Uber Technologies, Inc.

Jeffrey Wolski

Hasrat Godil

Amos Barreto

Christopher Haugli

Nuri Kim

Rachel Lin

A system can receive a request for transport from a computing device of a user while the user is riding a transit vehicle of a transit service, the request specifying a start location and a destination for the user. The system can determine an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the transit vehicle to an arrival location that corresponds to the start location. The system can determine an ETA of a vehicle to the start location based on location data of the vehicle, and determine that the ETA of the vehicle to the start location is within a threshold amount of time of the ETA of the transit vehicle to the arrival location. The system can select the vehicle to service the request for the user, and transmit a transport invitation indicating the start location to the computing device associated with the vehicle.

Computer system arranging transport services for users based on the estimated time of arrival information

A computer system can receive requests for transport from computing devices of users while the users ride a transit vehicle. The system can determine a rate of travel of the transit vehicle based on location data received from the computing device of a user riding the transit vehicle. Based at least in part on the rate of travel of the transit vehicle, the system can determine a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the user to the start location. The system can further receive location data from computing devices associated with available vehicles within a proximity of a start location of the user, and select one of vehicles to service the request when the ETA of the vehicle is within a threshold amount of time of the first ETA.

A computer system can receive pre-requests for transport from computing devices of users while the users are utilizing a transit service. Each pre-request can specify a start location and a destination for the user. The system can remotely monitor location data from the computing device of the user to determine a current position of the user as the user utilizes the transit service to travel towards the start location, and repeatedly compare (i) a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the user to arrive at the start location based, at least in part, on the current position of the user, to (ii) a second ETA, associated with an available vehicle, to arrive at the start location based at least in part on a vehicle position of the available vehicle. Based on this information, the computer system may then automatically select the available vehicle to transport the user.

A system and method of arranging a transport service for a user is described. The system determines a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a user to a specified location data point based, at least in part, on a position of a user device operated by the user. The system also determines a second ETA of a vehicle of a set of vehicles to the specified location data point. When the first ETA and the second ETA are within a predetermined amount of time of each other, the system can select a driver to provide a transport service for the user based, at least in part, on the specified location data point.

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Jeffrey Wolski