Interactive Transport Services Provided by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a client computing device, a transport request for transport of one or more items by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
responsive to receiving the transport request, the client computing device;
(i) determining one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas within a geographic area associated with the client computing device, and(ii) displaying, on a graphic display, a graphic map interface indicating the one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas;
receiving, via the graphic map interface of the client computing device, a selection of one of the one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas; and
responsive to receiving the selection, the client computing device causing the UAV to transport the one or more items to the selected UAV-accessible sub-area.
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Abstract
Embodiments relate to a client-facing application for interacting with a transport service that transports items via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An example graphic interface may allow a user to order items to specific delivery areas associated with their larger delivery location, and may dynamically provide status updates and other functionality during the process of fulfilling a UAV transport request.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a client computing device, a transport request for transport of one or more items by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); responsive to receiving the transport request, the client computing device; (i) determining one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas within a geographic area associated with the client computing device, and (ii) displaying, on a graphic display, a graphic map interface indicating the one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas; receiving, via the graphic map interface of the client computing device, a selection of one of the one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas; and responsive to receiving the selection, the client computing device causing the UAV to transport the one or more items to the selected UAV-accessible sub-area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to; receive a transport request for transport of one or more items by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); responsive to receiving the transport request; (i) determine one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas within a geographic area associated with the system, and (ii) display, on a graphic display, a graphic map interface indicating the one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas; receive, via the graphic map interface of the client computing device, a selection of one of the one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas; and responsive to receiving the selection, cause the UAV to transport the one or more items to the selected UAV-accessible sub-area.
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
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receiving a transport request for transport of one or more items by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); responsive to receiving the transport request; (i) determining one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas within a geographic area associated with the computing device, and (ii) displaying, on a graphic display, a graphic map interface indicating the one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas; receiving, via the graphic map interface, a selection of one of the one or more UAV-accessible sub-areas; and responsive to receiving the selection, causing the UAV to transport the one or more items to the selected UAV-accessible sub-area.
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