US 11,841,236 B1
Automatically requesting vehicles
Anne Kristina Aula, Mountain View, CA (US); Brian Douglas Cullinane, Palo Alto, CA (US); Daniel Jules Switkin, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jennifer Arden, Tiburon, CA (US); and Renaud-Roland Hubert, Gilroy, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/486,059.
Application 16/035,074 is a division of application No. 15/427,449, filed on Feb. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,088,326, issued on Oct. 2, 2018.
Application 15/427,449 is a division of application No. 14/840,515, filed on Aug. 31, 2015, granted, now 9,599,477, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Application 17/486,059 is a continuation of application No. 16/875,459, filed on May 15, 2020.
Application 16/875,459 is a continuation of application No. 16/035,074, filed on Jul. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,718,626, issued on Jul. 21, 2020.
Application 14/840,515 is a continuation of application No. 14/472,900, filed on Aug. 29, 2014, granted, now 9,631,933, issued on Apr. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/002,319, filed on May 23, 2014.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01)
CPC G01C 21/3614 (2013.01) [G01C 21/362 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors of a server computing device, an indication that a user of a client computing device selected a pickup location associated with a first map marker on a map displayed by the client computing device for an autonomous vehicle to pick up the user;
sending, by the one or more processors, a notification indicating that the selected pickup location is not available and providing a first selectable option displayed by the client computing device for the user to request a revised pickup location;
receiving, by the one or more processors, the user's request for the revised pickup location;
sending, by the one or more processors, revised pickup location information used by the user's client computing device to simultaneously display the map, the first map marker indicating the selected pickup location and a second map marker on the map indicating the revised pickup location; and
dispatching, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to the revised pickup location.