Patents by Inventor Lisa Ratner

Lisa Ratner 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).

  • Publication number: 20200104962
    Abstract: A provider, such as a transportation management service, can manage transport for a number of riders between various locations. A system can determine that a customer is in a vehicle, prompt the customer regarding the customer's preferences, and modify a trip characteristic based on the response. The customer can be a rider in a vehicle shared by other passengers such as in a ride sharing environment. The customer can request transit with a transit service; such a request may include at least one time component, such as a requested time of departure or arrival. A system can prompt the customer about the customer's preferences when the system determines that the customer is otherwise unoccupied. The system can use the responses to build a profile for the customer based on the responses. The system can then modify a vehicle characteristic and/or a route based on the profile and responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sudipto Aich, John Abernethy, Nitin Bandaru, Lisa Ratner
  • Publication number: 20190383622
    Abstract: A provider, such as a transportation management service, can manage transport for a number of riders between various locations. Individual routes can include at least two segments using the same or different modes of transportation. A customer can select a transportation option for the journey that causes reservations to be made for the various segments. It might subsequently be determined that the customer will be unable to make a connection for at least one of the segments. Using information such as an estimated time of arrival of the current segment, the customer can be rebooked on an alternate transportation option that will enable the customer to be transported to the target destination according to the criteria for the journey. Segments can be rebooked for other reasons as well, such as where a better segment option becomes available or is discovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Sudipto Aich, Jeanne Isaacs, Lisa Ratner, John Abernethy, Jamel Seagraves