Abstract: Systems and methods for charging electric vehicles and for bi-directional, reverse, and cooperative charging of electric vehicles.

Abstract: Electronic methods and system of inbound and outbound transport unit/cargo, traffic and schedule management, assistance and assignment based on relevant resource availability and transport unit progress and in advance unrecoverable delay recognition.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: generating a feasible dock-out plan designed to deliver one or more orders to one or more physical stores based on a feasible route plan by: generating a preliminary dock-out time boundary based on one or more delivery time windows; determining an earliest dock-out time based at least in part on the preliminary dock-out time boundary and a backward search; and determining a latest dock-out time based at least in part on the preliminary dock-out time boundary and a forward search; and transmitting a range of dock-out times comprising (i) the earliest dock-out time and (ii) the latest dock-out time to a user. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: A method for automatically scaling a number of robots leveraging interactive sessions to be used within a system infrastructure, dynamically based on workload, is provided. The method includes: receiving a request for a number of robots to be provisioned within the system infrastructure; validating an availability of the requested number of robots; monitoring a CPU utilization and a memory utilization within the system infrastructure; adjusting the requested number of robots based on the CPU utilization and/or the memory utilization; and releasing the adjusted number of robots for facilitating use thereof to perform corresponding tasks within the system infrastructure.

Abstract: Sensing devices and associated methods are disclosed for providing dynamic travel transactions. An example sensing device includes a sensor associated with a vehicle and a controller operably coupled with the sensor. The sensor is configured to generate first device data of a first user device associated with a first user where the first device data includes first trip data of the vehicle and the first user. The sensor is further configured to generate travel variability data associated with the vehicle where the travel variability data includes one or more vehicle operating parameters that vary during travel of the vehicle. The controller of the sensing device is configured to generate a travel transaction based upon the first device data of the first user device and the travel variability data associated with the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a transaction with a headless point-of-sale or automated teller machine (ATM) device are disclosed using a card having a second communications path to a financial services provider. A card having a display and radio frequency (RF) communications module may be authenticated with a headless point-of-sale device using a short-range RF communications link. Characteristics of the card may be set prior to the transaction. Transaction information may be provided to the display of the card from the headless point-of-sale device. A customer may confirm the transaction at the card using a touch-sensitive input area. During the processing, a communication may be made over the second communications path to authorize the transaction independently of the transaction processing path. A transaction may then be completed at the headless point-of-sale device.

Abstract: The present technology pertains to utilizing an autonomous transportation service to deliver items offered for sale in a peer-to-peer marketplace. The peer-to-peer marketplace can include an integration that will offer autonomous transportation and direct a buyer and seller to enter locations for pick-up and drop-off, respectively. The autonomous transportation system can transport the item from the seller to the buyer.

Abstract: An open framework for mobile payments to vending machines (VM) comprises a namespace and a payment bus: the namespace provides unique IDs for VMs, and the payment bus enables payers to pay any VM through any payment service of their choice. Embodiments describe how this invention caters to online VMs with a wide-area data connection and offline VMs with no data connection. Described herein is a VM module that enables traditional VMs to be retrofitted. The twin goals of our invention are (a) to give customers and vending machine operators a universal payment platform and (b) to enable vending machine operators to reduce their capital and operational costs.

Abstract: Systems and methods for charging electric vehicles utilizing Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements.

Abstract: A system for transportation, includes at least one vehicle and an artificial intelligence (AI) system in communication with the at least one vehicle. The AI system is operative on at least one processor having access to a non-transitory storage medium that stores computer executable instructions to be executed by the at least one processor. The AI system includes a first neural network of a hybrid neural network to classify social media data sourced from a plurality of social media sources as affecting a transportation system, a second neural network of the hybrid neural network to predict at least one vehicle-operating objective of the transportation system based on the classified social media data, and a third neural network of the hybrid neural network to optimize a state of the at least one vehicle in the transportation system to achieve the at least one vehicle-operating objective of the transportation system.

Abstract: A method and system of optimizing pressure regulation at an intelligent gas gate station based on an Internet of Things are provided. The method is performed by an intelligent gas management platform, and the intelligent gas management platform includes an intelligent customer service management sub-platform, an intelligent operation management sub-platform, and an intelligent gas data center, the method includes: obtaining, by the intelligent gas data center, gas terminal information from an intelligent gas object platform through the intelligent gas sensor network platform, wherein the gas terminal information includes gas terminal flow and a gas terminal distribution feature; predicting, by the intelligent operation management sub-platform, gas gate station flow based on the gas terminal information; and determining, by the intelligent operation management sub-platform, a pressure regulation scheme of the gas gate station based on the gas gate station flow.

