Reservation, Check-in, Or Booking Display For Reserved Space Patents (Class 705/5)
  • Patent number: 11994398
    Abstract: A system for automatic scheduling of vehicles includes a network access device configured to receive scheduling information corresponding to at least one travel request and including a user-selected starting location and a user-selected destination location. The system further includes a memory configured to store map information including road information and preselected vehicle stops. The system further includes a processor coupled to the network access device and the memory. The processor is designed to identify available vehicles to transport passengers. The processor is further designed to determine routes for the available vehicles to travel, the routes including vehicle stops and being determined based on the scheduling information, the road information, and the preselected vehicle stops. The processor is further designed to control the network access device to transmit the identified routes to the available vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Shalini Keshavamurthy
  • Patent number: 11995735
    Abstract: A delivery support apparatus includes: an individual detection unit that detects a registered individual based on an image transmitted from a camera, an information specifying unit that specifies a destination of the individual, a schedule at the destination, and a baggage to be received at the destination for the individual detected by the individual detection unit, a notification unit that notifies a terminal device at the destination that the specified baggage will be received by the individual according to the specified schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Katou, Akira Kamei, Masato Kitada, Miki Otani
  • Patent number: 11989209
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information sharing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, relating to the field of data processing. The information sharing method includes: acquiring information to be shared, and extracting a first parameter of the information to be shared; acquiring object groups to share with; grouping, based on a first preset rule, the information to be shared according to the first parameter to obtain information groups; matching, based on a second preset rule, the information groups with the object groups; and processing, in response to the operation of acquiring the object groups, the matched information groups respectively, and sharing the matched information groups to corresponding object groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youxiang Xia, Ken Wen
  • Patent number: 11989669
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for intelligently determining to assess (or not assess) a cancellation penalty and notifying a requestor device of such a penalty in response to either a requestor's selection to cancel a single transportation request for a requestor or a requestor's selection to cancel a shared-transportation request associated with multiple requestors. For example, the disclosed systems can generate conversion probabilities for a requestor reflecting if a cancellation penalty is assessed—and if the cancellation penalty is not assessed—for a cancellation of a transportation request for transport of a lone requestor. Based on the conversion probabilities, the disclosed systems customize a cancellation notice for a requestor device to either include or exclude the cancellation penalty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Young, Mohammad Ali Motie Share, Humboldt Jayme Ramirez, Alex Collier Mazure, IV, Bao Kham Chau
  • Patent number: 11983701
    Abstract: Temporarily provisioning card on file payment functionality to proximate merchants is described herein. A point-of-sale (POS) application executable by a POS device associated with a merchant can store an identifier associated with payment data corresponding to a payment instrument of a customer for use in future transactions with the customer. A payment processing service can determine other merchant(s) that subscribe to services of the payment processing service are participating in an event with the merchant and can receive a request to provision the payment data to the other merchant(s) to enable the other merchant(s) to use the identifier to complete transaction(s) with the customer without requiring the customer to present the payment instrument in association with the transaction(s). The payment processing service can provision the identifier to other POS device(s) of the other merchant(s) for temporarily storing the identifier on individual POS devices of the other POS device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Blackie, Prashan Dharmasena, Justin McKibben
  • Patent number: 11977721
    Abstract: An event scheduling system and method include receiving a message that includes an availability list of a first participant group of one or more members of a first party for an event to be scheduled. The availability list includes time slots that the first participant group is available for the event. A participant text window is presented on a display device that prompts a user associated with a second party to select members of the second party to form a second participant group. Responsive to receiving a user selection that identifies the members to form the second participant group, calendar data of the second participant group is accessed and cross-referenced with the time slots in the availability list. One or more confirmed time slots are determined in which both the first participant group and the second participant group are available for the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Nathan Peterson, Russell S. VanBlon, Arnold Weksler, Mark Delaney, John C. Mese
  • Patent number: 11978295
    Abstract: A collation system of the present invention includes imaging means for acquiring a captured image of a pre-passage side area with respect to each of gates arranged in parallel with each other, and collation means for performing a collation process on the captured image of the pre-passage side area for each of the gates, between a previously registered target and a target included in the captured image. The collation means performs the collation process on the basis of a target in the captured image corresponding to one of the gates and a target in the captured image corresponding to another one of the gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taketo Kochi, Kenji Saito
