Patent ID: 11908034
Assignee: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A computer-implemented method of facilitating transport, the method being performed by one or more processors of a computer system and comprising:
receiving, over one or more networks, a request for transport from a computing device of a user while the user is riding in a transit vehicle of a transit service, the request specifying a start location and a destination for the user;
determining a rate of travel of the transit vehicle based on location data received from the computing device of the user;
based at least in part on the rate of travel of the transit vehicle, determining a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the transit vehicle that the user is riding to the start location;
receiving, over the one or more networks, location data from a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of available vehicles within a proximity of the start location;
based on the location data from the plurality of computing devices, determining an ETA of each of the plurality of available vehicles to the start location;
based at least in part on determining that a second ETA of an available vehicle of the plurality of vehicles is within a threshold amount of time of the first ETA of the transit vehicle to the start location, selecting the available vehicle to transport the user from the start location to the destination; and
transmitting, over the one or more networks, a transport invitation indicating the start location to the computing device associated with the available vehicle.