Patents by Inventor Steve Ayers

Steve Ayers 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: 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: 20230316903
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for automatically assigning vehicle identifiers for autonomous vehicles can include a registry server computing system configured to perform operations. The operations can include receiving, at the registry server computing system and from a vehicle computing system onboard an autonomous vehicle, data describing the autonomous vehicle and generating, at the registry server computing system, a vehicle identifier for the autonomous vehicle based on the data describing the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle identifier can be different than and distinct from the data describing the autonomous vehicle. The operations can include associating, at the registry server computing system, the data describing the autonomous vehicle with the vehicle identifier for the autonomous vehicle in a vehicle registry. The vehicle registry can include respective vehicle identifiers associated with a plurality of autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Samantha Doyle Small, Steve Ayers
  • 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: 11694546
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for automatically assigning vehicle identifiers for autonomous vehicles can include a registry server computing system configured to perform operations. The operations can include receiving, at the registry server computing system and from a vehicle computing system onboard an autonomous vehicle, data describing the autonomous vehicle and generating, at the registry server computing system, a vehicle identifier for the autonomous vehicle based on the data describing the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle identifier can be different than and distinct from the data describing the autonomous vehicle. The operations can include associating, at the registry server computing system, the data describing the autonomous vehicle with the vehicle identifier for the autonomous vehicle in a vehicle registry. The vehicle registry can include respective vehicle identifiers associated with a plurality of autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samantha Doyle Small, Steve Ayers
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220043459
    Abstract: In one aspect a system for routing requests to autonomous vehicles can include a server computing system configured to perform operations including receiving, at the server computing system, a request from a downstream service; in response to receiving the request, automatically transmitting data describing a request identifier to the downstream service; determining, by the server computing system, that an autonomous vehicle computing system of an autonomous vehicle is available to receive the request; transmitting, from the server computing system to the autonomous vehicle computing system and in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle computing system is available to receive the request, data describing the request from the downstream service; receiving, from the autonomous vehicle computing system, a response from the autonomous vehicle computing system; and transmitting, from the server computing system to the downstream service, data describing the response in association with the request ide
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Steve Ayers
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210304591
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for automatically assigning vehicle identifiers for autonomous vehicles can include a registry server computing system configured to perform operations. The operations can include receiving, at the registry server computing system and from a vehicle computing system onboard an autonomous vehicle, data describing the autonomous vehicle and generating, at the registry server computing system, a vehicle identifier for the autonomous vehicle based on the data describing the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle identifier can be different than and distinct from the data describing the autonomous vehicle. The operations can include associating, at the registry server computing system, the data describing the autonomous vehicle with the vehicle identifier for the autonomous vehicle in a vehicle registry. The vehicle registry can include respective vehicle identifiers associated with a plurality of autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Samantha Doyle Small, Steve Ayers
  • Patent number: 11019613
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to managing network resources of a vehicle. In particular, for each application of a plurality of different and distinct applications executed by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices physically located onboard a vehicle, the computing system can: determine, from amongst a plurality of different and distinct interface identifiers, an interface identifier associated with the application; communicate, based at least in part on the interface identifier associated with the application, data associated with the application and destined for a remotely located computing system; and manage, based at least in part on the interface identifier associated with the application, utilization by the application of network resources interfacing the computing system and the remotely located computing system to communicate the data associated with the application and destined for the remotely located computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Ayers
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200329460
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to managing network resources of a vehicle. In particular, for each application of a plurality of different and distinct applications executed by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices physically located onboard a vehicle, the computing system can: determine, from amongst a plurality of different and distinct interface identifiers, an interface identifier associated with the application; communicate, based at least in part on the interface identifier associated with the application, data associated with the application and destined for a remotely located computing system; and manage, based at least in part on the interface identifier associated with the application, utilization by the application of network resources interfacing the computing system and the remotely located computing system to communicate the data associated with the application and destined for the remotely located computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Steve Ayers
  • 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: 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: 20190235486
    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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, Chee Yu, Steve Ayers, Patrick Greaney Willett, Eli Schleifer
  • Publication number: 20190238638
    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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, Chee Yu, Steve Ayers, Patrick Greaney Willett, Eli Schleifer
  • Publication number: 20190220036
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a fleet of vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining data representing vehicle state information associated with one or more vehicles among a fleet of vehicles at one or more times. The method includes predicting a future vehicle state associated with the one or more vehicles at one or more future times. The method includes scheduling a vehicle assignment in a predetermined set of vehicle assignments for a selected vehicle among the one or more vehicles before a first future time among the one or more future times. The method includes transmitting a command signal to a computing system associated with the selected vehicle based at least in part on the scheduled vehicle assignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Emily Anna Weslosky, Gary Wu Yang, Nuri Kim, Lili Kan, Varun Rau, Xiaoman Dong, Julie Marie Derence, Christopher John Peplin, Daniel Joseph Tascione, Steve Ayers, Mark Reeder, Robert Eperjesi, Richard Tom, Steven Hanby Williams, Venkata Sathya Praveen Gorthy, Sunil Kumar Garg, Chris Lyons, Yi Shi
  • Publication number: 20190110174
    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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew James Way, Chee Yu, Steve Ayers