Predictive location selection system

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

• receive, over one or more networks, location data from a computing device of a user, the location data indicating a current position of the user;
• determine a first plurality of transport providers within a predetermined distance or time from the current position of the user;
• based at least in part on respective locations of the first plurality of transport providers, and prior to the user transmitting a service request to the network computer system, transmit, over the one or more networks, map data to the computing device of the user, the map data initiating the computing device of the user to indicate a rendezvous location, at which the user is to rendezvous with a subsequently matched transport provider, on a map interface;
• periodically receive, over the one or more networks, an update request from the computing device of the user;
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• in response to receiving the update request, (i) determine a second plurality of transport providers with the predetermined distance or time from the current position of the user, and (ii) based at least in part on respective locations of the second plurality of transport providers, and prior to the user transmitting the service request, transmit, over the one or more networks, updated map data initiating the computing device of the user to indicate an updated rendezvous location, at which the user is to rendezvous with a subsequently matched transport provider, on the map interface.

A computer-implemented method of facilitating transport, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:

• receiving, over one or more networks, location data from a computing device of a user, the location data indicating a current position of the user;
• determining a first plurality of transport providers within a predetermined distance or time from the current position of the user;
• based at least in part on respective locations of the first plurality of transport providers, and prior to the user transmitting a service request to a network computer system, transmitting, over the one or more networks, map data to the computing device of the user, the map data initiating the computing device of the user to indicate a rendezvous location, at which the user is to rendezvous with a subsequently matched transport provider, on a map interface;
• periodically receiving, over the one or more networks, an update request from the computing device of the user;
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• in response to receiving the update request, (i) determining a second plurality of transport providers with the predetermined distance or time from the current position of the user, and (ii) based at least in part on respective locations of the second plurality of transport providers, and prior to the user transmitting the service request, transmitting, over the one or more networks, updated map data initiating the computing device of the user to indicate an updated rendezvous location, at which the user is to rendezvous with a subsequently matched transport provider, on the map interface.