Patents by Inventor Matthew James Way

Matthew James Way 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: 20240028050
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle and the service selection for an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data indicative of a plurality of plurality of service entities. The computing system can determine a first service entity of the plurality of service entities for which an autonomous vehicle is to perform a first vehicle service. The computing system can indicate that the autonomous vehicle is available to perform the first vehicle service for the first service entity. In some implementations, this indication can be done while the autonomous vehicle is already providing a vehicle service. The computing system can obtain data indicative of a vehicle service assignment associated with the first service entity and cause the vehicle to travel accordingly. In some implementations, the computing system can select a vehicle service assignment from among a plurality of different vehicle service assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Brent Goldman, Leigh Hagestad, Matthew James Way
  • Patent number: 11797024
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to configuring vehicle communications. In particular, a computing system comprising one or more computing devices physically located onboard a vehicle can communicate a plurality of different and distinct types of information associated with the vehicle to a remotely located computing system via a data stream transmitted from the vehicle to the remotely located computing system. The computing system can determine one or more changes in at least one of a mode, state, or context of the vehicle, and responsive to determining the change(s), the computing system can modify one or more parameters of the data stream transmitted from the vehicle to the remotely located computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Ayers, Matthew James Way
  • Publication number: 20230316162
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle and the service selection for an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data indicative of a first vehicle service assignment for an autonomous vehicle. The first vehicle service assignment can be associated with a first service entity and indicative of a first vehicle service. The computing system can determine that the autonomous vehicle is available to perform a second vehicle service concurrently with the first vehicle service. The computing system can obtain data indicative of a second vehicle service assignment for the autonomous vehicle. The second vehicle service assignment can be associated with a second service entity that is different than the first service entity and is indicative of the second vehicle service. The computing system can cause the autonomous vehicle to concurrently perform the first vehicle service with the second vehicle service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Brent Goldman, Leigh Hagestad, Matthew James Way
  • Patent number: 11729270
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating communication with autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system (e.g., of a vehicle) can generate a first communication associated with an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can provide the first communication to an application programming interface gateway that is remote from the autonomous vehicle. Another computing system can obtain, via an application programming interface gateway, the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle. The other computing system can determine a first frontend interface of the application programming interface gateway based at least in part on the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can provide, via the first frontend interface, the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle to a first system client associated with the first frontend interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, Chee Yu, Steve Ayers, Patrick Greaney Willett, Eli Schleifer
  • Patent number: 11625649
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle and the service selection for an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data indicative of a first vehicle service assignment for an autonomous vehicle. The first vehicle service assignment can be associated with a first service entity and indicative of a first vehicle service. The computing system can determine that the autonomous vehicle is available to perform a second vehicle service concurrently with the first vehicle service. The computing system can obtain data indicative of a second vehicle service assignment for the autonomous vehicle. The second vehicle service assignment can be associated with a second service entity that is different than the first service entity and is indicative of the second vehicle service. The computing system can cause the autonomous vehicle to concurrently perform the first vehicle service with the second vehicle service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Goldman, Leigh Gray Hagestad, Matthew James Way
  • Publication number: 20220121219
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to configuring vehicle communications. In particular, a computing system comprising one or more computing devices physically located onboard a vehicle can communicate a plurality of different and distinct types of information associated with the vehicle to a remotely located computing system via a data stream transmitted from the vehicle to the remotely located computing system. The computing system can determine one or more changes in at least one of a mode, state, or context of the vehicle, and responsive to determining the change(s), the computing system can modify one or more parameters of the data stream transmitted from the vehicle to the remotely located computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Steve Ayers, Matthew James Way
  • Patent number: 11251971
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods associated with a communication infrastructure. The communication infrastructure includes a vehicle integration platform that includes a plurality of application programming interfaces configured to facilitate message communication among clients. The communication infrastructure includes a registration authority system configured to receive certificate signing requests from the clients and to generate client-specific credentials for establishing a predetermined time period of ability for client authentication within the vehicle integration platform. The communication infrastructure includes a certificate authority system configured to normalize requests received from the clients via the registration authority system such that the client-specific credentials are established according to an approved hierarchy of licensing certificates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, David G. Butler, Roman Kuzmenko, Matthew Charles Ellis Wood, Andrii Iasynetskyi, Mark Yen, Meenakshi Vohra
