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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason Droege, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen Chau, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew Timothy Szybalski, San Francisco, CA (US);
UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A network system can receive, from a user device of a requesting user, a query related to a first service. If the network system determines that a first service provider is in progress of providing a second service for the requesting user, the network system can identify, based on a service location of the second service, a plurality of entities that provide items available for selection in association with the first service. The network system can further determine whether to select the first service provider to fulfill the request for the first service based on an estimated first service duration associated with the first service and an estimated duration remaining for the second service. The first service duration can be estimated based on respective timing information associated one or more items selected by the requesting user. The network system can update a route for the first service provider.