Patents Examined by Yazid J Albajal
  • Patent number: 10789568
    Abstract: An autonomous road vehicle is operative to receive ride source requests, product delivery requests, and ancillary product purchase and fulfillment requests. A product securing subsystem is attached to the autonomous road vehicle and comprises at least one securable compartment. Each securable compartment is operative to secure at least one product therein. Each securable compartment is associated with compartment access information. An access subsystem comprising at least one access information interface. The access subsystem is operative, upon receipt through the access information interface of compartment access information, to permit access to the compartment in order to enable product purchase and fulfillment requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy A. Greenberger, James R. Kozloski, Clifford A. Pickover