Patents by Inventor Trent Baren

Trent Baren 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).

  • Predictive inventory management
    Patent number: 11907924
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a ride request from a user computing device associated with a user, wherein the ride request requests a user pick-up at a geographic location, determining one or more preferred items of the user, identifying, from a group of vehicles located in the geographic location, a vehicle that comprises an in-vehicle vending apparatus with an inventory that includes one or more of the preferred items of the user, and sending an instruction to a computing device of the vehicle for traveling to the geographic location for the user pick-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Trent Baren, Luke George Greenwood, Sachin Agarwal, David Harry Garcia, Ethan Duncan Eyler, Tzu-San Hung, Martin Conte MacDonnell
  • Predictive inventory management
    Patent number: 11544688
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a user computing device associated with a user for one or more items from an in-vehicle vending apparatus during a ride. The method also includes sending information associated with the user to start a vending session using the in-vehicle vending apparatus. The method also includes receiving an indication that the user associated with the user computer device accessed the in-vehicle vending apparatus. The method also includes determining that the user associated with the user computing device is the only user associated with the ride, determining that the user associated with the user computing device is one of a plurality of users associated with the ride, or determining that the user associated with the user computing device is associated with the in-vehicle vending apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Trent Baren, Luke George Greenwood, Sachin Agarwal, David Harry Garcia, Ethan Duncan Eyler, Tzu-San Hung, Martin Conte MacDonnell
  • In-vehicle vending inventory tracking
    Patent number: 10853862
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes initiating a vending session using an in-vehicle vending apparatus to provide a user access to one or more items, the vending session being initiated by determining that the user is associated with a ride. The method also includes determining that the vending session has ended, which may be determined by determining that the in-vehicle vending apparatus is closed, and determining the one or more items that were taken by the user. The method also includes identifying one or more items taken from the in-vehicle vending apparatus during the vending session based on sensor data from the in-vehicle apparatus. The method also includes sending a confirmation of the one or more items taken to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Trent Baren, Luke George Greenwood, Sachin Agarwal, David Harry Garcia, Ethan Duncan Eyler, Tzu-San Hung, Martin Conte MacDonnell
  • PREDICTIVE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20200327522
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a user computing device associated with a user for one or more items from an in-vehicle vending apparatus during a ride. The method also includes sending information associated with the user to start a vending session using the in-vehicle vending apparatus. The method also includes receiving an indication that the user associated with the user computer device accessed the in-vehicle vending apparatus. The method also includes determining that the user associated with the user computing device is the only user associated with the ride, determining that the user associated with the user computing device is one of a plurality of users associated with the ride, or determining that the user associated with the user computing device is associated with the in-vehicle vending apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Trent Baren, Luke George Greenwood, Sachin Agarwal, David Harry Garcia, Ethan Duncan Eyler, Tzu-San Hung, Martin Conte MacDonnell
  • Passenger authentication for in-vehicle vending
    Patent number: 10699258
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a user computing device associated with a user for one or more items from an in-vehicle vending apparatus during a ride. The method also includes sending information associated with the user to start a vending session using the in-vehicle vending apparatus. The method also includes receiving an indication that the user associated with the user computer device accessed the in-vehicle vending apparatus. The method also includes determining that the user associated with the user computing device is the only user associated with the ride, determining that the user associated with the user computing device is one of a plurality of users associated with the ride, or determining that the user associated with the user computing device is associated with the in-vehicle vending apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Lyft Inc.
    Inventors: Trent Baren, Luke George Greenwood, Sachin Agarwal, David Harry Garcia, Ethan Duncan Eyler, Tzu-San Hung, Martin Conte MacDonnell
  • In-vehicle vending inventory tracking
    Publication number: 20190205961
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes initiating a vending session using an in-vehicle vending apparatus to provide a user access to one or more items, the vending session being initiated by determining that the user is associated with a ride. The method also includes determining that the vending session has ended, which may be determined by determining that the in-vehicle vending apparatus is closed, and determining the one or more items that were taken by the user. The method also includes identifying one or more items taken from the in-vehicle vending apparatus during the vending session based on sensor data from the in-vehicle apparatus. The method also includes sending a confirmation of the one or more items taken to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Trent Baren, Luke George Greenwood, Sachin Agarwal, David Harry Garcia, Ethan Duncan Eyler, Tzu-San Hung, Martin Conte MacDonnell
  • Passenger Authentication for In-Vehicle Vending
    Publication number: 20190205854
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a user computing device associated with a user for one or more items from an in-vehicle vending apparatus during a ride. The method also includes sending information associated with the user to start a vending session using the in-vehicle vending apparatus. The method also includes receiving an indication that the user associated with the user computer device accessed the in-vehicle vending apparatus. The method also includes determining that the user associated with the user computing device is the only user associated with the ride, determining that the user associated with the user computing device is one of a plurality of users associated with the ride, or determining that the user associated with the user computing device is associated with the in-vehicle vending apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Trent Baren, Luke George Greenwood, Sachin Agarwal, David Harry Garcia, Ethan Duncan Eyler, Tzu-San Hung, Martin Conte MacDonnell