Uber Technologies, Inc.
ON-DEMAND TRANSPORT SYSTEM FACILITATING THIRD-PARTY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Abstract:

A network computing system can coordinate an on-demand transport service utilized by internal autonomous vehicles (AVs), third-party AVs, and human-driven vehicles. The system can receive transport requests from requesting users, where each transport request can indicate a pick-up location and a destination. The system can determine a plurality of candidate transport providers to service the respective transport request, in which the plurality of candidate transport providers can comprise at least one third-party AV. The system can determine a capability of the at least one third-party AV in servicing the respective transport request, and, based at least in part on the capability of the at least one third-party AV, select a transport provider from the plurality of transport providers to service the transport request.