US 10,501,054 B2 · On-demand driver systems and methods

Abstract

Example on-demand driver (ODD) systems and methods are described herein. An example method includes generating, with an ODD system, a softkey for a vehicle associated with an agreement between a driver-in-need (DIN) and an ODD, monitoring, with the ODD system, a location of an ODD device carried by the ODD, and transmitting, with the ODD system, the softkey to the ODD device when the ODD device is detected as being within a proximity of the vehicle. In the example method, the softkey is used to unlock the vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

generating, with an on-demand driver (ODD) system, a softkey for a vehicle associated with an agreement between a driver-in-need (DIN) and an ODD, the softkey including an expiration time;
monitoring, with the ODD system, a location of an ODD device carried by the ODD;
and
transmitting, with the ODD system, the softkey to the ODD device when the ODD device is detected as being within a proximity of the vehicle, the softkey used to unlock the vehicle, wherein, if the expiration time has been exceed before the softkey is transmitted, the ODD system does not transmit the softkey to the ODD device.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/198,930Filed 30 Jun 2016

Published

US 2018/0001870 A14 Jan 2018

Granted

10 Dec 2019

Term ends

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Classification19 codes

B60R 25/241
Using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user: whereby access privileges are related to the identifiers
B60R 25/04
Operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens: operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
B60R 25/102
Actuating a signalling device: a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security…
G01C 21/3407
Route searching; Route guidance: specially adapted for specific applications

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