Patents Assigned to Uber Technologies, Inc.
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Patent number: 12293427Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting non-compliant use of a micro-mobility vehicle, for example, based on parking the micro-mobility vehicle outside of a designated area. In an embodiment, a processor detects that a micro-mobility vehicle shared by a plurality of users has transitioned from an operational state to a parked state, where the micro-mobility vehicle was operated by a user of the plurality of users when in the operational state. The processor determines a location of the micro-mobility vehicle while the micro-mobility vehicle is in the parked state, and evaluates whether it is permissible to transition the micro-mobility vehicle to the parked state at the location. Responsive to determining that it is not permissible to transition to the parked state at the location, the processor updates a profile of the user to indicate non-compliant use of the micro-mobility vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Alan Hugh Wells, Gregory Mark Mahowald, Lucie Zikova, Aaron Matthew Rogan
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Patent number: 12293428Abstract: A system can receive a request for transport from a computing device of a user while the user is riding a transit vehicle of a transit service, the request specifying a start location and a destination for the user. The system can determine an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the transit vehicle to an arrival location that corresponds to the start location. The system can determine an ETA of a vehicle to the start location based on location data of the vehicle, and determine that the ETA of the vehicle to the start location is within a threshold amount of time of the ETA of the transit vehicle to the arrival location. The system can select the vehicle to service the request for the user, and transmit a transport invitation indicating the start location to the computing device associated with the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nuri Kim, Christopher Haugli, Rachel Lin, Hasrat Godil, Jeffrey Wolski, Amos Barreto
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Patent number: 12293004Abstract: A network system is provided that enables a user to record media in connection with a user operating a service application to participate in a transport service. In examples, the network system includes a user computing device on which media is recorded and stored in an unrenderable state. The user can elect to make a media recording submission for a particular service activity (e.g., trip provided or received by user). In response to the media recording submission, the user computing device identifies one or more media files that contain media data which depict the service activity. The identified media files are transmitted to a service computing system where the media files can be rendered.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shobhit Gupta, Mikhail Bosin, Neil Chopra, Garrick Buckley, Emmanuelle Soni, Dhaval Shah
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Patent number: 12282873Abstract: A network computing system can coordinate on-demand transport serviced by transport providers operating throughout a transport service region. The transport providers can comprise a set of internal autonomous vehicles (AVs) and a set of third-party AVs. The system can receive a transport request from a requesting user of the transport service region, where the transport request indicates a pick-up location and a destination. The system can determine a subset of the transport providers to service the respective transport request, and executing a selection process among the subset of the transport providers to select a transport provider to service the transport request. The system may then transmit a transport assignment to the selected transport provider to cause the selected transport provider to service the transport request.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brent Justin Goldman, Neil Stegall, Leigh Gray Hagestad
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Patent number: 12281911Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to systems and methods for providing end of route navigation. A network system identifies a destination of a route and retrieves a display template based on the destination. The display template provides guidelines for display of end of route content, whereby the display of the end of the route content is different than display of content during a middle of the route. Based on the display template, a display time to trigger display of the end of the route content. The display time may be associated with a threshold distance to the destination. The network system monitors a location of a vehicle along the route and accesses end of route content. Responsive to detecting that the location of the vehicle is at the threshold distance to the destination, the end of the route content is displayed on a device associated with the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eleanor Cady Wachsman, Yulei Wang, Robin Carol Tolochko
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Patent number: 12282872Abstract: A computing system determines that a transportation vehicle is transporting a first end user to a first destination location. Based on a set of factors, the system determines that a driver of the transportation vehicle is able to travel to a rendezvous location to rendezvous with a second end user while the transportation vehicle is progressing to the first destination location along an original route. The system determines an alternate route for the transportation vehicle to travel to the rendezvous location that satisfies the set of factors, and directs the driver of the transportation vehicle to the rendezvous location to rendezvous with the second end user along the alternate route.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene
