SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORTATION

• US 20180189717A1
• Filed: 01/16/2018
• Published: 07/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Bao Tran
• Granted Patent: US 10,671,961 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

Systems and methods for transportation includes a car sharing network that invites ride-sharers to join the network; a computer receiving a trip request from one or more riders including a module for: matching, by the computer, the trip request to one or more routes having a common route and satisfying a cost-effective navigation route; dispatching, by a computer, an autonomous vehicle to pick up the rider(s) along the cost-effective route; recommending an item or event of interest to the rider(s); and changing the route to accommodate the item or event.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a car sharing network that invites ride-sharers to join the network;

a computer receiving a trip request from one or more riders including a module for;

matching, by the computer, the trip request to one or more routes having at least a common route and satisfying a cost-effective route;

dispatching, by a computer, an autonomous vehicle to pick up the rider(s) along the cost-effective route;

recommending an item of interest to the rider(s); and

changing the route to accommodate the recommendation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer receives an on-demand requests to deliver an item, wherein the matching module determines a match between the package and at least one rider, and to generate a carpool proposal directed at a vehicle driver to pool the rider and the package.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer retrieves a social network profile from the rider and recommends one or more items of interests for the rider.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the item is at least one of a food product, a perishable, a consumable, a household item, a commodity, a beverage, a fruit, a bread, a meat, a paper product, a tool, a medicine, a plastic product, and a health related product.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising geo-fencing the item in an area that encompasses a neighborhood community in a threshold geographical radius from a user who creates the group.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the geo-fencing is constrained to a street, a neighborhood, a city, and a county.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the benefit includes one of:

a discount and a reward.

8. The system of claim 1, comprising a bidding system coupled to the providers of the items with a time constrained auction system.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein each member commits to procuring items when a winning provider is identified.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising identifying the winning provider through at least one of an open auction system, a closed auction system, a dutch auction system, a reverse auction system, and a first to commit to a service level identified in the item group system.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising providing a voting interface to members of the item group such that the winning provider is determined based on the set of providers.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer compares a delivery location to existing delivery locations for a same day delivery route, and provides potential delivery times to the group.

13. The system of claim 1, comprising code for correlating the possible delivery times with predetermined delivery windows, presenting to the customer potential delivery windows for the order, and receiving from the customer a selection of a delivery window.

14. The system of claim 1, comprising code for identifying, by a computer, a first set of points reachable from a planned navigation route with a cost less than a first threshold cost;

identifying, by the computer, a second set of points reachable from each point in the second set with a cost less than a second threshold cost.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer determines that the rider comprises an elder person and adds a predetermined time buffer to deliver items to the rider.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer determines rider identity using one of:

a camera, a body signature, and a microphone, and wherein the computer provides access to the vehicle.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer determines user activity and turns on a vehicular device in support of the user activity.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer recommends destination options based on rider interest and displays available items near the options.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer determines credit rating for the rider based on rider start and destination locations.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer determines credit rating for the rider based on rider activity.