US 11,441,920 B2Granted

Network system to determine a route based on timing data

AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.

InventorsJason Droege, Stephen Chau, Andrew Timothy Szybalski

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Abstract

A computer system can estimate preparation times associated with items offered by a plurality of entities to manage a service over a given geographic region. The computer system can receive, from a user device of a user, a request that indicates a user selection of a first set of one or more items to be provided by a first entity and a second set of one or more items to be provided by a second entity. The network system can determine a route of travel for a service provider to navigate in fulfilling the request. The route of navigation can be determined based at least in part on a first set of preparation timing information associated with the first set of one or more items and a second set of preparation timing information associated with the second set of one or more items.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer system comprising:

one or more processors;
one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
receive, over a network from a user device of a user, a request for a delivery service that indicates a user selection of a first set of one or more items to be provided by a first entity and a second set of one or more items to be provided by a second entity;
determine a route of travel for a service provider to fulfill the request for the delivery service, wherein the route of travel reflects a sequence of entities for the service provider to travel to in fulfilling the request for the delivery service that is determined based at least in part on a first set of preparation timing information associated with the first set of one or more items to be provided by the first entity and a second set of preparation timing information associated with the second set of one or more items to be provided by the second entity;
and
transmit a set of data indicating the determined route of travel to a provider device of the service provider.

3 more elements

A computer-implemented method for managing a delivery service, the method being performed by a computer system and comprising:

receiving, over a network from a user device of a user, a request for a delivery service that indicates a user selection of a first set of one or more items to be provided by a first entity and a second set of one or more items to be provided by a second entity;
determining a route of travel for a service provider to fulfill the request for the delivery service, wherein the route of travel reflects a sequence of entities for the service provider to travel to in fulfilling the request for the delivery service that is determined based at least in part on a first set of preparation timing information associated with the first set of one or more items to be provided by the first entity and a second set of preparation timing information associated with the second set of one or more items to be provided by the second entity;
and
transmitting a set of data indicating the determined route of travel to a provider device of the service provider.

1 more element

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

receive, over a network from a user device of a user, a request for a delivery service that indicates a user selection of a first set of one or more items to be provided by a first entity and a second set of one or more items to be provided by a second entity;
determine a route of travel for a service provider to fulfill the request for the delivery service, wherein the route of travel reflects a sequence of entities for the service provider to travel to in fulfilling the request for the delivery service that is determined based at least in part on a first set of preparation timing information associated with the first set of one or more items to be provided by the first entity and a second set of preparation timing information associated with the second set of one or more items to be provided by the second entity;
and
transmit a set of data indicating the determined route of travel to a provider device of the service provider.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/917,062Filed 30 Jun 2020 · continuation
Priority: 4 Jan 2017
Published: US 2020/0333161 A122 Oct 2020
Granted: 13 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G01C 21/3679
Input/output arrangements for on-board computers: retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling…
G01C 21/3605
Input/output arrangements for on-board computers: destination input or retrieval
G06F 16/951
Retrieval from the web: indexing; Web crawling techniques
G06Q 10/063114
Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group: status monitoring or status determination for a person or group

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Application62/442,280Us provisional application · filed 4 Jan 2017
Application15/728,244Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Oct 2017
Application16/217,882Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2018
US 10,190,886 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jan 2019
US 2020/0333161 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Oct 2020
US 10,712,169 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0188068 A1Published application
US 2019/0113361 A1Published application
US 11,441,920 B2This patent

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