  • Patent number: 11972371
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a hotel reservation system that searches for vacant rooms at lower prices even after making a reservation. A method of hotel reservation that is performed by a server, comprises steps of: obtaining identification information corresponding to vacant rooms of hotels from external servers; obtaining reservation information of a vacant room from a user terminal; transmitting to the user terminal whether a reservation is confirmed; searching for a first vacant room available within a predetermined period from a check-in date until before the check-in date; and providing a reservation change notification through the user terminal if determining the vacant room with the lower price than that of the reserved vacant room by comparing a price of the reserved vacant room and a price of the first vacant room that is available within the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: So Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 11972686
    Abstract: A parking control device performs parking control such that a vehicle is parked in a reserved parking area in an automatic valet parking lot including a plurality of parking areas. When the vehicle arrives at the automatic valet parking lot before an entrance time for the reserved parking area, the parking control device determines whether the reserved parking area is available. When it is determined that the reserved parking area is not available, the parking control device determines whether a temporary parking area which is an area other than the reserved parking area is available. When it is determined that the temporary parking area is available, the parking control device performs parking control such that the vehicle is parked in the temporary parking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshio Mukaiyama
  • Patent number: 11972372
    Abstract: A travel booking system abstracts the user from a travel search of web and internet searches initiated by the user and the search result of those searches to present the user with a consistent interface for both entry and results. As part of the abstraction the search introduces elements of one or more traveller profiles to delineate the searches. The user may investigate the search results for a trip or alternate route options returned by a search to further direct the search or to book a search result and when a booked itinerary is returned may load this to a traveller's device together with other assistance for phases of the trip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SERKO LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert James Shaw, Darrin John Grafton
  • Patent number: 11973892
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a method of displaying a user interface on a mobile device, comprising: receiving a transaction file; performing text recognition on the transaction file to extract one or more transaction elements; determining a transaction characteristic based on the one or more transaction elements; displaying a transaction characteristic user interface element within an interactive cell displayed in the user interface; receiving a user touch gesture associated with the interactive cell via the user interface; and displaying an action user interface element in response to receiving the user touch gesture, wherein the action user interface element is configured to perform an action based on the transaction characteristic associated with the interactive cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Durga Muthumanickam Kandasamy, Jahnavi Kocha, Carli Lessard, Quoc Phuong Nguyen, Nithya Pari, Robert Paul, Andrew Schrage, Eric Wong
  • Patent number: 11972687
    Abstract: A parking control device performs parking control such that a vehicle is parked in a reserved parking area in an automatic valet parking lot including a plurality of parking areas. When the vehicle arrives at the automatic valet parking lot before an entrance time for the reserved parking area, the parking control device determines whether the reserved parking area is available. When it is determined that the reserved parking area is not available, the parking control device determines whether a temporary parking area which is an area other than the reserved parking area is available. When it is determined that the temporary parking area is available, the parking control device performs parking control such that the vehicle is parked in the temporary parking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshio Mukaiyama
  • Patent number: 11972213
    Abstract: This application discloses an event recognition method, including: obtaining, by a terminal device, a target sentence used for recognizing a type of a target event; processing, by the terminal device, a target sentence based on an event recognition model, to obtain the type of the target event, the event recognition model being used for determining the type of the target event by using a trigger word in the target sentence and at least one context word of the trigger word, the trigger word being used for indicating candidate types of the target event, and the candidate types including the type of the target event; and outputting, by the terminal device, the type of the target event. According to the technical solutions of this application, an event recognition process is performed by using a trigger word and a context word of the trigger word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shulin Liu
  • Patent number: 11972685
    Abstract: A pollution management method is provided. The method comprises determining a target relating to a level of pollution in an area associated with one or more parking spaces; monitoring a level of pollution in the area; adjusting a parking policy of the one or more parking spaces based on a comparison between the target and the level of pollution, in order to incentivise or disincentivise parking in the area; monitoring vehicles parking in the area; and re-adjusting the parking policy according to the vehicles parking in the area in order to adjust the incentivise or disincentivise to parking in the area and thereby achieve the target relating to the level of pollution in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Malczyk, Emily Jackson, Adrian Raisin
