US 11,727,341 B2
Network system including drones
Matthew Sweeney, San Francisco, CA (US); Nikhil Goel, San Francisco, CA (US); Mark Moore, San Francisco, CA (US); and Jeffrey A. Holden, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,460.
Application 17/354,460 is a continuation of application No. 15/952,815, filed on Apr. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,074,540.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/570,232, filed on Oct. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0374655 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/083 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising
receiving data indicating a first item that is to be located at a first node, wherein the first item is associated with a first provider, and wherein the first item is to be delivered to a first destination location for a first user,
receiving data indicating a second item that is to be located at the first node, wherein the second item is associated with a second provider, and wherein the second item is to be delivered to a second destination location for a second user,
determining a second node for the first item and the second item based at least in part on the first destination location and the second destination location, wherein the second node is located within a threshold distance from the first destination location and the second destination location,
determining an aerial drone that has capacity to transport the first item with the second item along at least a portion of a route from the first node to the second node, and
providing navigation information for the aerial drone, the navigation information comprising data indicative of at least the portion of the route between the first node and the second node for transporting the first item with the second item.