Patent ID: 8880270

Claim:
A control system for an autonomous vehicle, the control system comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the control system to perform operations comprising: controlling, by the control system, driving of the autonomous vehicle without human interaction in an autonomous mode; determining a status of the autonomous vehicle including a location of the autonomous vehicle; determining occupancy of one or more current passengers of the autonomous vehicle; determining a possible destination for the autonomous vehicle based on passenger information associated with the one or more current passengers of the autonomous vehicle; generating a hint related to the possible destination based on the status of the autonomous vehicle including the location of the autonomous vehicle; causing the hint to be provided through a user interface; receiving input related to the hint; based on the input, determining whether to navigate the autonomous vehicle to the possible destination; and after determining to navigate the autonomous vehicle to the possible destination, directing the autonomous vehicle to travel to the possible destination.