# US 12,181,293 B1 · Autonomous vehicle taxi/delivery service > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,181,293 B1 - Document ID: US12181293B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/817,712 - Filed: 2022-08-05 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-14 - Assignees: United Services Automobile Association (USAA) - Applicants: Uipco, LLC - Inventors: Patrick Brian Kelly; Olvin Brett Lewis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181293B1 ## CPC - G01C 21/3438: {Rendezvous; Ride sharing} - G05D 1/0291: {Fleet control (monitoring fleets in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/127, G08G1/127)} - G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G08G 1/127: to a central station {; Indicators in a central station} - G08G 1/202: {Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching} - 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) - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - 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 - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause obtaining an approval of a fee amount from the customer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause providing a third graphical user interface (GUI) for the owners to specify when their vehicles will be available for use. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The medium of claim 3 wherein the third GUI provides data fields for the owners to specify conditions of use of their autonomously driven vehicles. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The medium of claim 4 wherein the third GUI displays to the owners the locations of their autonomously driven vehicles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause tracking operating parameters of the autonomously driven vehicles in the fleet of vehicles. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The medium of claim 6 wherein the operating parameters of the vehicle comprise a parameter selected from the group consisting of speed, direction of travel, oil temperature, battery charge, fuel level of the vehicle, road condition, oil level, fluid level, and tire pressure. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The medium of claim 7 wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause ordering a fleet vehicle to report to a specific location to refuel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The medium of claim 7 wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause ordering a fleet vehicle to report to a specific location for service or repair. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause providing a fourth graphical user interface (GUI) for a customer to place a ride order. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The medium of claim 10 wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause transmitting messages in response to receiving ride orders including an estimated time of arrival of the requested autonomously driven vehicle and an amount of the fee. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The medium of claim 11 wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause transmitting a signal to the customer of the location of the autonomously driven vehicle in route to the pick-up location. ### Claim 13 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 wherein an approval of the associated fee amount is received by the server from the customer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system claim 13 further comprising a third graphical user interface (GUI) for the owners to specify when their vehicles will be available for use. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15 wherein the third GUI provides data fields for the owners to specify conditions of use of their autonomously driven vehicles. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16 wherein the third GUI displays to the owners the locations of their autonomously driven vehicles. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 further comprising tracking, by the server, operating parameters of the autonomously driven vehicles in the fleet of vehicles. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18 wherein the operating parameters comprise a parameter selected from the group consisting of speed, direction, oil temperature, battery charge amount, fuel level, road condition, oil level, fluid level, and tire pressure. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19 further comprising of ordering a fleet vehicle to report to a specific location to refuel by the server.