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Granted Patent B2
US 11,727,803 · App. 17/526,524 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Network computer system to evaluate an operator of a freight vehicle

Inventors: Luis Madrigal (San Francisco, CA); Eyal Lasker (San Francisco, CA); Xiao Guo (San Francisco, CA); Padmini Pyapali (San Francisco, CA); Tony Ran Zhang (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,727,803
App. No.
17/526,524
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer system can determine historical interval data of a freight operator from completed freight service requests associated with the freight operator. Additionally, while the freight operator is fulfilling a current freight service request, the computer system can determine at least a first likely downtime interval for a non-operating activity of the freight operator prior to the freight operator arriving at a pickup location or a destination location of the current freight service request, based on the historical interval data. Also, the computer system can determine an estimated arrival time for the freight operator to arrive at the pickup location or the destination location of the current freight service request, based at least in part on the first likely down time interval. Moreover, the computer system can update a record associated with the freight operator to reflect the estimated arrival time.

Claims (45)

1. A computing system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving interval data associated with a freight operator of a freight vehicle;

determining a performance of the freight operator in operating the freight vehicle based on the interval data;

determining an estimated time of arrival of the freight vehicle at a destination location based on the performance of the freight operator;

selecting a dock for the freight vehicle at the destination location based on the estimated time of arrival; and

providing dock routing instructions to the freight operator, wherein the dock routing instructions indicate a route to the dock selected for the freight vehicle.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the performance of the freight operator in operating the freight vehicle is indicative an off-truck detection that identifies when the freight operator has left the freight vehicle.

3. The computing system of claim 2 , further comprising at least one mobile device associated with the freight operator and at least one vehicle device located onboard the freight vehicle, wherein the at least one mobile device is communicatively connected to the at least one vehicle device, and wherein determining the performance of the freight operator in operating the freight vehicle based on the interval data comprises:

identifying the off-truck detection in response to detecting that the at least one mobile device has been disconnected from the at least one vehicle device; and

in response to the off-truck detection, determining a time that the freight operator is located away from the freight vehicle.

4. The computing system of claim 3 , wherein determining the estimated time of arrival of the freight vehicle at the destination location based on the performance of the freight operator comprises:

determining the estimated time of arrival based on the time that the freight operator is located away from the freight vehicle.

5. The computing system of claim 3 , wherein the interval data comprises real-time interval data indicative of at least one of: (i) a real-time location of the freight vehicle, (ii) a real-time operation of the freight vehicle, or (iii) real-time sensor data of the at least one mobile device.

6. The computing system of claim 5 , wherein the real-time sensor data is indicative of a wireless connection between the at least one mobile device and the at least one vehicle device.

7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the interval data comprises historical interval data collected for the freight operator during a plurality of freight services previously performed by the freight operator, the historical interval data indicative of at least one of: (i) a historical location of the freight vehicle, (ii) a historical operation of the freight vehicle, or (iii) historical sensor data of at least one mobile device associated with the freight operator.

8. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein determining the performance of the freight operator in operating the freight vehicle based on the interval data comprises determining an expected performance of the freight operator based on the historical interval data.

9. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the expected performance of the freight operator comprises a downtime interval indicative of an average amount of time the freight operator spends at one or more weigh stations.

10. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein receiving the interval data associated with the freight operator of the freight vehicle comprises:

obtaining an operator identifier from at least one mobile device associated with the freight operator; and

accessing an operator account corresponding to the freight operator based on the operator identifier, wherein the operator account comprises the historical interval data.

11. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the operator account is indicative of an operator evaluation, and wherein the estimated time of arrival of the freight vehicle at the destination location is based on the operator evaluation.

12. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the operator evaluation is based on a comparison between the historical interval data collected for the freight operator and at least one operator model descriptive of an average performance of a plurality of different freight operators.

13. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving interval data associated with a freight operator of a freight vehicle;

determining a performance of the freight operator in operating the freight vehicle based on the interval data;

determining an estimated time of arrival of the freight vehicle at a destination location based on the performance of the freight operator; selecting a dock for the freight vehicle at the destination location based on the estimated time of arrival; and

providing dock routing instructions to the freight operator, wherein the dock routing instructions indicate a route to the dock selected for the freight vehicle.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the interval data associated with the freight operator of the freight vehicle comprises:

receiving mobile device data for the freight operator from at least one mobile device associated with the freight operator; and

receiving location data for the freight vehicle and operation data for the freight vehicle from at least one vehicle device located onboard the freight vehicle.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one mobile device is wirelessly connected to the at least one vehicle device.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the mobile device data comprises an operator identifier corresponding to the freight operator.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein determining the performance of the freight operator in operating the freight vehicle based on the interval data, comprises:

accessing an operator account corresponding to the freight operator based on the operator identifier; and

determining an expected performance of the freight operator in operating the freight vehicle based on the operator account.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the operator account comprises one or more performance metrics for the freight operator.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the operator account is indicative of a timeliness of the freight operator.

20. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving interval data associated with a freight operator of a freight vehicle;

determining a performance of the freight operator in operating the freight vehicle based on the interval data;

determining an estimated time of arrival of the freight vehicle at a destination location based on the performance of the freight operator;

selecting a dock for the freight vehicle at the destination location based on the estimated time of arrival; and

providing dock routing instructions to the freight operator, wherein the dock routing instructions indicate a route to the dock selected for the freight vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: MADRIGAL, LUIS; LASKER, EYAL; GUO, XIAO; PYAPALI, PADMINI; ZHANG, TONY RAN
To: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 16849504 · Apr 15, 2020
Continuation 16380580 · Apr 10, 2019
Continuation 15804829 · Nov 6, 2017
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