Lost device detection using geospatial location data
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKarna Chokshi, Michael O'Herlihy, Zach Singleton
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Abstract
A network system detects lost client devices based on a comparison of geospatial locations transmitted by user and provider client devices during and after a service. The network system assigns a service status indicating that a service from a start location to a destination location is in progress and monitors the locations of the user and provider client devices during the duration of the service and for a specified period of time after the service ends. In response to determining that the user and provider client devices remain in proximity to each other after the service has ended, the network system notifies the user of the lost device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- while a transportation service is in progress, periodically receiving sensor data from a provider client device associated with a provider of the service and sensor data from a user client device associated with a user of the service;
- receiving data from the provider client device that the transportation service is no longer being provided to the user;
- responsive to receiving the data, comparing the received sensor data from the provider client device and the received sensor data from the user client device;
- responsive to the compared sensor data from the devices exceeding a similarity threshold, transmitting an alert to a secondary client device associated with the user.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to executing, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- while a transportation service is in progress, periodically receiving sensor data from a provider client device associated with a provider of the service and sensor data from a user client device associated with a user of the service;
- receiving data from the provider client device that the transportation service is no longer being provided to the user;
- responsive to receiving the data, comparing the received sensor data from the provider client device and the received sensor data from the user client device;
- responsive to the compared sensor data from the devices exceeding a similarity threshold, transmitting an alert to a secondary client device associated with the user.
A computer system, comprising:
- one or more computer processors for executing computer program instructions;
- and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the one or more computer processors to perform steps comprising:
- while a transportation service is in progress, periodically receiving sensor data from a provider client device associated with a provider of the service and sensor data from a user client device associated with a user of the service;
- receiving data from the provider client device that the transportation service is no longer being provided to the user;
- responsive to receiving the data, comparing the received sensor data from the provider client device and the received sensor data from the user client device;
- responsive to the compared sensor data from the devices exceeding a similarity threshold, transmitting an alert to a secondary client device associated with the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.