# US 12,590,805 B2 · Systems and methods for travel planning that calls for at least one transportation vehicle unit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,590,805 B2 - Document ID: US12590805B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/939,358 - Filed: 2022-09-07 - Published: 2022-12-29 - Granted: 2026-03-31 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-06 - Assignees: Uber Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Uber Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Richard T. Lord; Robert W. Lord; Nathan P. Myhrvold; Clarence T. Tegreene - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12590805B2 ## CPC - G01C 21/34: Route searching; Route guidance - G01C 21/3423: {Multimodal routing} - G01C 21/3438: {Rendezvous; Ride sharing} - G06Q 10/025: {Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation} - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving a request for transporting one or more end users towards a destination location; providing a travel plan for facilitating the one or more end users to travel to the destination location from a starting location, the travel plan identifying at least two route legs including at least one transport route leg that calls for at least one transportation vehicle unit to transport the one or more end users over the transport route leg; and directing the at least one transportation vehicle unit to rendezvous with the one or more end users at a rendezvous location in order to transport the one or more end users over the transport route leg. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations that include: transmitting a travel plan to an end user device to facilitate an end user in travelling to a destination location from a starting location, the travel plan identifying multiple route legs, including a first route leg in which an end user travels from the starting location to a first rendezvous location using a first transportation service, and a second route leg in which the end user travels from the first rendezvous location to the destination location using a second transport service, the travel plan specifying at least one of a departure time for the second transportation service or an arrival time for the end user to arrive at the destination location; monitoring, during the first route leg, a location of the end user device relative to the first rendezvous location; determining, based on monitoring the location of the end user device, whether the end user is late for either the departure time from the first rendezvous location or the arrival time for the destination location; based on determining that the end user is late, adjusting the travel plan by changing the first rendezvous location to a second rendezvous location; transmitting the adjusted travel plan to the end user device as the end user travels along the first route leg; based on the adjusted travel plan, monitoring the location of the end user relative to the second rendezvous location to determine when the end user is within a predetermined distance or travel time from the second rendezvous location; and based on determining that the end user device is within the predetermined distance or travel time from the second rendezvous location, directing a transportation vehicle unit to the second rendezvous location of the adjusted travel plan, to provide the second transport service upon the end user's arrival. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the operations include: determining, based on the end user device being within the predetermined distance or travel time from the second rendezvous location, a time to direct the transportation vehicle unit to the second rendezvous location, to provide the second transport service to the end user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the operations include: directing a robotic driver of the transportation vehicle unit to the second rendezvous location, to provide transport to the end user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the travel plan includes driver information about a driver of the transportation vehicle unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the operations include: selecting the transportation vehicle unit at the determined time. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the travel plan indicates a mode of transport for each route leg of the travel plan. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein adjusting the travel plan includes adjusting the arrival time at the destination location. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein transmitting the travel plan includes transmitting routing information for multiple planned routes, each of the planned routes corresponding to one of the first route leg or second route leg. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein transmitting the routing information includes causing at least a portion of individual route legs to be displayed on the end user device in graphical form. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the travel plan includes the arrival time of the end user at the destination location, and wherein determining the adjustment to the remainder of the travel plan further includes determining an adjustment to the arrival time at the destination location. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first transportation service corresponds to one of an air conveyance service, ferry service, or train service. ### Claim 12 A computer-implemented method comprising: transmitting a travel plan to an end user device to facilitate an end user in travelling to a destination location from a starting location, the travel plan identifying multiple route legs, including a first route leg in which an end user travels from the starting location to a first rendezvous location using a first transportation service, and a second route leg in which the end user travels from the first rendezvous location to the destination location using a second transport service, the travel plan specifying at least one of a departure time for the second transportation service or an arrival time for the end user to arrive at the destination location; monitoring, during the first route leg, a location of the end user device relative to the first rendezvous location; determining, based on monitoring the location of the end user device, whether the end user is late for either the departure time from the first rendezvous location or the arrival time for the destination location; based on-determining that the end user is late, adjusting the travel plan by changing the first rendezvous location to a second rendezvous location; transmitting the adjusted travel plan to the end user device as the end user travels along the first route leg; based on the adjusted travel plan, monitoring the location of the end user relative to the second rendezvous location to determine when the end user is within a predetermined distance or travel time from the second rendezvous location; and based on determining that the end user device is within the predetermined distance or travel time from the second rendezvous location, directing a transportation vehicle unit to the rendezvous location of the adjusted travel plan, to provide the second transport service upon the end user's arrival. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: determining, based on the end user device being within the predetermined distance or travel time from the second rendezvous location, a time to direct the transportation vehicle unit to the second rendezvous location of the adjusted travel plan, to provide transport the second transport service to the end user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the travel plan includes driver information about a driver of the transportation vehicle unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the travel plan indicates a mode of transport for each of the multiple route legs. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the multiple route legs include one or more route legs in which the end user walks to a corresponding route leg of the multiple route legs. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first transportation service corresponds to one of an air conveyance service, ferry service, or train service. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, causes the computing system to perform operations that include: transmitting a travel plan to an end user device to facilitate an end user in travelling to a destination location from a starting location, the travel plan identifying multiple route legs, including a first route leg in which an end user travels from the starting location to a first rendezvous location using a first transportation service, and a second route leg in which the end user travels from the first rendezvous location to the destination location using a second transport service, the travel plan specifying at least one of a departure time for the second transportation service or an arrival time for the end user to arrive at the destination location; monitoring, during the first route leg, a location of the end user device relative to the first rendezvous location; determining, based on monitoring the location of the end user device, whether the end user is late for either the departure time for the first rendezvous location or the arrival time for the destination location; based on determining that the end user is late, adjusting the travel plan by changing the first rendezvous location to a second rendezvous location; and transmitting the adjusted travel plan to the end user device as the end user travels along the first route leg; based on the adjusted travel plan, monitoring the location of the end user relative to the second rendezvous location to determine when the end user is within a predetermined distance or travel time from the second rendezvous location; and based on determining that the end user device is within the predetermined distance or travel time from the second rendezvous location directing a transportation vehicle unit to the rendezvous location of the adjusted travel plan, to provide the second transport service upon the end user's arrival. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first transportation service corresponds to one of an air conveyance service, ferry service, or train service.