US Patent:
20200260219, Aug 13, 2020
Inventors:
- San Francisco CA, US
Snir Kodesh - San Francisco CA, US
Jatin Chopra - San Francisco CA, US
Kevin Fan - San Francisco CA, US
Charlie Lin - San Francisco CA, US
Limin Shen - San Francisco CA, US
Dor Levi - San Francisco CA, US
Asif Haque - San Francisco CA, US
Zeynep Erkin Baz - San Francisco CA, US
International Classification:
H04W 4/02
H04W 4/44
H04W 4/029
H04W 4/021
Abstract:
Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for determining an estimated target pickup location for a corresponding transport request at a particular location, such as associated with a particular geohash. A requestor may send a request that is associated with a location that does not reflect the requestor's intent regarding where they would like to be met by the provider (i.e., “picked up”). GPS inaccuracies may cause the request location to inaccurately indicate where the requestor will be; for example, the request location may be inside a building while the requestor is waiting on a curb around a far side of the building. The target pickup location allows for a requestor and a provider to meet more efficiently, reducing delay for the provider and improving the efficiency of the system by preventing provider system resources from being taken from other service areas and decreasing provider downtime upon matching.