  • Patent number: 11237570
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to configuring vehicle communications. In particular, a computing system comprising one or more computing devices physically located onboard a vehicle can communicate a plurality of different and distinct types of information associated with the vehicle to a remotely located computing system via a data stream transmitted from the vehicle to the remotely located computing system. The computing system can determine one or more changes in at least one of a mode, state, or context of the vehicle, and responsive to determining the change(s), the computing system can modify one or more parameters of the data stream transmitted from the vehicle to the remotely located computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Ayers, Matthew James Way
  • Patent number: 11109249
    Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods that generate simulated communications traffic to enable improved monitoring of the performance of a vehicle integration platform (VIP) associated with a service provider entity. For instance, the VIP can provide services to or otherwise communicate with a number of different clients (e.g., autonomous vehicles included in one or more fleets of autonomous vehicles). However, when, for various operational reasons, the one or more fleets of autonomous vehicle are not operating or otherwise communicating with the VIP, it can be difficult to assess whether the VIP is correctly operating. As such, according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a watchdog monitoring system can be included in or otherwise interoperate with the VIP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Campbell, Jr., Matthew James Way, Brent Justin Goldman
  • Publication number: 20200344622
    Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods that generate simulated communications traffic to enable improved monitoring of the performance of a vehicle integration platform (VIP) associated with a service provider entity. For instance, the VIP can provide services to or otherwise communicate with a number of different clients (e.g., autonomous vehicles included in one or more fleets of autonomous vehicles). However, when, for various operational reasons, the one or more fleets of autonomous vehicle are not operating or otherwise communicating with the VIP, it can be difficult to assess whether the VIP is correctly operating. As such, according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a watchdog monitoring system can be included in or otherwise interoperate with the VIP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: John T. Campbell, JR., Matthew James Way, Brent Justin Goldman
  • Publication number: 20200326723
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to configuring vehicle communications. In particular, a computing system comprising one or more computing devices physically located onboard a vehicle can communicate a plurality of different and distinct types of information associated with the vehicle to a remotely located computing system via a data stream transmitted from the vehicle to the remotely located computing system. The computing system can determine one or more changes in at least one of a mode, state, or context of the vehicle, and responsive to determining the change(s), the computing system can modify one or more parameters of the data stream transmitted from the vehicle to the remotely located computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Steve Ayers, Matthew James Way
  • Patent number: 10791436
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to communication between a vehicle and an entity infrastructure. In one example, a computer-implemented method for facilitating communication from and to a vehicle includes obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a request to establish communication from a vehicle computing system. The method further includes establishing, by the computing system, one or more bidirectional communication connections to the vehicle computing system. The method further includes receiving, by the computing system, one or more messages over the one or more communication connections to the vehicle computing system. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, routing for the one or more received messages. The method further includes providing, by the computing system, the one or more messages to one or more clients based at least in part on the determined routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, Chee Yu, Steve Ayers
  • Patent number: 10761527
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to facilitating secure, bidirectional communications between autonomous vehicles associated with a plurality of entities and a provider infrastructure. In one example, a computer-implemented method for facilitating communications with a vehicle includes obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a communication associated with an autonomous vehicle via an application programming interface platform, wherein the application programming interface platform comprises a plurality of vehicle services interfaces. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, an entity-type of the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, a vehicle services interface of the plurality of vehicle services interfaces based at least in part on the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle and the entity-type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, Leigh Gray Hagestad, Andrii Iasynetskyi, Mark Yen, Brent Justin Goldman
  • Patent number: 10749960
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating communication with autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system (e.g., of a vehicle) can generate a first communication associated with an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can provide the first communication to an application programming interface gateway that is remote from the autonomous vehicle. Another computing system can obtain, via an application programming interface gateway, the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle. The other computing system can determine a first frontend interface of the application programming interface gateway based at least in part on the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can provide, via the first frontend interface, the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle to a first system client associated with the first frontend interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, Chee Yu, Steve Ayers, Patrick Greaney Willett, Eli Schleifer
