Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for allocating service requests from mobile objects among edge servers
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Application No.: US16407224Application Date: 2019-05-09
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Publication No.: US10887428B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Yecheng Zhao , BaekGyu Kim
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/16
- IPC: H04W4/16 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/50 ; H04W4/40

Abstract:
A method for allocating a service request from a mobile object is provided. The method includes receiving the service request and a route of the mobile object, determining estimated arrival times of the mobile object in a plurality of regions based on the route, the plurality of regions being associated with a plurality of regional servers, respectively, determining a region among the plurality of regions based on the estimated arrival times of the mobile object in the plurality of regions and an estimated time for fulfilling the service request, and transmitting the service request to a regional server corresponding to the determined region.
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