Patents by Inventor Kurt R. Laetz

Kurt R. Laetz 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTICIPATORY DEPLOYMENT OF AUTONOMOUSLY CONTROLLED VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20220246037
    Abstract: A method and system for management and anticipatory deployment of autonomously controlled vehicles are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include calculating the geographic locations and periods of time where self-driving vehicles might experience the greatest probability of being requested to provide transportation services to passengers or cargo, and then communicating the resulting locations and times to self-driving vehicles, causing the vehicles to deploy themselves to those certain locations at those certain times, all prior to and in anticipation of specific requests being initiated by users or entities for such transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Tribal Rides, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt R. Laetz
  • Method and system for anticipatory deployment of autonomously controlled vehicles
    Patent number: 11217101
    Abstract: A method and system for management and anticipatory deployment of autonomously controlled vehicles are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include calculating the geographic locations and periods of time where self-driving vehicles might experience the greatest probability of being requested to provide transportation services to passengers or cargo, and then communicating the resulting locations and times to self-driving vehicles, causing the vehicles to deploy themselves to those certain locations at those certain times, all prior to and in anticipation of specific requests being initiated by users or entities for such transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Tribal Rides, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt R. Laetz
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTICIPATORY DEPLOYMENT OF AUTONOMOUSLY CONTROLLED VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20180366004
    Abstract: A method and system for management and anticipatory deployment of autonomously controlled vehicles are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include calculating the geographic locations and periods of time where self-driving vehicles might experience the greatest probability of being requested to provide transportation services to passengers or cargo, and then communicating the resulting locations and times to self-driving vehicles, causing the vehicles to deploy themselves to those certain locations at those certain times, all prior to and in anticipation of specific requests being initiated by users or entities for such transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Tribal Rides, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt R. Laetz
  • Method and system for anticipatory deployment of autonomously controlled vehicles
    Patent number: 9984574
    Abstract: A method and system for management and anticipatory deployment of autonomously controlled vehicles are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include calculating the geographic locations and periods of time where self-driving vehicles might experience the greatest probability of being requested to provide transportation services to passengers or cargo, and then communicating the resulting locations and times to self-driving vehicles, causing the vehicles to deploy themselves to those certain locations at those certain times, all prior to and in anticipation of specific requests being initiated by users or entities for such transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Tribal Rides, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt R. Laetz
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTICIPATORY DEPLOYMENT OF AUTONOMOUSLY CONTROLLED VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20160209220
    Abstract: A method and system for management and anticipatory deployment of autonomously controlled vehicles are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include calculating the geographic locations and periods of time where self-driving vehicles might experience the greatest probability of being requested to provide transportation services to passengers or cargo, and then communicating the resulting locations and times to self-driving vehicles, causing the vehicles to deploy themselves to those certain locations at those certain times, all prior to and in anticipation of specific requests being initiated by users or entities for such transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: TRIBAL RIDES, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt R. Laetz