Patents Examined by George Chen
  • Patent number: 11501242
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities for determining/identifying confidence ratings/indicators for delivery of items. In one embodiment, this comprises determining a number of location events that occurred within a zone of confidence for delivery an item to a serviceable address; and responsive to determining the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence for delivery the item to the serviceable address, determining, via one or more processors, a confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address based at least in part on the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Jay Christian Staples
  • Patent number: 11501402
    Abstract: Dynamic geofence zones may be deployed and updated for a ride sharing service. At least one set of dynamic geofence zones may be created which are associated with a ride sharing service. At least one time period may be set for the at least one set of dynamic geofence zones. The at least one set of dynamic geofence zones may be deployed. The at least one set of dynamic geofence zones may be updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing DiDi Infinity Technology and Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huaiyu Zhu, Kang Yuan, Dong Li, Jing Chen
  • Patent number: 11503001
    Abstract: A cryptographically enforced data exchange is disclosed that enables an exchange of customer travel records between a plurality of travel providers while preserving customer privacy. The disclosed system receives customer travel data from publishers, and communicates a portion of the customer travel data to one or more subscribers in response to determining a customer match, without disclosing any protected data elements between the publisher and the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: JOURNERA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin George Iverson, Steven Mark Hoffman, Justin Grudzien, John Sokel
  • Patent number: 11488089
    Abstract: Wait location information acquisition means of a logistics system acquires wait location information on a wait location of each of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles. Remaining amount information acquisition means acquires remaining amount information on a remaining amount of a battery or fuel of each of the unmanned aerial vehicles. Package information acquisition means acquires package information on a collection destination and delivery destination of a package. Search means searches for an unmanned aerial vehicle with a remaining amount of the battery or fuel for delivering the package collected at the collection destination to the delivery destination based on the wait location information and remaining amount information on each of the unmanned aerial vehicles and the package information. Instruction means instincts the unmanned aerial vehicle retrieved by the search means to collect and deliver the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Masayuki Chatani
  • Patent number: 11475412
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating a multi-modal transportation service are provided. The method includes obtaining a request for an aerial transport from a user via user device and generating a multi-modal transportation itinerary for the user to facilitate the aerial transport of the user. The method includes determining a state change indicative of the progress of the user through the transportation service and adjusting an aerial software application running on an aerial device associated with an aerial service provider based on the state change. The method includes determining a subsequent state change occurring after the state change, determining a ground vehicle to provide a ground transportation for the user during another leg of the multi-modal transportation service based on the subsequent state, and adjusting a ground software application running on a ground device associated with the ground vehicle service provider based on the subsequent state change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Tian, Adam Warmoth, Hasrat Godil, Nikhil Goel, Varun Rau, Shabnam Emdadi, Raphael Max Lurie
  • Patent number: 11468397
    Abstract: Described and presented is a delivery vehicle having a consignment store for receiving, storing and reissuing consignments, having a handover device for handing over consignments from the consignment store to a displacing device, and having a control device for controlling at least the displacing device. The displacing device is designed for delivering consignments to a location outside the delivery vehicle by displacing the consignments and so as to be adjustable from a retracted position into a deployed position and back, and the displacing device is designed to be height-adjustable for delivering consignments at different height levels outside the delivery vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Christoph Dautz, Markus von Gostomski, Florian Markert, Jasmin Quill
  • Patent number: 11453517
    Abstract: A method of delivering goods, the method comprising the steps of: providing a collapsible carrier bag (20), or providing a collapsible transport container (20), wherein the carrier bag (20) or the transport container (20) is provided in a collapsed state (20A); expanding the collapsible carrier bag or transport container in an environment having a pre-determined condition of the environment; loading chilled or frozen goods into an interior storage space of said transport container or carrier bag; and transporting said loaded transport container (20, 20C) or carrier bag (20, 20C) to a destination (DD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: IFOODBAG AB
    Inventors: Carl Fallgren, Magnus Gimåker
  • Patent number: 11449908
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for determining a transport service fee. The method may include: obtaining a service request transmitted from a passenger terminal, wherein the service request includes starting point information and destination information; determining an estimated transport service fee based on the service request; obtaining a price adjustment condition based on the service request, wherein the price adjustment condition is related to the starting point or historical information of the passenger terminal or a driver terminal; determining an amount of the price adjustment based on the price adjustment condition; determining an estimated transport service fee after the price adjustment based on the amount of the price adjustment and the estimated transport service fee; and sending the estimated transport service fee after the price adjustment to the passenger terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qi Song, Beibei Zhang, Zhangxun Liu, Ziyuan Yan
  • Patent number: 11429923
    Abstract: A method and device for determining mail path information, a method and system for sorting mail at a collector-distributor point, and a method and system for labeling delivery information of a collector-distributor point are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: Yong Hong
  • Patent number: 11425530
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for receiving data from a plurality of sensors and using the data, as well as other data, to generate a parking recommendation for a first vehicle are provided. Data may be received from sensors associated with a first vehicle for which a parking recommendation may be generated. Data may also be received from sensors associated with other vehicles and/or from one or more structures or other non-vehicle devices. In some examples, historical parking data may be extracted from a database. The collected and extracted data may be used to generate a parking recommendation for the first vehicle. In some examples, pre-stored user preferences, may be used in generating the parking recommendation as well. The parking recommendation may then be transmitted to a computing device within the first vehicle and may be displayed on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Howard Hayes, Regina Madigan, Surender Kumar, Mark Slusar
  • Patent number: 11417152
