On-demand rental of electric vehicles
AssigneeBlue Jay Transit Inc.
InventorTravis VanderZanden
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Abstract
An indication that a ride associated with an electric vehicle has ended is received. An availability state of the electric vehicle is determined based at least on a current battery charge level of the electric vehicle and a dynamic charge threshold. Information reflecting the availability state of the electric vehicle in a set of geographic location and availability state information of vehicles comprising a fleet of electric vehicles available to be displayed is included via a user interface based at least in part on the respective availability state of the respective electric vehicles comprising the fleet of electric vehicles.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to:
- receive via the communication interface from a mobile device a first indication to ride a specific electric vehicle;
- initiate a timer for the ride associated with the specific electric vehicle;
- receive via the communication interface a second indication that indirectly indicates a ride associated with the specific electric vehicle has ended, wherein the second indication indicates that the specific electric vehicle has not moved for a prescribed amount of time;
- and
- based in part on receiving the second indication, stop the timer for the ride associated with the specific electric vehicle.
A method, comprising:
- receiving via a communication interface from a mobile device a first indication to ride a specific electric vehicle;
- initiating a timer for the ride associated with the specific electric vehicle;
- receiving via the communication interface a second indication that indirectly indicates a ride associated with the specific electric vehicle has ended, wherein the second indication indicates that the specific electric vehicle has not moved for a prescribed amount of time;
- and
- based in part on receiving the second indication, stopping the timer for the ride associated with the specific electric vehicle.
A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving via a communication interface from a mobile device a first indication to ride a specific electric vehicle;
- initiating a timer for the ride associated with the specific electric vehicle;
- receiving via the communication interface a second indication that indirectly indicates a ride associated with the specific electric vehicle has ended, wherein the second indication indicates that the specific electric vehicle has not moved for a prescribed amount of time;
- and
- based in part on receiving the second indication, stopping the timer for the ride associated with the specific electric vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.