Patents by Inventor Justin Balthrop

Justin Balthrop has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11386792
    Abstract: A set of electric vehicles required to be serviced is determined based at least in part on the data associated with the availability of the at least the subset of electric vehicles. A display indicating for each electric vehicle included in the set of electrical vehicles required to be serviced a corresponding location of the electric vehicle and a price offered to retrieve, service, and redeploy the electric vehicle is provided via a communication interface to each of a plurality of users. A selection to retrieve at least one of the electrical vehicles included in the set of electric vehicles required to be serviced is received from a device associated with one of the plurality of users. The display indicating for each electric vehicle included in the set of electrical vehicles required to be serviced is updated based on the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bird Rides, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis VanderZanden, William Scott Rushforth, Justin Balthrop
  • Publication number: 20200258393
    Abstract: Crowdsourced servicing of on-demand electric-vehicles is disclosed. In various embodiments, data representing one or more of a location and a replenishment-related attribute value of at least a subset of electric vehicles comprising a fleet of electric vehicles made available for use on demand is received via a communication interface. A determination is made based at least in part on the respective replenishment-related attribute value of electric vehicles included in the at least a subset a set of electric vehicles required to be replenished. A display indicating for each of at least a subset of electrical vehicles required to be replenished a location of the vehicle and a price offered to retrieve, replenish, and redeploy the vehicle is provided via the communication interface to each of a plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Travis VanderZanden, William Scott Rushforth, Justin Balthrop
  • Patent number: 10607492
    Abstract: Crowdsourced servicing of on-demand electric-vehicles is disclosed. In various embodiments, data representing one or more of a location and a replenishment-related attribute value of at least a subset of electric vehicles comprising a fleet of electric vehicles made available for use on demand is received via a communication interface. A determination is made based at least in part on the respective replenishment-related attribute value of electric vehicles included in the at least a subset a set of electric vehicles required to be replenished. A display indicating for each of at least a subset of electrical vehicles required to be replenished a location of the vehicle and a price offered to retrieve, replenish, and redeploy the vehicle is provided via the communication interface to each of a plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Bird Rides, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis VanderZanden, William Scott Rushforth, Justin Balthrop
  • Publication number: 20190311630
    Abstract: Crowdsourced servicing of on-demand electric-vehicles is disclosed. In various embodiments, data representing one or more of a location and a replenishment-related attribute value of at least a subset of electric vehicles comprising a fleet of electric vehicles made available for use on demand is received via a communication interface. A determination is made based at least in part on the respective replenishment-related attribute value of electric vehicles included in the at least a subset a set of electric vehicles required to be replenished. A display indicating for each of at least a subset of electrical vehicles required to be replenished a location of the vehicle and a price offered to retrieve, replenish, and redeploy the vehicle is provided via the communication interface to each of a plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Travis VanderZanden, William Scott Rushforth, Justin Balthrop