  • Patent number: 11966784
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a reservation request corresponding to resource requirements of an application and including role-based access and first priority level indicators. A reservation subset of existing reservations is identified based on the role-based access indicator, and server clusters are evaluated based on the resource requirements, the first priority level indicator, the reservation subset, and server cluster resources. When the server clusters are determined to include at least one qualified server cluster, a first server cluster is identified either as a sole qualified server cluster or by ranking multiple qualified server clusters by calculating a score of each qualified server cluster, an existing reservation of the reservation subset assigned to the first server cluster is pre-empted based on the first priority level indicator relative to priority level indicators of the one or more existing reservations, and the reservation request is assigned to the first server cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
    Inventors: Mihir Pathak, Amey Sandesh Wadekar
  • Patent number: 11967239
    Abstract: A unified learning approach for large-scale ride-hailing is described, the approach includes obtaining an offline state value network for predicting a value of a vehicle state, the offline state value network being trained based on a plurality of historical vehicle trajectories; initializing an online state value network and dispatching a plurality of vehicles according to the online state value network for a period of time; training the online state value network based on vehicle states of the plurality of vehicles before and after the dispatching and rewards associated with the dispatching; ensembling the trained online state value network and the offline state value network to obtain an ensembled online state value network; and dispatching the plurality of vehicles according to the ensembled online state value network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing DiDi Infinity Technology and Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaocheng Tang, Fan Zhang, Zhiwei Qin
  • Patent number: 11967234
    Abstract: A method for filling up a parking structure with vehicles, which comprises at least one parking level, wherein vehicles can be parked on the at least one parking level, which are allowed to have a combined weight with a maximum value, which is specified for the at least one parking level, includes: when entrance to the parking structure is requested for a new vehicle at a time when it is still located outside of the parking structure the combined weight is determined as the sum of the weight of this new vehicle and the respective weights of other vehicles for which entrance is granted to the at least one parking level at that time, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for a parking level of the at least one parking level is at most as large as the maximal value specified for this, entrance to this one parking level is granted for the new vehicle, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for each parking level of the at least one parking level is greater than the maximum v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: JĂĽrgen Horvath, Franz Lankes
  • Patent number: 11962700
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, one aspect provides a method of securely distributing multi-tier multimedia contents on the Internet, using Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Blockchain and comprising the steps of: signal processing data splitting phase, converting an original multimedia file into multiple data portions; access control encryption phase, converting each of the multiple data portions into an encrypted data portion and uploading the encrypted data portion to a storage cloud; access control storage phase, storing the encrypted data portion on the storage cloud; access control decryption phase, downloading the encrypted data portion from the storage cloud and reconstructing each of the encrypted data portions into each of said multiple data portions; and signal processing data merging phase, reconstructing appropriate multimedia data content depending on a user's tier level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NUFIAT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Siu-Ying Patrick Hung
  • Patent number: 11961016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for booking reservations in a booking system and synchronizing bookings among several booking systems. The system comprises at least one booking system; at least one service provider; a mediator service; a client, and at least one client terminal device that can be a mobile device and that includes a dialogue. The client uses the dialogue to enter information into the system and the mediator receives inquiries and answers from the at least one booking system, the at least one service provider, and the at least one client. The mediator transfers and adapts information between them. The method and system are particularly suited for use with mobile phone users by Small Message Service messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTCOM LABS OY
    Inventor: Jukka Kalevi Salonen
  • Patent number: 11960712
    Abstract: A computer system is provided for implementing a pre-release of a recording at a distribution platform. The computer system includes a processor coupled to a storage system that stores instructions, which, upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to present a release interface for the recording. The release interface includes graphical controls element for confirming the pre-release of the recording, for selecting a release date, and for selecting a pre-release date. The instructions further cause the processor to receive information describing a confirmation of the pre-release of the recording, a selected release date, and a selected pre-release date. The instructions further cause the processor to provide a truncated version of the recording for the pre-release of the recording. The instructions further cause the processor to transmit the truncated version of the recording to a digital streaming platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LEMON INC.
