# US 2019/0170528 A1 · Dynamic customization of an autonomous vehicle experience

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- Number: US 2019/0170528 A1
- Document ID: US20190170528A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/829,831
- Filed: 2017-12-01
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-01
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Applicants: At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Inventors: Erie Lai Har Lau; Sangar Dowlatkhah
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190170528A1

## CPC

- G01C 21/3484: {Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles}
- G01C 21/3415: {Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents}
- G01C 21/3492: {employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968)}
- G05D 1/0276: {using signals provided by a source external to the vehicle (involving a plurality of vehicles G05D1/0287; automatically controlling vehicle speed responsive to externally generated signals B60K31/0058)}
- G05D 1/247: using signals provided by artificial sources external to the vehicle, e.g. navigation beacons
- H04L 67/306: User profiles
- H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)}
- H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
- 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
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

Dynamic customization of an autonomous vehicle experience is presented herein. A dynamic recommendation engine can comprise a subscriber interface component, a data component, and a configuration component. The subscriber interface component can receive, from a subscriber of an autonomous vehicle service, a request specifying a route of transport by an autonomous vehicle; and based on the request, the data component can obtain, via a network slice comprising a virtual network function of the autonomous vehicle service, profile information for the subscriber and route information for the route. Further, the configuration component can determine, via the network slice based on the profile information and the route information, configuration data for the autonomous vehicle, and send, via the network slice, the configuration data directed to the autonomous vehicle to facilitate the transport by the autonomous vehicle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
in response to receiving, from a subscriber of an autonomous vehicle service, a request specifying a route of transport by an autonomous vehicle, obtaining, via a network slice comprising a virtual network function of the autonomous vehicle service, profile information for the subscriber and route information for the route; and
in response to determining, via the network slice based on the profile information and the route information, configuration data for the autonomous vehicle, sending, via the network slice, the configuration data directed to the autonomous vehicle to facilitate the transport by the autonomous vehicle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the profile information represents a selection of a type of the autonomous vehicle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the profile information represents a selection of a class of the autonomous vehicle service.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein profile information represents a selection of an interior configuration of the autonomous vehicle with respect to at least one of a temperature of the interior, a seating configuration of the interior, or an entertainment configuration of the interior.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the route comprises a first route, and wherein the profile information represents a preference of the subscriber corresponding to a second route.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the subscriber is a first occupant, wherein the autonomous vehicle is a first vehicle, and wherein the operations further comprise:
deriving the profile information based on occupant information representing a preference of a second occupant of a second vehicle associated with the route.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the route information comprises traffic information for the route.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data specifies a configuration for at least one of a temperature of an interior of the autonomous vehicle, a seating configuration of the interior, a multimedia configuration of the interior, or a direction of the autonomous vehicle.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual network function corresponds to a group of software network functions of respective vehicle services comprising the autonomous vehicle service.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the network slice is a first network slice, wherein the virtual network function is a first virtual network function of the group of software network functions, wherein the autonomous vehicle service is a first service of the respective vehicle services, and wherein the first network slice corresponds to first control and user planes that are distinct from second control and user planes corresponding to a second network slice that is associated with a second virtual network function of the group of software network functions that is associated with a second service of the respective vehicle services.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to the receiving the request, instantiating the network slice in the memory to provision the autonomous vehicle service.

### Claim 12

A method, comprising:
in response to receiving a request associated with a subscriber identity of an autonomous vehicle service, instantiating, by a system comprising a processor, a network slice of the autonomous vehicle service as a virtual network function to facilitate a transport, via an autonomous vehicle, of a subscriber identified by the subscriber identity according to a route that has been specified by the request; and
in response to obtaining, by the system using the network slice, a profile of the subscriber identity and route information of the route,
determining, based on the profile and the route information using the network slice, configuration data, and
sending, using the network slice, the configuration data directed to the autonomous vehicle to facilitate the transport of the subscriber.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the autonomous vehicle service is a first service, wherein the network slice is a first slice, wherein the virtual network function is a first virtual network function, and wherein the instantiating comprises:
instantiating the first slice using a first control plane, wherein the second slice has been instantiated as a second virtual network function using a second control plane that is different from the first control plane.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining the profile of the subscriber identity comprises obtaining information presenting at least one of an environmental preference for an interior of the vehicle, a seating configuration for the interior, or an entertainment configuration for the interior.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the subscriber is a first occupant, wherein the autonomous vehicle is a first vehicle, and wherein the obtaining the profile of the first occupant comprises determining a preference of a second occupant of a second vehicle corresponding to the route.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the route information comprises:
determining a traffic condition of the route.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the configuration data comprises:
determining a detour for the route.

### Claim 18

A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, from a subscriber of a vehicle service, a request for transportation, via an autonomous vehicle, to a destination;
based on the request, obtaining, via a network slice comprising a virtual network function, a subscriber profile of the subscriber and route information of a route corresponding to the destination; and
based on the subscriber profile and the route information,
generating, via the network slice, configuration data for the autonomous vehicle, and
sending, via the network slice, the configuration data directed to the autonomous vehicle to facilitate the transportation to the destination.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the virtual network function is a first virtual function, and wherein the first virtual function corresponds to a first control plane that is different than a second control plane corresponding to a second virtual function.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the generating the configuration data comprises generating detour information to facilitate the transportation to the destination via a detour.