  • Publication number: 20200244466
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods associated with a communication infrastructure. The communication infrastructure includes a vehicle integration platform that includes a plurality of application programming interfaces configured to facilitate message communication among clients. The communication infrastructure includes a registration authority system configured to receive certificate signing requests from the clients and to generate client-specific credentials for establishing a predetermined time period of ability for client authentication within the vehicle integration platform. The communication infrastructure includes a certificate authority system configured to normalize requests received from the clients via the registration authority system such that the client-specific credentials are established according to an approved hierarchy of licensing certificates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, David G. Butler, Roman Kuzmenko, Matthew Charles Ellis Wood, Andrii Iasynetskyi, Mark Yen, Meenakshi Vohra
  • Publication number: 20200241869
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling communication between a service entity and third-party autonomous vehicles are provided. A method can include accessing, by a first computing system associated with a third-party entity, a software package stored within the first computing system. The software package can be associated with a service entity that coordinates a vehicle service for the one or more autonomous vehicles. The method can further include establishing, by the first computing system via the software package, a communication connection with a second computing system that is associated with the service entity. The second computing system can include one or more backend services to facilitate the vehicle service. The method can further include communicating, between the first computing system and the second computing system, data indicative of a communication associated with the one or more autonomous vehicles via the communication connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Konrad Julian Niemiec, Andrii Iasynetskyi, Jay A. Chen, Matthew James Way, Mark Yen, Michael Voznesensky, Vladimir Zaytsev, Brent Justin Goldman
  • Publication number: 20200033847
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to facilitating secure, bidirectional communications between autonomous vehicles associated with a plurality of entities and a provider infrastructure. In one example, a computer-implemented method for facilitating communications with a vehicle includes obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a communication associated with an autonomous vehicle via an application programming interface platform, wherein the application programming interface platform comprises a plurality of vehicle services interfaces. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, an entity-type of the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, a vehicle services interface of the plurality of vehicle services interfaces based at least in part on the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle and the entity-type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, Leigh Gray Hagestad, Andrii Iasynetskyi, Mark Yen, Brent Justin Goldman
  • Publication number: 20190317524
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle and the service selection for an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data indicative of a plurality of plurality of service entities. The computing system can determine a first service entity of the plurality of service entities for which an autonomous vehicle is to perform a first vehicle service. The computing system can indicate that the autonomous vehicle is available to perform the first vehicle service for the first service entity. In some implementations, this indication can be done while the autonomous vehicle is already providing a vehicle service. The computing system can obtain data indicative of a vehicle service assignment associated with the first service entity and cause the vehicle to travel accordingly. In some implementations, the computing system can select a vehicle service assignment from among a plurality of different vehicle service assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Brent Goldman, Leigh Gray Hagestad, Matthew James Way
  • Publication number: 20190317526
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle and the service selection for an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data indicative of a plurality of plurality of service entities. The computing system can determine a first service entity of the plurality of service entities for which an autonomous vehicle is to perform a first vehicle service. The computing system can indicate that the autonomous vehicle is available to perform the first vehicle service for the first service entity. In some implementations, this indication can be done while the autonomous vehicle is already providing a vehicle service. The computing system can obtain data indicative of a vehicle service assignment associated with the first service entity and cause the vehicle to travel accordingly. In some implementations, the computing system can select a vehicle service assignment from among a plurality of different vehicle service assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Brent Goldman, Leigh Gray Hagestad, Matthew James Way
  • Publication number: 20190317525
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle and the service selection for an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data indicative of a plurality of plurality of service entities. The computing system can determine a first service entity of the plurality of service entities for which an autonomous vehicle is to perform a first vehicle service. The computing system can indicate that the autonomous vehicle is available to perform the first vehicle service for the first service entity. In some implementations, this indication can be done while the autonomous vehicle is already providing a vehicle service. The computing system can obtain data indicative of a vehicle service assignment associated with the first service entity and cause the vehicle to travel accordingly. In some implementations, the computing system can select a vehicle service assignment from among a plurality of different vehicle service assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Brent Goldman, Leigh Gray Hagestad, Matthew James Way