Automatic alternate transportation
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorsFelipe G. Salles, Shintaro Iwaasa, Louis Brugman, Devang H. Parekh, Robert D. Slater, Christopher J. Risberg, Nutonya L. Parker
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a server, that a transport is inoperable on a route, instructing, by the server, an alternate transport to navigate to the transport, configuring, by the server, the alternate transport based on a configuration of the transport and routing, by the server, the configured alternate transport to an intended destination of the transport.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- in response to determining that a plurality of alternate transports cannot be configured to mimic a travel experience of a transport, displaying, via a server, a list of the plurality of alternate transports and information about the plurality of alternate transports via a graphical user interface of the transport to enable a user to choose a best alternative;
- receiving, from the transport, a selection of an alternate transport from among the plurality of alternate transports via the graphical user interface;
- receiving, via the graphical user interface of the transport, inputs which configure a parameter of a subsystem within the alternate transport;
- causing, via the server, the alternate transport to configure the subsystem within the alternate transport based on the inputs received via the graphical user interface of the transport;
- and
- routing the configured alternate transport to a location of the transport.
A server, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- in response to a determination that a plurality of alternate transports cannot be configured to mimic a travel experience of a transport, display a list of a plurality of alternate transports and information about the plurality of alternate transports via a graphical user interface of the transport to enable a user to choose a best alternative;
- receive, from the transport, a selection of an alternate transport from among the plurality of alternate transports via the graphical user interface;
- receive, via the graphical user interface of the transport, inputs which configure a parameter of a subsystem within the alternate transport;
- cause the alternate transport to configure the subsystem within the alternate transport based on the inputs received via the graphical user interface of the transport;
- and
- route the configured alternate transport to a location of the transport.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- in response to determining that a plurality of alternate transports cannot be configured to mimic a travel experience of a transport, displaying, via a server, a list of a plurality of alternate transports and information about the plurality of alternate transports via a graphical user interface of the transport to enable a user to choose a best alternative;
- receiving, from the transport, a selection of an alternate transport from among the plurality of alternate transports via the graphical user interface;
- receiving, via the graphical user interface of the transport, inputs which configure a parameter of a subsystem within the alternate transport;
- causing, via the server, the alternate transport to configure the subsystem within the alternate transport based on the inputs received via the graphical user interface of the transport;
- and
- routing the configured alternate transport to a location of the transport when the transport is inoperable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.