Integration platform for autonomous vehicles

1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating vehicle communications, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a communication associated with an autonomous vehicle via an application programming interface platform, wherein the application programming interface platform comprises (i) a first plurality of vehicle services interfaces that are associated with first system clients and second system clients and (ii) one or more second vehicle services interfaces that are associated with the first system clients but not associated with the second system clients;

in response to obtaining the communication, authenticating, by the computing system, the autonomous vehicle as one of a first entity-type corresponding to a service provider that manages the application programming interface platform associated with the computing system or second entity-type corresponding to a third-party autonomous vehicle provider;

in response to the autonomous vehicle being authenticated as the first entity-type corresponding to the service provider that manages the application programming interface platform, providing, by the computing system and via a vehicle services interface of the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces, the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle to a system client of the first system clients and second system clients; and

in response to the autonomous vehicle being authenticated as the second entity-type corresponding to the third-party autonomous vehicle provider, providing, by the computing system and via a vehicle services interface of the one or more second vehicle services interfaces, the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle to a system client of the first system clients.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the computing system, data from the system client of the first system clients intended for the autonomous vehicle at one of the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces; and

providing, by the computing system via the application programming interface platform, the data to the autonomous vehicle.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the computing system, data from the system client of the first system clients intended for an entity vehicle platform associated with the autonomous vehicle at one of the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces; and

providing, by the computing system via the application programming interface platform, the data to the entity vehicle platform associated with the autonomous vehicle.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces and the one or more second vehicle services interfaces comprise interfaces to access first system clients, the first system clients comprising one or more of:

autonomous vehicle trip assignment services associated with the service provider;

autonomous vehicle routing services associated with the service provider;

autonomous vehicle supply positioning services associated with the service provider; or

autonomous vehicle monitoring services associated with the service provider.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle via the application programming interface platform further comprises obtaining the communication via a direct communication between an endpoint configured to employ a software development kit associated with one or more of the autonomous vehicle or an autonomous vehicle service provider system and the application programming interface platform.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle via the application programming interface platform further comprises obtaining the communication via an application programming interface proxy associated with the application programming interface platform.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the application programming interface proxy provides one or more of the following capabilities: authentication; security; logging; schema validation; caching; rate limiting; load balancing; data transformation; or monitoring.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle via the application programming interface platform further comprises validating one or more of a security certificate associated with a third-party autonomous vehicle provider or a security certificate associated with the autonomous vehicle.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces comprise interfaces to access second system clients, the second system clients comprising one or more of:

fleet management services associated with the service provider;

vehicle management services associated with the service provider; or

remote autonomy assistance services associated with the service provider.

10. A computing system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

obtaining a communication associated with an autonomous vehicle via an application programming interface platform, wherein the application programming interface platform comprises (i) a first plurality of vehicle services interfaces that are associated with first system clients and second system clients and (ii) one or more second vehicle services interfaces that are associated with the first system clients but not associated with the second system clients;

in response to obtaining the communication, authenticating the autonomous vehicle as one of a first entity-type corresponding to a service provider that manages the application programming interface platform associated with the computing system or a second entity-type corresponding to a third-party autonomous vehicle provider;

in response to the autonomous vehicle being authenticated as the first entity-type corresponding to the service provider that manages the application programming interface platform, providing via a vehicle services interface of the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces, the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle to a system client of the first system clients and second system clients; and

in response to the autonomous vehicle being authenticated as the second entity-type corresponding to the third-party autonomous vehicle provider, providing via a vehicle services interface of the one or more second vehicle services interfaces, the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle to a system client of the first system clients.

11. The computing system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

obtaining data from the system client of the first system clients intended for the autonomous vehicle at one of the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces; and

providing, via the application programming interface platform, the data to one or more of the autonomous vehicle or an entity vehicle platform associated with the autonomous vehicle.

12. The computing system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

obtaining data from the system client of the first system clients intended for an entity vehicle platform associated with the autonomous vehicle at one of the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces; and

providing, via the application programming interface platform, the data to the entity vehicle platform associated with the autonomous vehicle.

13. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces and the one or more second vehicle services interfaces comprise interfaces to access first system clients, the first system clients comprising one or more of:

autonomous vehicle trip assignment services associated with the service provider;

autonomous vehicle routing services associated with the service provider;

autonomous vehicle supply positioning services associated with the service provider; or

autonomous vehicle monitoring services associated with the service provider.

14. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein obtaining the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle via the application programming interface platform further comprises obtaining the communication via a direct communication between an endpoint configured to employ a software development kit associated with one or more of the autonomous vehicle or an autonomous vehicle service provider system and the application programming interface platform.

15. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein obtaining the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle via the application programming interface platform further comprises obtaining the communication via an application programming interface proxy associated with the application programming interface platform.

16. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein obtaining the communication associated with the autonomous vehicle via the application programming interface platform further comprises validating one or more of a security certificate associated with a third-party autonomous vehicle provider or a security certificate associated with the autonomous vehicle.

17. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces comprise interfaces to access second system clients, the second system clients comprising one or more of:

fleet management services associated with the service provider;

vehicle management services associated with the service provider; or

remote autonomy assistance services associated with the service provider.

18. An infrastructure system comprising:

a first integration platform comprising:

a first plurality of vehicle services interfaces configured to facilitate communication with one or more first system clients associated with the infrastructure system and a first autonomous vehicle associated with a first entity-type corresponding to a service provider that manages the infrastructure system;

a first plurality of application programming interfaces configured to facilitate communication with the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces;

a second integration platform which is different than the first integration platform, comprising:

a second plurality of vehicle services interfaces configured to facilitate communication with one or more second system clients associated with the infrastructure system and a second autonomous vehicle associated with a second entity-type corresponding to a third-party autonomous vehicle provider;

a second plurality of application programming interfaces configured to facilitate communication with the second plurality of vehicle services interfaces; and

one or more computing systems, the one or more computing systems comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

obtaining, via the first integration platform or the second integration platform, a communication associated with the first autonomous vehicle or the second autonomous vehicle;

determining a first vehicle services interface of the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces based at least in part on the communication associated with the first autonomous vehicle or a second vehicle services interface of the second plurality of vehicle services interfaces based at least in part on the communication associated with the second autonomous vehicle and the second entity-type; and

providing the communication to at least one of the one or more system clients associated with the infrastructure system via the first vehicle services interface or the second vehicle services interface.

19. The infrastructure system of claim 18 , the operations further comprising:

obtaining data intended for one or more of the first autonomous vehicle or an entity vehicle platform associated with the first autonomous vehicle, from a system client, at one of the first plurality of vehicle services interfaces;

providing the data to the one or more of the first autonomous vehicle or the entity vehicle platform associated with the first autonomous vehicle via the first integration platform.

20. The infrastructure system of claim 18 , wherein the first integration platform further comprises a first application programming interface proxy that provides a gateway to the first integration platform and the second integration platform further comprises a second application programming interface proxy that provides a gateway to the second integration platform.