US 2022/0101207 A1 · INTELLIGENTLY SELECTING AND PROVIDING DESIGNATED INTERSECTION LOCATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS

Abstract

This disclosure describes an intersection-location system that can identify a street intersection indicated by a transportation request and select an event location at the street intersection based on intersection-location attributes. For example, the disclosed systems can receive a transportation request identifying a requested location at a street intersection and compare various candidate designated locations at the intersection as potential pickup, drop-off, or waypoint locations. The disclosed systems can compare intersection-location attributes for the different candidate designated locations by comparing predicted arrival times or predicted routes of different transportation providers at (or from) the candidate designated locations. The disclosed systems can further select a designated pickup, drop-off, or waypoint location from among the candidate designated locations for a transportation route based on the transportation request. Upon selecting the designated location, the disclosed systems can provide the designated location for display on one or more client devices.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a transportation request identifying a requested location associated with a street intersection;
based on the transportation request, identifying a plurality of candidate designated locations at the street intersection for one or more transportation routes;
selecting, from among the plurality of candidate designated locations, a designated location for a transportation route based on a plurality of intersection-location attributes corresponding to the street intersection;
and
providing, for display on the client device, a designated-location indicator marking the designated location within a digital map.

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A system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive, from a client device, a transportation request identifying a requested location associated with a street intersection;
based on the transportation request, identify a plurality of candidate designated locations at the street intersection for one or more transportation routes;
select, from among the plurality of candidate designated locations, a designated location for a transportation route based on a plurality of intersection-location attributes corresponding to the street intersection;
and
provide, for display on the client device, a designated-location indicator marking the designated location within a digital map.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

receive, from a client device, a transportation request identifying a requested location associated with a street intersection;
based on the transportation request, identify a plurality of candidate designated locations at the street intersection for one or more transportation routes;
select, from among the plurality of candidate designated locations, a designated location for a transportation route based on a plurality of intersection-location attributes corresponding to the street intersection;
and
provide, for display on the client device, a designated-location indicator marking the designated location within a digital map.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Intelligently selecting and providing designated intersection locations for transportation requests

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Intelligently selecting and providing designated intersection locations for transportation requests

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Abstract

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