Dynamically determining origin and destination locations for a network system
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsQi Chen, Casey Lawler, Linfeng Shi, Qing Xu, Miao Yu
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AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsQi Chen, Casey Lawler, Linfeng Shi, Qing Xu, Miao Yu
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A network system dynamically determines a route, including start and end points, for vehicles in a transportation network. The transportation network receives a service request from a user of the transportation network including an origin location for the trip and a destination location for the trip. The transportation network then generates a waypoint plan for one or more vehicles, which includes the requested origin and destination in addition to any previously requested origins and destinations included in the vehicles current route. The network system then determines a directionality for each of the waypoints in the waypoint plan and retrieves candidate start and end points that have an associated directionality within a threshold angle of the directionality of each waypoint and are proximate to the waypoint. The network system evaluates each combination of retrieved candidate points to select a route for the vehicle.
A computer-implemented method for selecting a route for a vehicle communicating with a network system, the method comprising:
A computer program product for selecting a route for a vehicle communicating with a network system, the computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and including instructions configured to cause one or more processors to execute steps comprising:
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