Abstract: Techniques for mobile payments integrated with a booking system are described. In an embodiment, a method includes: receiving a request from a computing device of a user to pay a ticket open at a merchant point-of-sale computer, obtaining a current total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer, determining an estimated total ticket amount based at least in part on the current total ticket amount, authorizing but not capturing payment of the estimated total ticket amount with a payment network gateway computer, after the ticket is closed at the merchant point-of-sale computer, obtaining a final total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer, and capturing payment of the final total ticket amount with the payment network gateway computer.

Abstract: A system and method for selecting inventory pricing for an event at a venue is disclosed. The method comprising determining a rate at which a first inventory of seats have sold for an event at a venue. The method further comprising calculating a demand for a secondary inventory of seats as a function of the rate at which the first inventory of seats sold, the seats of the first and second inventories being comparable in quality, provides a user interface to one or more client devices that displays the data. The method further comprising calculating a demand for a second inventory of seats as a function of the rate at which the first inventory of seats sold, the seats of the first and second inventories being comparable in quality.

Abstract: Systems and methods for charging electric vehicles that define a charging schedule for an electric vehicle based on one or more charging preferences of an operator of the vehicle and based on at least one current value of a dynamic attribute of an electric charge provider. Such systems and methods may include a graphical user interface adapted to display a unitary vehicle charge indicator element having (i) a first portion indicative of an amount of charge residing in a battery of the electric vehicle, (ii) a second portion indicative of an uncharged capacity of the battery of the electric vehicle, and (iii) a third portion comprising a slider by which an amount of charge may be specified.

Abstract: Systems and methods for charging electric vehicles and for quantitative and qualitative load balancing of electrical demand are provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for charging electric vehicles and for quantitative and qualitative load balancing of electrical demand are provided.

Abstract: A sorter of medical findings for assessment by a medical coder is provided. In some embodiments, the sorter receives information about a user (coder), including identification, a role, and historical activity. The sorter determines whether to run in exploration or exploitation modes. Exploration is used to explore the scope of the findings and also identify variables that impact a finding. Exploitation is designed to maximize a goal (such as throughput or profitability). Lastly a finding is selected and provided to the user. The selection is based upon computing internal parameters when in exploration, or based upon optimizing for criteria when in exploitation. The sorter may also determine competency for the user, and cut them off from performing additional coding if they are found incompetent.

Abstract: Electronic methods and system of matching, negotiation, dispatching and rating for cargo and cargo carrier based on individual transport unit and its elements quality wherein a carrier send an offer from associated unit account. Shipper could rate a transport unit or its individual element accordingly and further able to trace and reject an individual unit-element regardless of association to new unit or carrier. System further assists shippers and carriers by conducting offer generation, management, negotiation and dispatch on behalf of users. System grades offers based on unit qualities and generate offers based on user instruction by applying variable determining factors. Additionally system provides retractable conditional offer capability and delay analyzer assistance prior to negotiation and after dispatch.

Abstract: A method for transforming bank-owned real property assets and/or bank held mortgage note receivables, suitable for refinancing, into a negotiable hybrid mortgage/asset-backed security. The method includes providing a bank mortgage at a below-market mortgage rate for purchase of the real property or refinance by the mortgagor. The bank mortgage, having a face value, is assigned to a secondary market buyer at a market price greater than 30% of the mortgage face value. The face value minus the market price defining mortgage note equity. Using the current bond price % of the mortgage face value, a negotiable government security or Non-governmental organization security is purchased by the secondary market buyer. The bank mortgage note and government security/non-governmental organization security are securitized into a single negotiable hybrid security suitable for selling or pledging to a central bank as collateral securing funds to recycle the process.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for automated multimodal delivery. Example methods may include determining information associated with the delivery; determining, based on at least a first portion of the information, that a first confidence level indicative of a delivery capability using a first vehicle is above a first threshold; and determining, based on at least a second portion of the information, a second confidence level indicative of a delivery preference for delivery using the first vehicle relative to a second vehicle.