    Inventor: Maria Yurievna Altyeva
  • Patent number: 11963154
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pre 5th generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for operating a radio unit (RU) of a base station is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a digital unit (DU), a first message comprising a value indicating the maximum number of masks for one resource area, and receiving, from the DU, a second message generated based on the value, wherein the mask may indicate resources to which the same beam is applied within the resource area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunguk Huh, Daejoong Kim, Jaeyoel Kim, Wonwoo Rhim, Namryul Jeon
  • Patent number: 11961024
    Abstract: A method of automatically generating baggage driver staffing recommendations including receiving a first set of flight parameters for a first flight, creating a first predictive staffing model for the first flight by simulating missed bag quantities for a range of driver quantities using a first computer-implemented machine learning model and the first set of flight parameters, and automatically generating a first recommended driver quantity predicted to result in a quantity of missed bags using the first predictive staffing model and a threshold quantity of missed bags. The missed bag quantities are simulated using a simulator, the first computer-implemented machine learning model is configured to relate driver quantities and flight parameters to expected missed bag quantities, and the first predictive staffing model relates predicted quantities of missed bags to quantities of staffed drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Insight Direct USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Meagan Leigh Gentry, Jonathan Raynor
  • Patent number: 11954699
    Abstract: A computer based system for remapping prime class seat bookings is disclosed. The system remaps prime class bookings a floor class, or if the floor class is closed, into a higher, displacement class. Via remapping, airline systems, such as inventory management systems, revenue management systems, and the like, may better account for the true value of prime class bookings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Tracy, James Fox, Julianne Bowles, Michael Costello, Daniel Muzich, Thomas Trenga
  • Patent number: 11954754
    Abstract: A computing system can detect the launch of a rider application on computing devices of users of a transport service. The computing system can receive location data indicating the current location of each user, and determine a usage pattern for each user based on historical data corresponding to historical utilization of the transport service by the user. Based on the current location and the usage pattern of the user, the computing system can determine one or more suggested destination locations for the user, and transmit, over the one or more networks, display data to cause the rider application to display a destination accelerator for each of the one or more suggested destination locations. The destination accelerator can be selectable by the user to automatically input a destination location into a transport request for the transport service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Didier Patrick Hilhorst, Bryant Jow, Peter Ng
  • Patent number: 11956625
    Abstract: The present invention reduces security risks while improving convenience in a utilization control technique of a usage target object. A utilization control device (1) can communicate only via Near Field Communication, and is separated from a network. And in the utilization control device (1), a hole data including a public key is set. In a use permit notification device (2), a use permit and signature are registered for each user ID. The signature is generated by using a private key paired with the public key included in the hole data. The use permit notification device (2) sends the use permit and signature in connection with the ID read from an ID card (3) to the utilization control device (1) via the Near Field Communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BITKEY INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Ejiri, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11948415
    Abstract: Secure enrollment of a user with an electronic lock is provided. Enrollment with the lock may include a verification process and a secure enrollment mode based on verification of a unique enrollment code (UEC) associated with an enrollment invitation link that may be provided to the user. Selection of the link may direct the user's mobile device to a client application, where an option may be provided for initiating the verification process. The UEC may be communicated to and presented by the lock. The user's device may capture the presented UEC, which may be compared against the UEC generated in association with the link. When validated, the lock may enter the secure enrollment mode, where the user can register an actuation passcode, or the lock may be paired with the mobile device over a short-range wireless connection, which may allow the user to actuate the lock via the client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Pasma, Nedal Almomani
  • Patent number: 11946765
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a map information storage, a charging record information storage, and a processor. The map information storage is configured to store map information including a location of a charging station to charge a battery of an electric vehicle. The charging record information storage is configured to store charging record information indicating whether or not it has been possible to charge the battery. The processor is programed to calculate an evaluation value based on the charging record information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MICWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuma Naito
  • Patent number: 11946119
    Abstract: Provided is a powder mixture for powder metallurgy that has excellent fluidity, can be ejected from a green compacting die with little force, and can suppress die galling in forming. The powder mixture comprises: a raw material powder; a copper powder; a binder; a graphite powder; and carbon black. The raw material powder contains an iron-based powder in an amount of 90 mass % or more with respect to the raw material powder. An average particle size of the graphite powder is less than 5 ?m. Additive amounts of the binder, the graphite powder, the copper powder, and the carbon black are in specific ranges. A surface of the raw material powder is coated with at least part of the binder. A surface of the binder is coated with at least part of the graphite powder, at least part of the copper powder, and at least part of the carbon black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Oya, Shigeru Unami
  • Patent number: 11950101
