Patents by Inventor Brian Tolkin
Brian Tolkin 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).
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Patent number: 11754407Abstract: A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bin Pan, Hasrat Godil, Brian Tolkin
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Patent number: 11601511Abstract: A computing system can receive input data specifying a destination location for a requesting user and determine a guaranteed upfront cost for transporting the requesting user to the specified destination location. The system can cause the computing device of the requesting user to display a ride service selection interface comprising a graphic feature indicating the guaranteed upfront cost for the specified transport option. Based on a user selection of the graphic feature, the computing system can select a driver from the one or more available drivers based, at least in part, on a proximity of the selected driver to the current location of the requesting user, and determine a rendezvous point at which the requesting user can rendezvous with the selected driver.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Didier Patrick Hilhorst, Bryant Jow, Peter Ng, Brian Tolkin, Bin Pan
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Patent number: 11551325Abstract: A computing system can implement pick-up location optimization by receiving trip requests and location data from computing devices of users and determining a specified region in which each requesting user is located. Each region can be associated with a plurality of eligible pickup locations. The computing system can score each of a plurality of eligible pickup locations based, at least in part, on (i) ETAs of vehicles to the pickup locations, and (ii) an amount of reduced time for utilizing each pickup location as opposed to the current location of the requesting user or a pick-up location specified by the requesting user. Based on the scoring, the computing system may then select (i) a trip pickup location to initiate the trip request, and (ii) a selected vehicle from the set of candidate vehicles to service the trip request.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian Tolkin, Qing Xu, Sami Aref, Peter Ng, Yuhki Yamashita, Siddharth Kar, Nikhil Goel
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Publication number: 20210231446Abstract: A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Bin Pan, Hasrat Godil, Brian Tolkin
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Patent number: 10928210Abstract: A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bin Pan, Hasrat Godil, Brian Tolkin
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Patent number: 10685416Abstract: A travel coordination system coordinates travel between a client and a provider to a destination. The client and provider meet at a pickup location and the provider transports the client (or an item or object from the client) to the destination. The travel coordination system automatically suggests a pickup location for the trip by determining location data points corresponding to prior trips of clients. Location data points near the client's location are determined by distance or by region and scored to determine a pickup location that improves the estimated pickup time and/or estimated time to arrive at the destination.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian Tolkin, Qing Xu, Sami Aref, Peter Ng, Yuhki Brent Yamashita, Siddharth Kar, Nikhil Goel
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Publication number: 20200034943Abstract: A computing system can implement pick-up location optimization by receiving trip requests and location data from computing devices of users and determining a specified region in which each requesting user is located. Each region can be associated with a plurality of eligible pickup locations. The computing system can score each of a plurality of eligible pickup locations based, at least in part, on (i) ETAs of vehicles to the pickup locations, and (ii) an amount of reduced time for utilizing each pickup location as opposed to the current location of the requesting user or a pick-up location specified by the requesting user. Based on the scoring, the computing system may then select (i) a trip pickup location to initiate the trip request, and (ii) a selected vehicle from the set of candidate vehicles to service the trip request.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Brian Tolkin, Qing Xu, Sami Aref, Peter Ng, Yuhki Yamashita, Siddharth Kar, Nikhil Goel
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Publication number: 20190306258Abstract: A computing system can receive input data specifying a destination location for a requesting user and determine a guaranteed upfront cost for transporting the requesting user to the specified destination location. The system can cause the computing device of the requesting user to display a ride service selection interface comprising a graphic feature indicating the guaranteed upfront cost for the specified transport option. Based on a user selection of the graphic feature, the computing system can select a driver from the one or more available drivers based, at least in part, on a proximity of the selected driver to the current location of the requesting user, and determine a rendezvous point at which the requesting user can rendezvous with the selected driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Didier Patrick Hilhorst, Bryant Jow, Peter Ng, Brian Tolkin, Bin Pan
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Patent number: 10425490Abstract: A network computer system can receive data indicating a first service location from a computing device of a requesting user via an executing service application and determine data indicating a second service location. Based the first and second service locations, the network computer system can compute an upfront cost for each of a plurality of service options for completing an on-demand service for the requesting user. The network computer system can transmit data associated with the upfront cost for each of the plurality of service options to the computing device to enable a plurality of selectable graphic features to be displayed as part of a user interface on the computing device. Each of the graphic features can indicate the upfront cost for the corresponding service option.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Didier Patrick Hilhorst, Bryant Jow, Peter Ng, Brian Tolkin, Bin Pan
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Publication number: 20190003843Abstract: A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Bin Pan, Hasrat Godil, Brian Tolkin
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Patent number: 10113878Abstract: A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bin Pan, Hasrat Godil, Brian Tolkin
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Publication number: 20180180426Abstract: A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Bin Pan, Hasrat Godil, Brian Tolkin
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Patent number: 9939279Abstract: A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bin Pan, Hasrat Godil, Brian Tolkin
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Publication number: 20180091604Abstract: A network computer system can receive data indicating a first service location from a computing device of a requesting user via an executing service application and determine data indicating a second service location. Based the first and second service locations, the network computer system can compute an upfront cost for each of a plurality of service options for completing an on-demand service for the requesting user. The network computer system can transmit data associated with the upfront cost for each of the plurality of service options to the computing device to enable a plurality of selectable graphic features to be displayed as part of a user interface on the computing device. Each of the graphic features can indicate the upfront cost for the corresponding service option.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Didier Patrick Hilhorst, Bryant Jow, Peter Ng, Brian Tolkin, Bin Pan
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Publication number: 20170169535Abstract: A travel coordination system coordinates travel between a client and a provider to a destination. The client and provider meet at a pickup location and the provider transports the client (or an item or object from the client) to the destination. The travel coordination system automatically suggests a pickup location for the trip by determining location data points corresponding to prior trips of clients. Location data points near the client's location are determined by distance or by region and scored to determine a pickup location that improves the estimated pickup time and/or estimated time to arrive at the destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Brian Tolkin, Qing Xu, Sami Aref, Peter Ng, Yuhki Brent Yamashita, Siddharth Kar, Nikhil Goel
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Publication number: 20170138749Abstract: A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Bin Pan, Hasrat Godil, Brian Tolkin