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle parking system for storing a plurality of vehicles in a plurality of parking spaces associated with a unique parking space identifier. The system includes a plurality of visual display devices each configured to display an indicator configured to visually represent at least two states and a vehicle identifier, each visual display device of the plurality of visual display devices arranged on or adjacent a corresponding parking space of the plurality of parking spaces. The vehicle parking system also includes a data storage device with parking space data, the parking space data including a plurality of parking space identifiers each associated with a status and a schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Zhen Qian, Shuguan Yang
  • Patent number: 11416952
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with controlling a comparison of energy costs for a current and a previous billing cycle are described. In one embodiment, current billing data and previous billing data are received. A variable having a different value for the current billing than for the previous billing data is identified. A value of the variable in the current billing data is modified with a value of the variable in the previous billing data to determine a hypothetical energy cost for the current billing cycle based on the value of the variable in the previous billing data. A cost difference between the total cost of energy for the current billing cycle and the hypothetical energy cost is determined, and a personalized data structure for an energy user is generated. The data structure includes an individual contribution of the modified value of the variable toward the cost difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jagadeesh Kasaraneni, Maksym Stepanenko
  • Patent number: 11410252
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for planning a multimodal itinerary. The systems and methods may include receiving a transportation request. The transportation request may include a starting location, a final destination, and an estimated payload data. During a first leg of the multimodal itinerary, an updated payload data may be received. An aerial vehicle may be assigned to a subsequent leg of the multimodal itinerary based on the updated payload data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Andreas Villa, Philipp Haban
  • Patent number: 11410117
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with controlling inventory depletion by offering different prices to different customers are described. In one embodiment, a method includes establishing first and second allocations of fulfillment centers to different geographic regions during a markdown phase. Different price schedules are determined for the orders to be fulfilled during the markdown phase based on the first and second allocations. A predicted profit is generated for the orders fulfilled under each of the different price schedules. A price schedule corresponding to the first allocation is selected as resulting in a greater predicted profit than another one of the different price schedules. A sale terminal is controlled to enact the selected price schedule during the markdown phase to cause fulfillment of the incoming orders according to the first allocation of the fulfillment centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Su-Ming Wu, Andrew Vakhutinsky
  • Patent number: 11403567
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an extension unit that, if it is estimated that a user who is using a space will not exit in a reservation period and a next reservation of the space satisfies a certain condition, extends a current reservation of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11392881
    Abstract: A network computer system operates to monitor a location of multiple freight vehicle. For each freight vehicle of a candidate set, a determination is made as to the amount of additive travel that the freight vehicle would likely incur in traveling to a loading location of a new freight load, based at least in part on the monitored location information communicated from the operator device associated with that freight operator. The network computer system implements a matching process to match the freight load with one of the freight vehicles of the candidate set. The network computer system also determines a shipment value for transporting the freight load, based on the additive amount of travel which the freight vehicle is to perform. In some examples, the network computer system directs the matched freight operator to the loading location, using a device of the matched freight operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Driegert, Eric Berdinis
  • Patent number: 11392967
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and system for determining delivery estimates for shipping a parcel include: retrieving historical delivery data from a plurality of shipping carriers; generating cross-carrier delivery features based on normalizing the historical delivery data; generating a cross-carrier delivery prediction model based on the cross-carrier delivery features; retrieving parcel data for the parcel based on a tracking number S140; generating parcel features based on normalizing the parcel data S150; determining a delivery estimate for the parcel based on processing the parcel features with the cross-carrier delivery prediction model S160; and responding to the delivery estimate S170.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Simpler Postage, Inc.
    Inventor: Sawyer Bateman
  • Patent number: 11386398
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for assigning conference rooms are presented. A meeting request may be received by an electronic meeting service. Meeting fit scores may be calculated for the meeting request and one or more conference rooms. The meeting fit scores may be based on location, capacity, and/or audio-visual capabilities. The meeting request may be assigned to a conference room with a highest meeting fit score. A meeting request may be re-assigned to a different conference room based on a conference room becoming available that has a higher meeting fit score. A meeting request may be re-assigned to a different conference room based on characteristics of the meeting request being modified (e.g., fewer invitees, more invitees, different location specified), and thus, the meeting fit scores for conference rooms changing based on those modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Yin-Che Lee, Warren David Johnson, III, Pamela Bhattacharya, Suri Raman
  • Patent number: 11348060
    Abstract: Aspects include a system, method and computer program product for delivering a package via an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A delivery parameter for delivering the package via the UAV is obtained. A weather parameter related to the delivery parameter is obtained. A flight configured for the UAV is selected, wherein the selected flight configuration reduces a delivery cost of the package via the UAV based on the weather parameter and the delivery parameter. The package is delivered using the selected flight configuration of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Briggs, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger, Aldis Sipolins, Michael Rizzolo, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Christopher J. Penny
  • Patent number: 11341546
    Abstract: A method including determining a first bid for a healthcare plan and a second bid for the healthcare plan. A bid-pricing tool is configured to utilize one or more first components to determine the first bid and one or more second components to determine the second bid, respectively. A bid difference between the first bid and the second bid includes at least a monetary difference in premiums paid by members of the first bid for the healthcare plan and members of the second bid for the healthcare plan. One or more third components are determined based at least in part on the bid difference to determine a third bid for the healthcare plan. A second bid difference is determined between at least one of the first bid and the third bid or the second bid and the third bid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Clover Health
    Inventors: Judah Rabinowitz, Alec Clowes, Brian Johnson, Jonathan Shih