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Granted Patent B2
US 12698973 · App. 18/782,799 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Student custody monitoring and tracking in a fleet routing system

Inventors: Abhishek Garg (Los Altos, CA); Alexey Kononov (Redwood City, CA); Shiva Nagabushanaswamy (Redwood City, CA); Sidi Liu (Campbell, CA); Andrew Mormysh (Redwood City, CA); Sreejith Nair (Redwood City, CA); Kanstantsin Gerasimovich (Redwood City, CA); Rashmi Choudhary (Tracy, CA); Rohit Jain (Sunnyvale, CA); Melissa Shiu (San Francisco, CA); Niket Sanghvi (Dublin, CA); Lipi Sanghi (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Zum Services, Inc.
G01C21/3438B60W50/14B60W2050/146
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Patent No.
US 12698973
App. No.
18/782,799
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method include providing a list of children to be picked up by a vehicle at a particular stop along a route to a driver device. The provided list is displayed as part of a graphical user interface which includes a plurality of pick up options for each child in the list of children. The options include a picked up interface button, a no show interface button and a canceled button. The graphical user interface provides a picture and identification of each child. The server device transmits a message to a user device with confirmation that a child has been picked up. The server device also provides a list of children to be dropped off by the vehicle via a graphical user interface that also provides drop off options for each child in the list of children including a dropped off button or an on hold button.

Claims (54)

1 . A system, comprising: a server computer comprising one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

transmitting a list of children to be picked up by a vehicle at a particular stop along a route to a device associated with the vehicle;

receiving, from the device associated with the vehicle, a first indication that a user canceled a pick up for a first child in the list of children prior to the pick up;

in response to receiving the first indication, optimizing, using an artificial intelligence engine, the route to re-direct the vehicle along an optimized route based on a plurality of factors comprising at least historical data associated with the list of children, preventing U-turns and enforcing curbside pickup;

updating a user interface at the device associated with the vehicle based on the optimized route such that the user interface comprises a graphical representation of the optimized route and stop information associated with the optimized route;

once children in the list of children have been picked up, transmitting, to the device associated with the vehicle, a list of children to be dropped off by the vehicle at a particular location;

performing at least one of:

in response to receiving, from the device associated with the vehicle, a second indication that a second child in the list of children to be dropped off has been dropped off, transmitting a message to a user device associated with the second child confirming drop off; or

in response to receiving, from the device associated with the vehicle, a third indication that the second child has been placed on hold, transmitting a message to a user device associated with the second child providing a new estimated drop off time and location.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

receiving a pickup request for a child not included in the list of children;

generating an updated list of children to be picked up by the vehicle; and

transmitting the updated list to the device associated with the vehicle.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

receiving confirmation that the device associated with the vehicle received the updated list.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

transmitting a notification to another user device associated with the child not included in the list of children including a message containing drop off time and location information.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

receiving a reason why the second child that has been placed on hold.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the reason includes at least one of an indication that a parent was not present at a stop when the vehicle arrived, an indication that the stop was unsafe, or another reason comprising text information describing the reason.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

transmitting a notification to the user device with a message indicating that the second child has been placed on hold and containing a drop off time and location information.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

receiving a notification about a lost item from the user device; and

transmitting a notification to the device associated with the vehicle about the lost item.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

receiving a notification about a lost item from the device associated with the vehicle; and

transmitting a notification to the user device about the lost item.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

continuously providing location information about the second child to the user device between pick up and drop off.

11 . A method comprising: transmitting, by a server computer, a list of children to be picked up by a vehicle at a particular stop along a route to a device associated with the vehicle;

receiving, by the server computer from the device associated with the vehicle, a first indication that a user canceled a pick up for a first child in the list of children prior to the pick up;

in response to receiving the first indication, optimizing, by the server computer using an artificial intelligence engine, the route to re-direct the vehicle along an optimized route based on a plurality of factors comprising at least historical data associated with the list of children, preventing U-turns and enforcing curbside pickup;

updating a user interface at the device associated with the vehicle based on the optimized route such that the user interface comprises a graphical representation of the optimized route and stop information associated with the optimized route;

once children in the list of children have been picked up, transmitting, by the server computer to the device associated with the vehicle, a list of children to be dropped off by the vehicle at a particular location;

performing at least one of:

in response to receiving, from the device associated with the vehicle, a second indication that a second child in the list of children to be dropped off has been dropped off, transmitting, by the server computer, a message to a user device associated with the second child confirming drop off; or

in response to receiving, from the device associated with the vehicle, a third indication that the second child has been placed on hold, transmitting, by the server computer, a message to a user device associated with the second child providing a new estimated drop off time and location.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising: receiving, by the server computer, a pickup request for a child not included in the list of children; generating, by the server computer, an updated list of children to be picked up by the vehicle; and transmitting, by the server computer, the updated list to the device associated with the vehicle.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving, by the server computer, confirmation that the device associated with the vehicle received the updated list.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the server computer, a notification to another user device associated with the child not included in the list of children including a message containing drop off time and location information.

15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, by the server computer, a reason why the second child that has been placed on hold.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the reason includes at least one of an indication that a parent was not present at a stop when the vehicle arrived, an indication that the stop was unsafe, or another reason comprising text information describing the reason.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the server computer, a notification to the user device with a message indicating that the second child has been placed on hold and containing a drop off time and location information.

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, by the server computer, a notification about a lost item from the user device and transmits a notification to the device associated with the vehicle about the lost item.

19 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, by the server computer, a notification about a lost item from the device associated with the vehicle and transmits a notification to the user device about the lost item.

20 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

continuously providing, by the server computer, location information about the second child to the user device between pick up and drop off.