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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2023
Using a machine-trained model that provides an estimated time-of-arrival and distribution parameters
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Chiqun Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dragomir Dimitrov Yankov, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Robert Evans, Seattle, WA (US);
Antonios Karatzoglou, San Francisco, CA (US);
Florin Sabau, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A technique generates estimated time-of-arrival (ETA) information to assist in navigating from one physical location to another. The technique uses a computer-implemented route-finding engine to identify a route between a specified starting location and an ending location of a trip. The route includes a sequence of segments. The technique then uses a machine-trained model to map information regarding the segments to ETA information. The ETA information provides an estimate of a time-of-arrival for the trip as a whole. The ETA information also provides an estimate of parameters that describe the level of confidence of the time-of-arrival estimate for the trip. A training system produces the machine-trained model using a loss function, part of which models the time-of-arrival for the trip as a mixture of distributions.