Tokenization for on-demand traffic resource allocation

A system, comprising:

• a data processing apparatus comprising one or more computers;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the data processing apparatus and that upon such execution cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, by the traffic resource allocation system, for each of a plurality of vehicles, a request from a user device for an allocation of a traffic resource for the vehicle in a traffic environment, and for each vehicle:
• determining, by the traffic resource allocation system, a tracking capability for the vehicle, the tracking capability being one of a plurality of different tracking capabilities, wherein each tracking capability enables a tracking of a vehicle by a tracking method that is unique to the tracking capability and different from each other tracking capability, and the tracking capability is determined without reference to a vehicle device that is pre-associated with the traffic resource allocation system at the time of the request for the allocation;
• generating, for the vehicle, a tracking token that includes data that describes the tracking capability determined for the vehicle and that enables the traffic resource allocation system to track the vehicle using the tracking token and according to the tracking capability, the data comprising a tuple that includes:
• a first parameter that has a plurality of values, wherein a value of the first parameter specifies a particular tracking capability;
• a second parameter that has a value that is used to identify one of the vehicle or device within the vehicle when tracking according to the particular tracking capability specified by the value of the first parameter;
• and
• enabling, by the traffic resource allocation system, tracking of the vehicle according to the tracking capability described by the data in the tracking token by configuring one or more hardware devices specific to the tracking capability to perform tracking of the vehicle based on the tracking token;
• wherein, for at least a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, a first tracking capability is determined, and for a second vehicle, a second tracking capability different from the first tracking capability is determined, and a first process to track the first vehicle according to the first tracking capability is different from a second process to track the second vehicle according to the second tracking capability.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a data processing apparatus and that upon such execution cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by the traffic resource allocation system, for each of a plurality of vehicles, a request from a user device for an allocation of a traffic resource for the vehicle in a traffic environment, and for each vehicle:
• determining, by the traffic resource allocation system, a tracking capability for the vehicle, the tracking capability being one of a plurality of different tracking capabilities, wherein each tracking capability enables a tracking of a vehicle by a tracking method that is unique to the tracking capability and different from each other tracking capability, and the tracking capability is determined without reference to a vehicle device that is pre-associated with the traffic resource allocation system at the time of the request for the allocation;
• generating, for the vehicle, a tracking token that includes data that describes the tracking capability determined for the vehicle and that enables the traffic resource allocation system to track the vehicle using the tracking token and according to the tracking capability, the data comprising a tuple that includes:
• a first parameter that has a plurality of values, wherein a value of the first parameter specifies a particular tracking capability;
• a second parameter that has a value that is used to identify one of the vehicle or device within the vehicle when tracking according to the particular tracking capability specified by the value of the first parameter;
• and
• enabling, by the traffic resource allocation system, tracking of the vehicle according to the tracking capability described by the data in the tracking token by configuring one or more hardware devices specific to the tracking capability to perform tracking of the vehicle based on the tracking token;
• wherein, for at least a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, a first tracking capability is determined, and for a second vehicle, a second tracking capability different from the first tracking capability is determined, and a first process to track the first vehicle according to the first tracking capability is different from a second process to track the second vehicle according to the second tracking capability.