver to perform a transport service for the user based, at least in part, on the requested pickup location data point; and

transmit, from the computing device to a driver device of the selected driver, the first predetermined location data point.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the computing device to determine the first predetermined location data point by accessing a mapping table stored in one or more memory resources of the computing device, the mapping table comprising one or more location entries, wherein each location entry associates a specified region with a corresponding predetermined location data point.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions cause the computing device to determine the first predetermined location data point by determining that the requested pickup location data point is positioned within a specified region of a location entry of the one or more location entries, and identifying the corresponding predetermined location data point associated with that specified region.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the requested pickup location data point corresponds to a calculated location data point that (i) has been determined based on one or more previous location data points from one or more previously made requests for transport service, (ii) is within a predefined distance of the user device at a time the request for the transport service is made, and (ii) has been provided to the user device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the requested pickup location data point corresponds to a user-selected location data point.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first predetermined location data point comprises a latitude and a longitude.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first predetermined location data point is transmitted with an invitation message that invites the selected driver to perform the transport service.

15. A method of determining location data points for an on-demand service, the method being performed by a computing device and comprising:

storing, in one or more memory resources of the computing device, a set of on-demand service entries each having a requested location data point received from a user device in a given region, each on-demand service entry corresponding to an on-demand service that has been completed;

determining a calculated location data point for the given region based, at least in part, on the requested location data points of the set;

determining that a service application has been opened on a first user device that is positioned within the given region; and

in response to determining the service application has been opened on the first user device, causing the service application to automatically position a graphic indicator on a map to a position corresponding to the calculated location data point.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein determining the calculated location data point includes performing a clustering operation on the requested location data points of the set.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, at the computing device from the first user device, a request for the on-demand service to be performed for a first user, the request including the calculated location data point.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining a first predetermined location data point associated with the calculated location data point, the first predetermined location data point being different from the calculated location data point.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

selecting a driver to perform the on-demand service for the first user based, at least in part, on the calculated location data point; and

transmitting, from the computing device to a driver device of the selected driver, the first predetermined location data point.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining the first predetermined location data point includes (i) accessing a mapping table stored in one or more memory resources of the computing device, the mapping table comprising one or more location entries, wherein each location entry associates a specified region with a corresponding predetermined location data point, (ii) determining that the requested pickup location data point is positioned within a specified region of a location entry of the one or more location entries, and (iii) identifying the corresponding predetermined location data point associated with that specified region.