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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ashley Quitoriano, Burlingame, CA (US);

Kevin Spieser, San Francisco, CA (US);

Parijat Mazumdar, San Mateo, CA (US);

Rei Chiang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shicong Meng, Fremont, CA (US);

Zhi Li, Emeryville, CA (US);

Assignee:

Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/02 (2011.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/205 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); G08G 1/202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network computer system receives request data from computing devices of requesting users in a sub-region of a service area. The system further receives location data from computing devices of drivers operating in the sub-region. Based on the request data and the location data, the system determines a service condition for the sub-region. Based on the service condition indicating that the sub-region is in a driver oversupply state, the system transmits a service instruction to computing devices of a plurality of drivers within the sub-region, the service instruction being associated with a target outside the sub-region and a set of progress conditions. The system then periodically determines, for each driver of the plurality of drivers, an estimated time of arrival (ETA) to the target from a current position of the driver to determine whether the driver is satisfying the set of progress conditions of the service instruction.


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