US 12,305,995 B2
Indoor/outdoor transition points based on satellite signal strength
Dineshkumar Karuppanna Gounder Ramasamy, San Francisco, CA (US); and Upamanyu Madhow, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/608,398.
Application 18/608,398 is a continuation of application No. 18/322,222, filed on May 23, 2023, granted, now 11,994,401.
Application 18/322,222 is a continuation of application No. 17/449,877, filed on Oct. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,725,951.
Application 17/449,877 is a continuation of application No. 16/513,093, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,143,519.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/700,180, filed on Jul. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0219187 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01S 19/51 (2010.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)
CPC G01C 21/3438 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G01S 19/51 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing, by a computer system having at least one hardware processor, corresponding sensor data for each one of a plurality of requests for a transportation service associated with a place, the corresponding sensor data comprising a plurality of satellite signals indicating a path of a mobile device of a provider or a requester of the transportation service corresponding to each one of the plurality of requests, the path having been walked by the provider or the requester before entering or after exiting a vehicle used by the provider to provide the transportation service;
for each one of the plurality of requests, determining, by the computer system, a transition geographic location for the request based on corresponding signal strengths of the plurality of satellite signals indicating a corresponding path and a satellite signal strength threshold, the satellite signal strength threshold being configured to represent a point of transition between an indoor location and an outdoor location;
determining, by the computer system, at least one transition geographic location for the place based on the transition geographic locations for the plurality of requests; and
performing, by the computer system, a computer operation using the at least one transition geographic location for the place.