Patents by Inventor Miles Hoffman

Miles Hoffman 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: 20150294403
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to methods and systems for sharing vehicles between fleets. Vehicle sharing services typically experience the most use during the weekend. Thus, many vehicles used by vehicle sharing services sit idle during the week. Meanwhile, vehicle rental companies experience the most demand during the week and their vehicles are underutilized during the week. The disclosed technology, in certain embodiments, provides systems and methods for sharing vehicles between a vehicle sharing entity and a vehicle renting entity. This allows the entities to lower fleet costs and obtain better fleet utilization by moving vehicles between fleets when one entity anticipates a spike in demand. For example, the ability for the vehicle sharing service to utilize a rental vehicle agency's excess weekend inventory will allow them to meet its strong weekend demand without the need for purchasing and maintaining additional vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Will Chu, David Lambert, Dylan Spencer, Chris Wheeler, Griffin Mahoney, Russen Guggemos, James Martineau, Guido Bartoloni, Miles Hoffman, Chris Chu, Alex Moore-Niemi, Lesley Mottla, Al Seely, Scott Rudberg