Patents by Inventor Benjamin Morris Dreier

Benjamin Morris Dreier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220198374
    Abstract: A system can implement a delivery service for a service region by monitoring, for each respective sub-region of the service region, supply conditions corresponding to transport providers available to deliver menu items from menu item suppliers to requesting users. When the supply conditions have dropped below the equilibrium threshold for a respective sub-region, the system can initiate a supply-constrained mode for the respective sub-region in which the system inputs each respective menu item request received, corresponding to a delivery location within the respective sub-region, into a queue, and dynamically determines a fulfillment probability for the respective menu item request. When the fulfillment probability of the respective menu item request exceeds a fulfillment threshold, the system can transmit the respective menu item request to a corresponding menu item supplier for preparation of a corresponding menu item and coordinate delivery of the corresponding menu item to the requesting user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bivins, Jason Wien, Daniel Wang, Benjamin Morris Dreier, Pierce Cunneen
  • Patent number: 11216770
    Abstract: A system can implement a delivery service for a service region by monitoring, for each respective sub-region of the service region, supply conditions corresponding to transport providers available to deliver menu items from menu item suppliers to requesting users. When the supply conditions have dropped below the equilibrium threshold for a respective sub-region, the system can initiate a supply-constrained mode for the respective sub-region in which the system inputs each respective menu item request received, corresponding to a delivery location within the respective sub-region, into a queue, and dynamically determines a fulfillment probability for the respective menu item request. When the fulfillment probability of the respective menu item request exceeds a fulfillment threshold, the system can transmit the respective menu item request to a corresponding menu item supplier for preparation of a corresponding menu item and coordinate delivery of the corresponding menu item to the requesting user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bivins, Jason Wien, Daniel Wang, Benjamin Morris Dreier, Pierce Cunneen
  • Publication number: 20210081880
    Abstract: A system can implement a delivery service for a service region by monitoring, for each respective sub-region of the service region, supply conditions corresponding to transport providers available to deliver menu items from menu item suppliers to requesting users. When the supply conditions have dropped below the equilibrium threshold for a respective sub-region, the system can initiate a supply-constrained mode for the respective sub-region in which the system inputs each respective menu item request received, corresponding to a delivery location within the respective sub-region, into a queue, and dynamically determines a fulfillment probability for the respective menu item request. When the fulfillment probability of the respective menu item request exceeds a fulfillment threshold, the system can transmit the respective menu item request to a corresponding menu item supplier for preparation of a corresponding menu item and coordinate delivery of the corresponding menu item to the requesting user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: David Bivins, Jason Wien, Daniel Wang, Benjamin Morris Dreier, Pierce Cunneen
  • Publication number: 20190132699
    Abstract: A network computing system estimates a provisioning level for a given time interval for one or more regions. The provisioning level determination may be based on an estimated number of order requests, and a number of available service providers in the given region that are available to provide transport in fulfilling the order requests. For individual requesters within the given region, the computer system selects a set of multiple suppliers for a respective supplier menu that is displayed on a mobile device of the requester. The selection of suppliers for individual requesters may be based at least in part on a current location of the requesters, and at least one of the estimated number of order requests or the estimated number of available service providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Oleksii Nikulkov, Chen Peng, Benjamin Morris Dreier, Xiao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190130320
    Abstract: A network computer system operates to arrange transport for delivery orders in a given region, in accordance with a set of provisioning parameters, including a service value parameter, and at least one of a service batching parameter or a service range parameter. For an upcoming time interval, the network computer system determines a forecast for at least one of a number of service requests or a number of available service providers. A provisioning level determination may be made for the given region during the upcoming time interval, based at least in part on the forecast. The set of provisioning parameters may be adjusted to adjust the provisioning level to a desired target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Arthur James Friend, V, Robert Zeller, Chen Peng, Benjamin Morris Dreier, Xiao Zhang, Joseph McCarthy