System and method for determining location

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11193786-B2
Application number	US-201916516318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2019
Priority date	Mar 16, 2016
Publication date	Dec 7, 2021
Grant date	Dec 7, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for determining a final location associated with a service requester. The method includes obtaining, by at least one computer server of an online transportation service platform, an initial location associated with a service requester; comparing, by the at least one computer server, the initial location with a plurality of candidate locations in a database to generate at least one match result; and determining, by the at least one computer server, a final location based on the at least one match result, wherein the final location is associated with the initial location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for improving accuracy of determining a location of a service requester of an online transportation service, comprising:
at least one storage device including a set of instructions; and
at least one processor in communication with the at least one storage device, when executing the set of instructions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the system to:
detect initial location information input in an input box by the service requester through a network interface connected to a user equipment, wherein an initial location includes at least one of a starting location and a destination location encoded in an online transportation service request;
direct the user equipment to display a list including a match result associated with the initial location and a point-selection icon below the input box in response to the detection of the initial location information, the list including the match result associated with the initial location and the point-selection icon being displayed on one interface of the user equipment, wherein the match result includes one or more match locations corresponding to the starting location or the destination location;
in response to receipt of a signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations, determine the selected match location as a final location of the starting location or the destination location;
in response to receipt of a signal for triggering the point-selection icon, direct the user equipment to display a map of a geographical area encompassing the initial location; and
determine, based on a first point-selection criteria and a second point-selection criteria, the final location associated with the initial location using the point-selection icon on the map.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the initial location information includes region information and address information associated with the starting location and the destination location, and the at least one processor is further configured to cause the system to:
determine whether or not the region information of the starting location and the destination location are the same;
in response to a determination that the region information of the starting location and the destination location are the same,
compare the address information of the starting location and the destination location with candidate locations in a database to generate the match result, respectively,
wherein the candidate locations are selected from a second set of candidate locations based on a geographical distance, and the second set of candidate locations are selected from a first set of candidate locations of a plurality of locations in the database based on an edit distance.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein in response to receipt of the signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations to determine the selected match location as the final location of the starting location or the destination location, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the system to:
in response to receipt of the signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations corresponding to the starting location, determine the selected match location as the final location of the starting location; and
in response to receipt of the signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations corresponding to the destination location, determine the selected match location as the final location of the destination location.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein in response to receipt of the signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations to determine the selected match location as the final location of the starting location or the destination location, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the system to:
when the match result includes one or more match locations corresponding to the destination location,
in response to receipt of the signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations corresponding to the destination location, determine the selected match location as the final location of the destination location; and
direct the user equipment to display the point-selection icon in a position of the map corresponding to the destination location in accordance with the first point-selection criteria.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein to determine, based on the first point-selection criteria and the second point-selection criteria, the final location associated with the initial location using the point-selection icon on the map, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the system to:
direct the user equipment to move the point-selection icon to a first position on the map by dragging the point-selection icon on the map, wherein the first position is associated with a basic location; and
determine the final location of the starting location based on the second point-selection criteria and the basic location.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein to determine the final location of the starting location based on the second point-selection criteria and the basic location, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the system to:
determine one or more second locations within a predetermined distance from the basic location; and
determine one of the one or more second locations or the basic location as the final location of the starting location.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein in response to receipt of the signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations to determine the selected match location as the final location of the starting location or the destination location, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the system to:
when the match result includes one or more match locations corresponding to the starting location,
in response to receipt of the signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations corresponding to the starting location, determine the selected match location as the final location of the starting location; and
direct the user equipment to display the point-selection icon in a position of the map corresponding to the starting location in accordance with the first point-selection criteria.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein to determine, based on the first point-selection criteria and the second point-selection criteria, the final location associated with the initial location using the point-selection icon on the map, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the system to:
direct the user equipment to move the point-selection icon to a first position on the map by dragging the point-selection icon on the map, wherein the first position is associated with a second basic location; and
determine the final location of the destination location based on the second point-selection criteria and the second basic location.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein to determine the final location of the destination location based on the second point-selection criteria and the second basic location:
determine one or more third locations within a predetermined distance from the second basic location; and
determine one of the one or more third locations or the second basic location as the final location of the destination location.

10. The system of claim 2 , wherein to determine, based on the first point-selection criteria and the second point-selection criteria, the final location associated with the initial location using the point-selection icon on the map, the at least one processor is further configured to cause the system to:
in response to no receipt of a signal for selecting one of the one or more match locations corresponding to the starting location and t

Assignees

• Beijing Didi Infinity Technology & Dev Co Ltd
• Beijing Didi Infinity Tech And Development Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Lingyu
• Shen Chong
• Huang Zexiang
• Li Shengwei
• Guo Chao

Classifications

• H04L65/1104

  Session initiation protocol [SIP] · CPC title

• H04L67/75

  Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display · CPC title

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title