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Patent number: 12277513Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle and the service selection for an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data indicative of a first vehicle service assignment for an autonomous vehicle. The first vehicle service assignment can be associated with a first service entity and indicative of a first vehicle service. The computing system can determine that the autonomous vehicle is available to perform a second vehicle service concurrently with the first vehicle service. The computing system can obtain data indicative of a second vehicle service assignment for the autonomous vehicle. The second vehicle service assignment can be associated with a second service entity that is different than the first service entity and is indicative of the second vehicle service. The computing system can cause the autonomous vehicle to concurrently perform the first vehicle service with the second vehicle service.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brent Goldman, Leigh Hagestad, Matthew James Way
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Patent number: 12277514Abstract: A computing system can receive utilization data from computing devices of requesting users. Based on the utilization data, the system can determine, for each requesting user, an intent of the requesting user, the intent corresponding to a probability that the requesting user will utilize the transport service upon arrival at an arrival location of a transit vehicle. The system may determine a destination for the requesting user that requires additional transport from the arrival location of the transit vehicle. Based on the destination of the requesting user, the system can transmit a set of transport requests to computing devices of a set of the transport providers to facilitate transport for the requesting users at the arrival location of the transit vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Donald Stayner, Nikhil Dua, Jake Hurley, Eric Li
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Patent number: 12270663Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to state-based autonomous-vehicle operations. In particular, the methods, devices, and systems of the present disclosure can: determine, based at least in part on one or more actions of a passenger associated with a trip of an autonomous vehicle, a current state of the trip from amongst a plurality of different predefined states of the trip; identify, based at least in part on the current state of the trip, one or more computing devices associated with the passenger; generate, based at least in part on the current state of the trip, data describing one or more interfaces for display by the computing device(s) associated with the passenger; and communicate, to the computing device(s) associated with the passenger, the data describing the interface(s) for display.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dennis Zhao, Sean Chin, Molly Castle Nix, Eric James Hanson
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Patent number: 12264922Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices to facilitate routing of an autonomous vehicle (AV) based on pick-up or drop-off zones (PDZs) that are usable by the AV at destination location. A request for one or more PDZs that are usable by a vehicle to perform a pick-up or drop-off operation at a specified location is received from a vehicular autonomy system of the vehicle. A set of PDZs that are usable by the vehicle at the specified location is identified based on an association between information associated with vehicle and one or more PDZ objects in a data store. Each PDZ object comprising data describing a PDZ. A response is generated based on the set of PDZs and transmitted to the vehicular autonomy system. The response includes at least one PDZ identifier to the set of PDZs.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Konrad Julian Niemiec, Jay A. Chen, Shenglong Gao, Mark Yen
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Patent number: 12257950Abstract: A monitoring system can receive sensor data from one or more sensors of a vehicle to monitor an exterior of the vehicle. Based on monitoring the exterior of the vehicle, the system can detect movement of one or more pedestrians in the exterior of the vehicle. Based at least in part on detecting the movement of the one or more pedestrians in the exterior of the vehicle, the system can output an alert to a driver of the vehicle via one or more output devices of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brennan T. Lopez-Hinojosa, Kermit D. Lopez
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Patent number: 12260468Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe receiving a target location from a computing device, using a machine learning model: determining a first access point and a second access point associated with the target location, causing presentation of the first access point as a first selectable user interface element and the second access point as a second selectable user interface within a graphical user interface on the computing device, receiving a first selection of the first selectable user interface element from the computing device; and in response to receiving the first selection, and initiating a trip request based on the refined map coordinates of the first access point.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Heguang Liu, Jane Alam Jan
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Patent number: 12261924Abstract: A system can receive user data from a computing device of a user. Based on the user data, the system can determine that the user will utilize a transport service to arrive at a destination location at a specified time. Prior to the specified time, the system can monitor transport service conditions within a region that includes a current location of the user, and determine a service request time for the user based at least in part on the transport service conditions. The system then automatically generates the service request for the user at the service request time to match the user to a transport provider.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gang Cheng, Jason Chionh, Jonathan Kantrowitz, Oren Freiberg, Juncao Li, Jie Zhang
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Patent number: 12255966Abstract: A network system can receive a request data corresponding to a group request for service for multiple users. The request data can indicate a common destination or start location for the multiple users. The system transmits a first set of data to a first user device of the first user to cause the first user device to prompt the first user to input a start or destination location for the first user. The system then identifies a set of service providers to fulfill the group request for service for the multiple users.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Sweeney, Logan Rockmore, Lisa Weitekamp
