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Unique signaling for autonomous vehicles to preserve user privacy

  • US 9,494,938 B1
  • Filed: 04/03/2014
  • Issued: 11/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more computing devices, a first request for a vehicle, the request identifying user information for a user of a client computing device;

    identifying, by the one or more computing devices, the client computing device based on the user information;

    identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a location of the client computing device;

    in response to the request, dispatching, by the one or more computing devices, a driverless vehicle to the location of the client device;

    generating, by the one or more computing devices, signaling information based on a set of rules, the set of rules including;

    a first rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, a user,a second rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user information, anda third rule that the signaling information was not previously generated for the user for a prior request for a vehicle;

    sending, by the one or more computing devices, the location of the client computing device and the signaling information to the driverless vehicle for display to the user; and

    sending, by the one or more computing devices, the signaling information to the client computing device for display to the user in order to identify the driverless vehicle to the user while preserving the user'"'"'s privacy.

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