IP Library Granted Patent US 10,904,302
Granted Patent B1
US 10,904,302 · App. 16/675,126 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

Transport communication

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Patent No.
US 10,904,302
App. No.
16/675,126
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in one embodiment, associating at least one autonomous transport and at least one user, determining at least one characteristic of said at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection, determining at least one user location of said at least one autonomous transport and querying at least one adjacent entity based at least on said determined at least one characteristic within a predetermined range of said at least one user location.

Claims (34)

1. A method, comprising:

retrieving, by an autonomous transport, historical web content of a user device of a user;

detecting at least one adjacent autonomous transport that is unknown to the user and that is determined to be of interest to the user based on the retrieved historical web content, wherein the at least one adjacent autonomous transport is within a predetermined range of a location of the autonomous transport, and has opted in for two-way communication with other unknown users associated with the determined interest; and

establishing an Internet channel between network equipment of the autonomous transport and network equipment of the at least one adjacent autonomous transport via an Internet network system, and transmitting, via the established Internet channel, a query about an interest of the user to the at least one adjacent autonomous transport.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the retrieving comprises accessing the historical web content by the autonomous transport via an application programming interface of a network cloud storage storing the historical web content from the user device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the query is transmitted to the at least one detected adjacent autonomous transport via a broadcast message.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining the location of the autonomous transport is based on at least one of a global position satellite location and a cell tower location.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising approving communication with said at least one detected adjacent autonomous transport.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising authenticating communication with said at least one detected adjacent autonomous transport.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a scheduling request based on said query to at least one communication device of the at least one detected adjacent autonomous transport.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interest of the user comprises an item for purchase, and the transmitting the query comprises generating and transmitting a request to purchase the item from the detected at least one adjacent autonomous transport.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein each adjacent autonomous transport that is of interest of the user is detectable to the autonomous transport in response to the adjacent autonomous transport executing a common application as the autonomous transport and configuring the common application to establish two-way communication with unknown users associated with the interest.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising changing from the established Internet channel to a dedicated short range communication channel between the autonomous transport and the at least one adjacent autonomous transport to enable direct communication between the autonomous transport and the at least one adjacent autonomous transport.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the retrieving comprises retrieving the interest of the user, via the API, from one or more of web searches requested by the user and emails that the user has previously sent or received.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor configured to

retrieve, by an autonomous transport, historical web content of a user device of a user;

detect at least one adjacent autonomous transport that is unknown to the user and that is determined to be of interest to the user based on the retrieved historical web content, wherein the at least one adjacent autonomous transport is within a predetermined range of a location of the autonomous transport and has opted in for two-way communication with other unknown users associated with the determined interest; and

generate a query about an interest of the user,

wherein the processor is further configured to control the transmitter to establish an Internet channel between network equipment of the autonomous transport and network equipment of the at least one adjacent autonomous transport via an Internet network system, and transmit, via the established Internet channel, the query to the at least one adjacent autonomous transport.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein said processor further analyzes at least one user search history to determine at least one user hobby, user sport, and user group, as the interest of the user.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein said processor further records at least one user search history.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the retrieves comprises accessing the historical web content by the autonomous transport via an application programming interface (API) of a network cloud storage storing the historical web content from the user device.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein said processor further determines a route schedule based on a schedule and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform:

retrieving, by an autonomous transport, historical web content of a user device of a user;

detecting at least one adjacent autonomous transport that is unknown to the user and that is determined to be of interest to the user based on the retrieved historical web content, wherein the at least one adjacent autonomous transport is within a predetermined range of the determined location of the autonomous transport and has opted in for two-way communication with other unknown users associated with the determined interest; and

establishing an Internet channel between network equipment of the autonomous transport and network equipment of the at least one adjacent autonomous transport via an Internet network system, and transmitting, via the established Internet channel, a query about an interest of the user to the at least one adjacent autonomous transport.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

recording at least one user search history; and

analyzing said at least one user search history to determine at least one user hobby, user sport, and user group, as the interest of the user.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising approving communication with said at least one detected adjacent autonomous transport.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising authenticating communication with said at least one detected adjacent autonomous transport.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PATENT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2021 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058426 FRAME: 0791. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 14, 2022
From: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058736/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058426/0791 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: LEDET, DAVID GERARD
To: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
Reel/Frame 054665/0383 →