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Patent number: 12254505Abstract: Systems and method for dynamically managing add-on orders within a delivery service application. For example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining data indicative of a primary order request. The method includes selecting, ranking, and displaying menu items for add-on orders associated with a primary order. The method includes obtaining user data provided by a user through a user interface associated with a delivery service application. The method includes determining, in response to obtaining the user data, that the primary order request is eligible for an add-on order. The method includes determining merchants for the add-on order. The selected merchants can be determined from a plurality of candidate merchants based at least in part on analysis of merchant-specific data relative to the user data indicative of the primary order request. The method includes updating the user interface to display data associated with the one or more selected merchants for the add-on order.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Robert Louis Cornacchia, Emre Demiralp, Cinar Kilcioglu, Kevin A. Rowe, Zhengyun Sun, Vishnu Sundaresan, Ameya Tayade, Justin Wie
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Patent number: 12250264Abstract: A computing system can receive service requests from computing devices of requesting users, with each respective service request including a start location and a destination location. For a respective service request, the system can transmit a transport invitation to a plurality of provider computing devices in accordance with a multi-invitation mode. The transport invitation is displayed on a respective provider computing device and selectable by the respective transport provider to accept the respective service request. The system can receive an acceptance of the transport invitation from two or more provider computing devices. Based on the received data from the two or more provider computing devices, the system can select a transport provider from the respective two or more transport providers associated with the two or more provider computing devices to service the respective service request.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Brinig, Kartik Murthy
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Patent number: 12241748Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and presenting an optimized path using sequential location trace clustering is provided. The system receives a request for a transportation service from a client device of a user. The request indicates a destination point (i.e., a pickup location) and is associated with a start point (i.e., a location at a time the user requested the transportation service). Based on the start point and destination point, the system identifies one or more paths between the start point and the destination point, whereby the one or more paths are generated using sequential location trace clustering from previous transportation services involving the start point and the destination point. The system then causes presentation of a path of the one or more paths on a user interface on the client device of the user with which the user can use to navigate to the destination point.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Michael Charles Albada
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Patent number: 12217179Abstract: A trained computer model includes a direct network and an indirect network. The indirect network generates expected weights or an expected weight distribution for the nodes and layers of the direct network. These expected characteristics may be used to regularize training of the direct network weights and encourage the direct network weights towards those expected, or predicted by the indirect network. Alternatively, the expected weight distribution may be used to probabilistically predict the output of the direct network according to the likelihood of different weights or weight sets provided by the expected weight distribution. The output may be generated by sampling weight sets from the distribution and evaluating the sampled weight sets.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Zoubin Ghahramani, Douglas Bemis, Theofanis Karaletsos
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Patent number: 12219427Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to systems and methods for generating and providing elevation-aware hotspots. In example embodiments, a network system detects an initiation of a request for a transportation service at a client device of a user and receives an indication of a location of the client device and corresponding signal strengths associated with the client device. The network system then determines a telematics vector based on the signal strengths associated with the client device. Based on the location of the client device and the telematics vector associated with the client device, the network system identifies one or more top ranked elevation-aware hotspots. A pickup point recommendation is then presented, by the network system on a user interface on the client device of the user, whereby the pickup point recommendation includes the one or more top ranked elevation-aware hotspots.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Charles Albada, Vivek Sankaravadivel, Saebra Lynn Waterstraut
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Patent number: 12219033Abstract: A network system can receive location data from a provider device of a service provider. Using at least the location data in an optimization model, the network system can determine one or more actions for the service provider to optimize one or more metrics. The one or more metrics correspond to at least one of (i) an expected wait time for the service provider over a future period of time, (ii) an expected travel distance between providing services over a future period of time, or (iii) an expected amount of earnings for the service provider over a future period of time. The network system may then transmit a dataset to the provider device to display information corresponding to the one or more actions for the service provider.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2024Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shicong Meng, Noah Harold Shaw, Joshua K. Hellerstein, Juan Pemberthy, Zhi Li, Jacob Edison