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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2021
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Charles Albada, San Francisco, CA (US);
Miles Lucas Detrixhe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Patrick Iland, Oakland, CA (US);
Saebra Lynn Waterstraut, San Francisco, CA (US);
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for dynamically re-ranking a pickup point are provided. The system receives a request for transportation service from a device of a rider that includes a selected pickup point. In response, the system establishes the transportation service including assigning a driver. Based on detecting that the transportation service is in a pre-pickup state, the system performs a re-rank analysis. The re-rank analysis determines whether an alternative pickup point exceeds the selected pickup point on an objective function by more than a predetermined threshold. The determining is based on a last known location of the rider, a last known location of the driver, and a predicted driver routeline. Responsive to the alternative pickup point exceeding the selected pickup point on the objective function by more than the predetermined threshold, the system causes presentation, on a device of the rider, of a suggestion to change to the alternative pickup point.