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method to increase the efficiency of security checkpoint operations. A security checkpoint kiosk serves as a Relying Party System (RPS). The RPS establishes a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD). The RPS sends a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of user information associated with a Mobile Identification Credential (MIC). The RPS obtains authentication of the user information received in response to the user information request. The RPS retrieves user travel information based on the user information. The RPS determines that the user travel information matches the user information. When the user travel information matches the user information, the RPS approves the user to proceed past the security checkpoint kiosk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haya Iris Villanueva Gaviola, Gianpaolo Fasoli, Vinay Ganesh, Irene M. Graff, Martijn Theo Haring, Ahmer A. Khan, Franck Farian Rakotomalala, Gordon Y. Scott, Ho Cheung Chung, Antonio Allen, Mayura Dhananjaya Deshpande, Thomas John Miller, Christopher Sharp, David W. Silver, Policarpo B. Wood, Ka Yang
  • Patent number: 11943495
    Abstract: A set-top box with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The set-top box is associated with a room and includes a housing that secures a television input, a television output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein in an interconnected bus architecture. The set-top box generates a default interactive portal as well as a guest-specific interactive portal, which is generated from a guest configuration profile having information including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information. The guest configuration profile may also enable the creation of a local area wireless network with substantially the same behavior as the guest's home wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Enseo, LLC
    Inventors: Vanessa Ogle, Thomas R. Miller, William C. Fang
  • Patent number: 11935411
    Abstract: A parking control device performs parking control such that a vehicle is parked in a reserved parking area in an automatic valet parking lot including a plurality of parking areas. When the vehicle arrives at the automatic valet parking lot before an entrance time for the reserved parking area, the parking control device determines whether the reserved parking area is available. When it is determined that the reserved parking area is not available, the parking control device determines whether a temporary parking area which is an area other than the reserved parking area is available. When it is determined that the temporary parking area is available, the parking control device performs parking control such that the vehicle is parked in the temporary parking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshio Mukaiyama
  • Patent number: 11935144
    Abstract: A system and method for managing requests for integrating a handheld customer interface with a point of sale (POS) system are disclosed. In one aspect, an integrated customer interface module is configured to communicate with a wireless mobile computing device of a customer and a POS system associated with a restaurant chain. The integrated customer interface module is configured to receive a request from the customer to check in to one of the chain's restaurants, automatically generate an order in the POS system, receive information regarding the customer from the remote database, and send at least a portion of the information regarding the customer to the POS system so as to be used as identification in the ordering and purchasing at the restaurant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Tillster, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Garrett, Yevgeniy Medynskiy
  • Patent number: 11928897
    Abstract: In some examples, a system may include a first computing device communicatively coupled to a second computing device. Additionally, the first computing device is configured to obtain, from the second computing device, check-in data indicating an arrival of the user of the second computing device at a first location, and in response to obtaining the check-in data, determine current wait times. Moreover, the first computing device is configured to determine a first number of customers waiting for service, determine a first number of associates available to assist the first number of customers, and determine an expected wait time for the user operating the second computing device based at least on the current wait times. In some examples, the first number of customers waiting for service, and the first number of associates available. Further, the first computing device is configured to transmit the expected wait time to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Shengyang Zhang, Mingang Fu, Arun Prasad Nagarathinam, Apeksha Mehta, Pawan Kumar, Madhavan Kandhadai Vasantham, Ankit Jasuja, Surnaik Prakash Srivastava, Jennifer Chen, Vidyanand Krishnan
  • Patent number: 11922338
    Abstract: A device, system and method for providing ancillary objects from a cache and/or for providing categorized provider objects is provided. One or more servers receive a flight object representing a flight and search an ancillary object cache for predetermined ancillary objects associated with previous flights similar to the flight. When one or more of the predetermined ancillary objects, associated with at least one previous flight similar to the flight, are found at the ancillary object cache, a requesting device is provided with a response corresponding to the flight object and the one or more of the predetermined ancillary objects associated with the at least one previous flight similar to the flight. The flight objects and the ancillary objects may be assembled into provider objects which are provided to the requesting device. The provider objects may be categorized based on provider object categorization criteria associated with the requesting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AMADEUS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Fadi Akrimi, Olivier Amadieu, Lorenzo Baldacchini, Modou Mamoune Diene, Louis Harnay, Krishna Padmanabhan, Jerome Vernet, Thibaut Giacomel, Nikita Nanda, Julien Renaud Starozinski
  • Patent number: 11922816
    Abstract: A system for managing a fleet of shared autonomous vehicles may comprise a plurality of specialized sub-systems. The sub-systems may coordinate to service requested rides using the vehicles. The system may comprise a reservation system configured to receive a request for a ride from a user device. The system may comprise a coordination system configured to determine a price for the requested ride. The system may comprise a routing system configured to determine a vehicle of the fleet to service the requested ride and/or a route for the requested ride. The determined vehicle may be caused to service the requested ride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Gregory D. Hansen, Will K. Maney, William P. Culbertson, II
  • Patent number: 11922812
