Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices, systems, and methods for secure and adaptable transportation of goods and/or persons
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Application No.: US15721209Application Date: 2017-09-29
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Publication No.: US11144869B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: Donna K. Byron , Carmine M. DiMascio , Benjamin L. Johnson , Jacquelyn A. Martino , Florian Pinel
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04W12/06 ; G06Q30/06 ; H04W4/40 ; H04W12/47 ; H04W12/67

Abstract:
A method includes receiving, by a first device of a transportation provider, a device ID of a particular device of a user and purchase information regarding a purchase, by the user, of one or more goods or services. The method includes sending, by the first device, the device ID of the particular user device to a central server. The method includes receiving, by the first device from the central server, information regarding the particular user device. The method includes determining, by the first device, a selected transportation vehicle based on the purchase information and the information regarding the particular user device. The method includes sending, by the first device, a vehicle ID of the selected transportation vehicle to the central server. The method includes providing a transportation service to the user using the particular user device and the selected transportation vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190102731A1 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURE AND ADAPTABLE TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS AND/OR PERSONS Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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