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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Brinig, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kartik Murthy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A computing system can manage a network-based service for a given region by receiving service requests from user devices of users and matching the requesting users with available providers. The computing system can receive service requests, including a first service request from a first user device, and identify a set of candidate providers that includes a first provider and a second provider. The computing system can transmit invitations to the first provider's device, including a first invitation for first provider to fulfill the first service request, and transmit invitations to the second provider's device, including a second invitation for second provider to fulfill the first service request. In response to receiving respective acceptances for the first service request from the first and second provider devices, the computing system can determine whether to select the first provider or the second provider to fulfill the first service request.