Patents by Inventor Robert E. Tiderington

Robert E. Tiderington 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: 11074539
    Abstract: A method and system for use in performing a vehicle usage assessment for a first driver of a vehicle participating in a car sharing service based on a vehicle condition assessment of the vehicle by a second, subsequent driver. The method carried out by the system includes the steps of providing a user assessment interface that enables the second driver to provide one or more quantified assessments for one or more corresponding characteristics of the vehicle; receiving the one or more quantified assessments; associating the one or more quantified assessments with an immediately preceding first driver of the vehicle; and generating an overall assessment for the first driver using at least one of the one or more quantified assessments. The overall assessment may be used to rank the first driver relative to other drivers participating in the car sharing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
    Inventor: Robert E. Tiderington
  • Publication number: 20200104778
    Abstract: A method and system for use in performing a vehicle usage assessment for a first driver of a vehicle participating in a car sharing service based on a vehicle condition assessment of the vehicle by a second, subsequent driver. The method carried out by the system includes the steps of providing a user assessment interface that enables the second driver to provide one or more quantified assessments for one or more corresponding characteristics of the vehicle; receiving the one or more quantified assessments; associating the one or more quantified assessments with an immediately preceding first driver of the vehicle; and generating an overall assessment for the first driver using at least one of the one or more quantified assessments. The overall assessment may be used to rank the first driver relative to other drivers participating in the car sharing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Robert E. Tiderington
  • Publication number: 20200065869
    Abstract: A system and method of determining a shared ride metric for a plurality of shared ride members of a shared ride, the method including: establishing a shared ride reservation for the shared ride; determining that more than one shared ride member is participating in the shared ride such that a plurality of shared ride members are participating in the shared ride; and when it is determined that more than one shared ride member is participating in the shared ride: (i) determining a shared ride metric for two or more of the plurality of shared ride members, each of the shared ride metrics being associated with one of the two or more shared ride members, and (ii) notifying each of the two or more shared ride members of an associated shared ride cost based on the associated shared ride metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Robert E. Tiderington