    Abstract: A method for filling up a parking structure with vehicles, which comprises at least one parking level, wherein vehicles can be parked on the at least one parking level, which are allowed to have a combined weight with a maximum value, which is specified for the at least one parking level, includes: when entrance to the parking structure is requested for a new vehicle at a time when it is still located outside of the parking structure the combined weight is determined as the sum of the weight of this new vehicle and the respective weights of other vehicles for which entrance is granted to the at least one parking level at that time, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for a parking level of the at least one parking level is at most as large as the maximal value specified for this, entrance to this one parking level is granted for the new vehicle, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for each parking level of the at least one parking level is greater than the maximum v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: JĂĽrgen Horvath, Franz Lankes
  • Patent number: 11922531
    Abstract: A provider, such as a transportation management service, can manage transport for a number of riders between various locations. A customer can request transport between different locations. The provider may analyze the request for salient information, such as information corresponding to a start and end location, and determine whether there are errors in the salient information that would prevent the provider from providing the requested service. When the provider detects errors, the provider may request additional information from the customer in order to correct the errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Sudipto Aich
  • Patent number: 11922340
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for generating and transmitting push notifications in connection with a transport service. Push notification triggers can be configured by a user via an application-based user interface corresponding to an application specific to the transport service. A user profile associated with the user can be accessed to detect one or more preconfigured push notification triggers, and thereafter transport service activity can be dynamically monitored for trigger events. Such trigger events can cause the system to generate and transmit push notifications to the user's mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacey Farrelly, Shalin Amin, Robert Marshall, Kevin Novak, Matthew Sweeney
  • Patent number: 11922343
    Abstract: Horizontally-scalable systems and methods for scheduling and optimizing deliveries are described herein. At least one scheduler is configured to receive a request to schedule a delivery for an origination location. The request includes a desired time slot. The request is compared to a persistent delivery snapshot for the origination location to determine availability of the desired time slot. An interim delivery snapshot including the requested delivery is generated when the persistent delivery snapshot has an available time slot corresponding to the desired time slot. At least one optimizer is configured to receive the interim delivery snapshot and generate an updated persistent delivery snapshot by applying an optimization process to the interim delivery snapshot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Amritayan Nayak, Prakash Seetharaman, Mingang Fu, Pushkar Raj Pande, Deepak Deshpande, Kumar Malyala, Rohit Jain
  • Patent number: 11915313
    Abstract: In some implementations, a credit decision platform may receive a credit request from an applicant and obtain domestic historical data associated with the applicant from a credit bureau device. The credit decision platform may obtain access to an email account associated with the applicant based on determining that the domestic historical data associated with the applicant is insufficient to process the credit request. The credit decision platform may identify, using one or more machine learning models, a set of email messages included in the email account that are relevant to the credit request and may analyze content included in the set of email messages to generate non-domestic historical data associated with the applicant. The credit decision platform may generate a decision on the credit request based on an estimated creditworthiness of the applicant, which may be determined based on the non-domestic historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Lin Ni Lisa Cheng, Joshua Edwards, Phoebe Atkins, Max Miracolo, Cruz Vargas, Brian McClanahan, Alexander Lin, Louis Buell, Michael Mossoba
  • Patent number: 11915164
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station. The same vehicle can be used for both the reservation use and the on-demand use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Takiguchi, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Minoru Nakadori, Daiki Kaneichi
  • Patent number: 11900496
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for identifying, in real time, a transportation arrangement between a requestor and a provider that could benefit from a re-matching of the requestor with another provider. A system may match a provider with a requestor to complete a request for transportation from the requestor. The system may monitor a progress of the provider to a pickup location as specified in the request. Based on the monitored progress, the system may determine if the provider is making sufficient progress towards the pickup location. In some examples, the system may determine that the matching of the provider with the requestor is eligible for cancellation because the provider is not making sufficient progress towards the pickup location. The system may cancel the matching and then match another provider with the requestor to continue to make progress towards completing the transportation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Snir Kodesh, Andrew Li, Desmond Mawuko Torkornoo, Naomi Yarin
  • Patent number: 11900463
    Abstract: An accountability management system for determining an accountability in terms of a responsibility score for an investor of an enterprise. First footprint for a first node and second footprint for a second node are determined. A first fraction of the first footprint and a second fraction of the second footprint is allocated to the enterprise whose transaction from the first node and the second node defines the first fraction and the second fraction. A first degree, a second degree, and a third degree are determined. An aggregate offset attributable to the enterprise is determined from the first, the second, and the third degree. The responsibility score is determined for the investors based on the aggregate offset. Changes to the data sources, the first node, the second node, or a connection between the first node and the second node leads to updating of the aggregate offset and the responsibility score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Persefoni AI Inc.
