Autonomous vehicle taxi/delivery service
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsPatrick Brian Kelly, Olvin Brett Lewis
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system, method, and software for operating a taxi and delivery service using a fleet of autonomously driven vehicles amassed from a plurality of unassociated individuals and providing a graphical user interface for interested parties to register their vehicles for use and for customers to schedule services.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- providing a first graphical user interface (GUI) for owners of autonomously driven vehicles to register for use in a taxi and delivery service of autonomously driven vehicles;
- registering a plurality of autonomously driven vehicles to define a fleet of vehicles;
- providing a second graphical user interface (GUI) for a customer to request the use of an autonomously driven vehicle from a pick-up location to a destination location or for a period of time, each for an associated fee;
- and,
- remitting a payment to the owner of the requested autonomously driven vehicle for use of the vehicle.
A system for providing a taxi/delivery service using a fleet of autonomously driven vehicles owned by an unassociated group of individuals or entities comprising:
- a first graphical user interface (GUI) for owners of autonomously driven vehicles to register an autonomously driven vehicle for use in the taxi and delivery service;
- a second graphical user interface (GUI) for a customer to request the use of an autonomously driven vehicle from a pick-up location to a destination location for an associated fee;
- and,
- remitting, with a server associated with at least one of the first GUI and the second GUL, a payment to the owner for the use by the customer of the requested autonomously driven vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.