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US 10,647,425 B2Granted
Interactive transport services provided by unmanned aerial vehicles
AssigneeWing Aviation LLC
InventorsJonathan Lesser, Michael Bauerly, May Cheng, Rue Song
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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 an aerial vehicle transport request.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a client device, a transport request for transport of one or more items to a target location by an aerial vehicle, and responsively:
- displaying, by the client device, a preparation status screen including a first arrival-time estimate, wherein the first arrival-time estimate is determined based at least in part on:
- (i) a preparation-to-loading time estimate corresponding to loading the one or more items onto the aerial vehicle at an item-loading location, and (ii) a flight time estimate for transport of the one or more items from the item-loading location to the target location by an aerial vehicle;
- and
- subsequently receiving a status message indicating that the one or more items are loaded on the aerial vehicle and responsively:
- displaying, by the client device, a flight progress screen comprising:
- (a) a map comprising a location indication for the aerial vehicle, and (b) an updated arrival time, wherein the updated arrival time is determined based an updated flight time estimate for transport of the one or more items to the target location.
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A computing system comprising:
- a communication interface operable for data-network communications;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions stored thereon and executable by the at least one processor to cause the computing system to:
- receive, via the communication interface, a transport request for transport of one or more items to a target location;
- responsive to receipt of the transport request, display, on a graphic display, a preparation status screen that comprises a first arrival-time estimate, wherein the first arrival-time estimate is determined based on a combination of at least (i) a preparation-to-loading time estimate for the one or more items, and (ii) a flight time estimate for transport of the one or more items from the item-loading location to the target location by an aerial vehicle;
- receive, via the communication interface, a status message indicating that the one or more items are ready for transport to the target location;
- and
- responsive to receipt of the status message, display, on the graphic display, a flight progress screen, wherein the flight progress screen comprises:
- (a) a map comprising a location indication for the aerial vehicle, and (b) an updated arrival time, wherein the updated arrival time is determined based an updated flight time estimate for transport of the one or more items from the item-loading location to the target location.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a transport request for transport of one or more items to a target location by an unmanned aerial vehicle;
- responsive to receiving the transport request, the client computing device:
- (a) determining a total transport time based on a combination of at least (a) a preparation-to-loading time estimate corresponding to loading the one or more items onto the aerial vehicle at an item-loading location, and (b) a flight time estimate for transport of the one or more items from the item-loading location to the target location by an aerial vehicle;
- (b) sending a first status message to a client device, wherein the first status message comprises an arrival time corresponding to the total transport time;
- and
- receiving, by the computing device, an indication that the one or more items are loaded on an aerial vehicle for transport to the target location and responsively:
- (a) determining an updated total transport time based on an updated flight time estimate for transport of the one or more items to the target location;
- (b) sending a second status message to the client device, wherein the second status message comprises an updated arrival time corresponding to the updated total transport time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.