IP Library Granted Patent US 9,472,027
Granted Patent B2
US 9,472,027 · App. 14/870,177 · Granted Oct 18, 2016

Automated service management

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Patent No.
US 9,472,027
App. No.
14/870,177
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for automated service management includes identifying a period of time to perform a service on a transporter, wherein the transporter is one of: a vehicle, an aircraft, a watercraft, or a rail based transportation. A first location within a vicinity of the transporter is identified, wherein the vicinity is based at least in part on a known location of the transporter. The transporter is instructed to relocate to the first location and responsive to the computer determining the service of the transporter is complete, the transporter is instructed to relocate to the known location.

Claims (23)

1. A method for automated service management, the method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a period of time to perform a service on a transporter, wherein the transporter is one of: a vehicle, an aircraft, a watercraft, or a rail based transportation;

identifying, by one or more processors, a first location within a vicinity of the transporter to perform the service, wherein the vicinity is based at least in part on a known location of the transporter;

identifying, by one or more processors, one or more travel conditions between the first location and the known location of the transporter, wherein the travel conditions include at least weather conditions between the first location and the known location;

assigning, by one or more processors, a weight to each of the one or more identified travel conditions;

responsive to determining a sum of each weight of the identified one or more travel conditions does not exceed a threshold, determining, by one or more processors, to instruct the transporter to relocate to the first location;

instructing, by one or more processors, the transporter to relocate to the first location; and

responsive to determining the service of the transporter is complete, instructing, by one or more processors, the transporter to relocate to the known location.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, operational information associated with the transporter;

identifying, by one or more processors, the transporter based at least in part on the received operational information; and

determining, by one or more processors, servicing of the transporter is required based at least in part on the received operational information.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, if manual approval is required to instruct the transporter to relocate to the first location; and

responsive to determining manual approval is required, sending, by one or more processors, a request for approval of the service on the transporter to a user associated with the transporter.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

sending, by one or more processors, a notification to the user associated with transporter that service was completed on the transporter; and

sending, by one or more processors, a payment for the service completed on the transporter.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transporter is one of: an autonomous transporter or a drone transporter.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a first location within a vicinity of the transporter comprises:

determining, by one or more processors, there are two or more locations within the vicinity of the transporter; and

determining, by one or more processors, the first location out of the two or more locations can perform the service in the identified period of time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the travel conditions further include a delay due to traffic between the first location and the known location and a number of detours between the first location and the known location.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2025
From: DAEDALUS BLUE LLC
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 073948/0746 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2020
From: DAEDALUS GROUP, LLC
To: DAEDALUS BLUE LLC
Reel/Frame 051737/0191 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: DAEDALUS GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 051710/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2019
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: DAEDALUS GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 051032/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2015
From: AKSELROD, BEN Z.; DI LORETO, ANTHONY; KING, BRETT G.; MCDUFF, STEVE; ROBESON, KYLE
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036689/0484 →