    Inventor: Kentaro M. Kawamori
  • Patent number: 11900489
    Abstract: A matrix format with one dimension showing categories of the flights and one dimension showing ranges of the categories can be used by a customer looking for a travel flight. The selection of the customer on the flight matrix can be converted to travel preferences, which can be stored in a travel preference profile of the customer. The travel preference profile can be updated when the customer searches and books travel flights. Ultimately, the travel preference profile can reflect the customer desires and subsequent travel searches can results in a small number of, preferable only one, flight itineraries most suitable to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ONRIVA LLC
    Inventor: Vajid Jafri
  • Patent number: 11892310
    Abstract: A method is performed at an electronic device with a display. The method includes receiving a request from a user to display information about electric vehicle charging stations near a geographic location. The method further includes, in response to the request to display information about electric vehicle charging stations near the geographic location, for a respective charging station near the geographic location: identifying a commercial enterprise co-located with the respective electric vehicle charging station, and displaying, on the display, an indication of the respective electric vehicle charging station. The indication of the respective electric vehicle charging station includes a representation of the co-located commercial enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Volta Charging, LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Fagenson
  • Patent number: 11893613
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling access to resources. Receiving, at a server from user devices, requests associated with a resource. Transmitting, by the server to the user devices, tickets associated with the requests, each ticket associated with a respective one of a plurality of groups, the groups identifying requests received in successive windows of time. Receiving, at the server from one of the user devices, a subsequent request, the subsequent request identifying one of the tickets previously transmitted to that user device. Determining that the identified one of the tickets should be accepted and the subsequent request should be serviced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Francis, Bassam Mansoob, Logan Francis Fontes Martel
  • Patent number: 11887025
    Abstract: Systems and methods to generate predicted variances of an operation based on data from one or more connected databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: James Fox, Randeep Ramamurthy, Julianne Anderson, Arthur Busse, Marcial Lapp, Daniel Muzich, Thomas Trenga
  • Patent number: 11886566
    Abstract: A vehicle authentication system includes a ring-type wearable device, an in-vehicle device, and a communication terminal. The in-vehicle device performs authentication regarding use of the vehicle. The in-vehicle device causes a short-range communication module to perform short-range wireless communication with the ring-type wearable device that has unique identification information. The in-vehicle device acquires information received by a wide area communication module configured to communicate, via a network, with the communication terminal configured to make a reservation for the use of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Kenji Kato, Takeshi Kumazaki
  • Patent number: 11887156
    Abstract: Systems and methods of dynamically varying the intensity of providing content items in a remarketing campaign based on tracking client device interactions are provided. The system can assign an account identifier to a first segment for a pre-conversion model, responsive to receiving a first interaction associated with a content provider from a client device. The system can assign the account identifier to a second segment for the pre-conversion model, responsive to receiving a second interaction. The system can assign the account identifier to a third segment, responsive to receiving a third interaction. The third interaction can include a conversion event. The system can generate a post-conversion model based on the third segment and the pre-conversion model. The system can determine an intent index for the account identifier based on the post-conversion model. The system can store the account identifier into an interest cluster based on the intent index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jan Blom, Emre Demiralp
  • Patent number: 11886463
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus in which a client computer initiates and communicates a distributed ledger transaction, which transaction is labeled with a timestamp. A first hashing algorithm are applied to the transaction data and timestamp data to create a first hash value, and the first hash value is associated with the transaction data. When a second distributed ledger transaction is initiated, a second hashing algorithm is applied to the second transaction data to generate a second hash value, and a third hashing algorithm is applied to the to the first and second hash values to create a third hash value which is associated with the second transaction data. The procedure is implemented with each additional transaction data submission. The transaction data is processed in a first-in-first-out sequence based upon the hash values associated with the transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GoKnown LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Harold