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US 10,589,720 B1Granted
Automated system for car access in retail environment
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsQiaochu Tang, Geoffrey Dagley, Jason Hoover, Micah Price, Avid Ghamsari
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Abstract
Aspects described herein may allow for vehicle access in a retail environment with limited human intervention. Systems and methods described herein may associate a vehicle with a physical location, and/or may enable a user to use a mobile device to select a vehicle for a test drive. The system may provide access to (e.g., unlock) the vehicle, and may track test drive information across one or more users.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- sending, by a mobile device, and to a computing device, authentication information associated with a user;
- capturing, by an electronic sensor of the mobile device, first data corresponding to a first physical marker at a first location, wherein the first physical marker is associated with a vehicle;
- sending, by the mobile device, the first data and a request to access the vehicle;
- receiving, by the mobile device, based on the authentication information, the first data, and the request, a response indicating that the vehicle is unlocked;
- determining, by the mobile device, that a test drive of the unlocked vehicle has started;
- sending, by the mobile device and based on determining that the test drive has started, global positioning system (GPS) information corresponding to a path taken by the vehicle;
- and
- capturing, by the electronic sensor and subsequent to the test drive, second data corresponding to a second physical marker at a second location;
- associating, based on the second data, the physical marker, the second location, and the vehicle;
- and
- sending, by the mobile device, the second data.
8 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- an electronic sensor;
- a global positioning system (GPS) sensor;
- a wireless transceiver;
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- send, to a computing device, location information associated with a user;
- capture, by the electronic sensor, first data corresponding to a first physical marker associated with a vehicle;
- send, by the wireless transceiver, the location information, the first data, and a request to access the vehicle;
- receive, by the wireless transceiver, based on the location information, the first data, and the request, a response indicating that the vehicle is unlocked;
- determine that a test drive of the unlocked vehicle has started;
- send, by the wireless transceiver and based on determining that the test drive has started, information from the GPS sensor corresponding to a path taken by the vehicle;
- capture, by the electronic sensor and subsequent to the test drive, second data corresponding to a second physical marker at a second location;
- associate, based on the second data, the physical marker, the second location, and the vehicle;
- and
- send, by the wireless transceiver, the second data.
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One or more non-transitory media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:
- receiving an input comprising authentication information for a user;
- determining a proximity between the user and a vehicle;
- capturing, by an electronic sensor, first data corresponding to a first QR code associated with a vehicle;
- sending, to a computing device, the authentication information, the proximity, the first data, and a request to access the vehicle;
- receiving, based on the authentication information, the proximity, the first data, and the request, a response indicating that the vehicle is unlocked;
- determining that a test drive of the unlocked vehicle has started;
- sending based on determining that the test drive has started, location information corresponding to a path taken by the vehicle;
- capturing, by the electronic sensor and subsequent to the test drive, second data corresponding to a second QR code;
- and
- sending the second data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.