Uber Technologies, Inc.

Flipboard, Inc.

Didier Patrick Hilhorst

Peter Ng

Bryant Jow

Yuhki Yamashita

Marcos A Weskamp

Charles Hugo Ying

Michael Johnston

Evan Russell Doll

Brian Tolkin

Bin Pan

Michael S McCue

Shamit Patel

Minh Pham

Jing Zhao

Mark Rietveld

Mike McCue

A computing system can detect the launch of a rider application on computing devices of users of a transport service. The computing system can receive location data indicating the current location of each user, and determine a usage pattern for each user based on historical data corresponding to historical utilization of the transport service by the user. Based on the current location and the usage pattern of the user, the computing system can determine one or more suggested destination locations for the user, and transmit, over the one or more networks, display data to cause the rider application to display a destination accelerator for each of the one or more suggested destination locations. The destination accelerator can be selectable by the user to automatically input a destination location into a transport request for the transport service.

Computing system configuring destination accelerators based on usage patterns of users of a transport service

A computing system can receive input data specifying a destination location for a requesting user and determine a guaranteed upfront cost for transporting the requesting user to the specified destination location. The system can cause the computing device of the requesting user to display a ride service selection interface comprising a graphic feature indicating the guaranteed upfront cost for the specified transport option. Based on a user selection of the graphic feature, the computing system can select a driver from the one or more available drivers based, at least in part, on a proximity of the selected driver to the current location of the requesting user, and determine a rendezvous point at which the requesting user can rendezvous with the selected driver.

Service information and configuration user interface

A method and system for controlling a data transmission for a network-based service over limited network connectivity are described. A computing device detects that it has insufficient network connectivity to transmit a data message from a service requester application executing on the computing device to a server using a data communications channel. The computing device receives user input for a request for service and transmits the request for service to the server via an alternate communications channel. The server receives and processes the request to arrange for service for the user and transmits data corresponding to a service arrangement to the computing device over the alternate communications channel.

Network service over limited network connectivity

A computer system can monitor a dynamic location of a transport service provider traveling to rendezvous with a requesting user at a start location. The computer system can generate map content to be displayed on a user interface a computing device of the requesting user. The computer system may then generate a toggle feature on the user interface to enable the requesting user to switch between a plurality of map configurations for the map content. Each of the plurality of map configurations can define a dynamic zoom level of the map content and being based on a plurality of toggle points comprising a plurality of (i) the dynamic location of the transport service provider, (ii) the dynamic location of the requesting user, or (iii) the start location.

Modifying map configurations based on established location points

A network computer system can receive data indicating a first service location from a computing device of a requesting user via an executing service application and determine data indicating a second service location. Based the first and second service locations, the network computer system can compute an upfront cost for each of a plurality of service options for completing an on-demand service for the requesting user. The network computer system can transmit data associated with the upfront cost for each of the plurality of service options to the computing device to enable a plurality of selectable graphic features to be displayed as part of a user interface on the computing device. Each of the graphic features can indicate the upfront cost for the corresponding service option.

A network computer system can control the display of user interface features on remote computing devices. The network computer system can manage a requester profile for each of the plurality of requesters. A requester profile can be associated with historical data corresponding to previous services received or requested by the respective requester. Based on data associated with the requester profile, the network computer system can generate accelerator features to be displayed on a user interface of the computing device of the requester, where each of the accelerator features is selectable to cause the computing device of the requester to determine, without subsequent manual intervention, a service location where a service is to be completed for the requester.

Network system to determine accelerators for selection of a service

Computing device display screen with graphical user interface for providing geographic-specific service information

Computing device display screen with graphical user interface for receiving input

A digital magazine server user may identify a content item presented by the digital magazine server to save or present to other digital magazine server users by interacting with a client device presenting the content item. For example, providing a gesture to the client device identifies a content item for presentation to other digital magazine server users. The gesture may begin by the user interacting with a portion of a display device that displays a portion of the content item and continue as the user interacts with the display device along a path from the portion to an additional portion. When the gesture is completed, the user may be presented with options to present the content item to additional digital magazine server users, or the content item may be presented to other digital magazine server users.

Interactions for sharing content items in a digital magazine

Computing device display screen with animated graphical user interface to provide geographic-based service information

Computing device display screen with graphical user interface for providing geographic-based service information

A digital magazine application executing on a client device presents content retrieved from various sources to a user by presenting content regions that are each associated with various content items. When the digital magazine application identifies a type of interaction with a content region, the content region is modified to present information about various content items associated with the content region. For example, if the digital magazine application determines that a user positions a pointer at least a threshold distance from a surface of a display device for at least a threshold length of time at a location along a length and along a width of a display device where a content region is presented, the content region is modified. For example, the content region is increased in size and information describing content items associated with the content region is presented.

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Didier Patrick Hilhorst