# US 11,443,247 B2 · Vehicle prioritization for vehicle-sharing fleet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,443,247 B2 - Document ID: US11443247B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/677,099 - Filed: 2019-11-07 - Published: 2020-05-14 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-13 - Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc.; Denso Corporation - Applicants: DENSO International America, Inc.; Denso Corporation - Inventors: Robert Wunsche, III; Mustafa Mahmoud; Christian Munte - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11443247B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G01C 21/3438: {Rendezvous; Ride sharing} - G06N 5/04: Inference or reasoning models - G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services} - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method and system are disclosed and include obtaining, using a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory computer-readable medium and in response to receiving a vehicle-sharing request, contextual information, which includes at least one of (i) vehicle selection history information associated with a vehicle-sharing account corresponding to the vehicle-sharing request, (ii) location information associated with the vehicle-sharing request, and (iii) application information associated with a portable device corresponding to the vehicle-sharing request. The method also includes generating, using the processor, vehicle recommendations based on the contextual information. The method also includes transmitting, using the processor, a first set of vehicle recommendations to the portable device. The method also includes assigning, using the processor and in response to receiving a signal indicating a selection of a vehicle from the first set of vehicle recommendations, the vehicle to a user associated with the vehicle-sharing request. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, using a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory computer-readable medium, a vehicle-sharing request from a portable device of a user associated with the vehicle-sharing request; obtaining, using the processor, application information from the portable device, the application information indicating a time of a scheduled event of the user retrieved from at least one of a calendar application and a text messaging application of the portable device; obtaining, using the processor, user history information indicating date and time information and a type of vehicle used by the user during prior vehicle-sharing sessions; generating, using the processor, vehicle recommendations based on the application information and the user history information; transmitting, using the processor, the vehicle recommendations to the portable device; receiving, using the processor, a signal indicating a selection of a vehicle from the vehicle recommendations; assigning, using the processor, the vehicle to the user associated with the vehicle-sharing request; transmitting, using the processor, a digital key to the portable device, the digital key enabling the user to unlock and enter the vehicle selected from the vehicle recommendations; obtaining, using an interior camera of the vehicle, image data of the user; authenticating, using an electronic control module of the vehicle, the user based on the image data of the user; and enabling, using the electronic control module, the user to activate the vehicle in response to authenticating the user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising updating, using the processor and in response to assigning the vehicle to the user, the vehicle selection history information associated with the vehicle-sharing account based on the vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising generating, using the processor and in response to receiving a signal indicating a non-selection of each vehicle of the vehicle recommendations, second vehicle recommendations based on the application information and the user history information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user history information additionally indicates at least one of: occupancy information associated with the prior vehicle-sharing sessions; and integrated transportation service history associated with the prior vehicle-sharing sessions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle-sharing request includes location information indicating at least one of an originating location associated with the vehicle-sharing request and a destination associated with the vehicle-sharing request. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the location information is associated with at least one of an originating location type associated with the vehicle-sharing request and a destination type associated with the vehicle-sharing request. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the user history information indicates vehicle information associated with the prior vehicle-sharing sessions; and the vehicle information indicates at least one of: a size of vehicles used during the prior vehicle-sharing sessions; and an occupancy of vehicles used during the prior vehicle-sharing sessions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the vehicle information indicates at least one of: a fuel efficiency of vehicles used during the prior vehicle-sharing sessions; and a type of vehicle used during the prior vehicle-sharing sessions. ### Claim 9 A system comprising: a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory computer-readable medium, wherein the instructions include: receiving a vehicle-sharing request from a portable device of a user associated with the vehicle-sharing request; in response to receiving the vehicle-sharing request, obtaining application information from the portable device corresponding to the vehicle-sharing request, the application information indicating a time of a scheduled event of the user retrieved from at least one of a calendar application and a text messaging application of the portable device; obtaining user history information indicating date and time information and a type of vehicle used by the user during prior vehicle-sharing sessions; generating vehicle recommendations based on the application information and the user history information; transmitting the vehicle recommendations to the portable device; receiving a signal indicating a selection of a vehicle from the vehicle recommendations; assigning the vehicle to a user associated with the vehicle-sharing request; transmitting a digital key to the portable device, the digital key enabling the user to unlock and enter the vehicle selected from the vehicle recommendations; obtaining image data of the user from an interior camera of the vehicle; authenticating the user based on the image data of the user; and enabling the user to activate the vehicle in response to authenticating the user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise, in response to assigning the vehicle to the user, updating the vehicle selection history information associated with the vehicle-sharing account based on the vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise, in response to receiving a signal indicating a non-selection of each vehicle of the vehicle recommendations, generating second vehicle recommendations based on the application information and the user history information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the user history information additionally indicates at least one of: occupancy information associated with the prior vehicle-sharing sessions; and integrated transportation service history associated with the prior vehicle-sharing sessions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the vehicle-sharing request includes location information indicating at least one of an originating location associated with the vehicle-sharing request and a destination associated with the vehicle-sharing request. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the location information is associated with at least one of an originating location type associated with the vehicle-sharing request and a destination type associated with the vehicle-sharing request. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein: the user history information indicates vehicle information associated with the prior vehicle-sharing sessions; and the vehicle information indicates at least one of: a size of vehicles used during the prior vehicle-sharing sessions; and an occupancy of vehicles used during the prior vehicle-sharing sessions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the vehicle information indicates at least one of: a fuel efficiency of vehicles used during the prior vehicle-sharing sessions; and a type of vehicle used during the prior vehicle-sharing sessions.