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Granted Patent B2
US 11,842,632 · App. 17/706,619 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Fleet tracking and behavior modification in geographic areas of interest

Inventors: Regina Ruby Lee Clewlow (San Francisco, CA); Fletcher Scott Foti (Oakland, CA)
Assignee: POPULUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
G08G1/0129G08G1/207
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Patent No.
US 11,842,632
App. No.
17/706,619
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a mobility management system that serves as a data processing intermediary between mobility operators and governing entities that define rules associated with vehicle behavior occurring in a geographic region. The system receives from a mobility operator historical vehicle data including GPS locations for fleet vehicles within the geographic region. The system determines aggregate behavior metrics for the vehicles using the behavior data. If the aggregate behavior metrics exceed one or more behavior thresholds for a specified time period, the system generates one or more suggested behavior modifications for the vehicles or mobility operators. Moreover, the historical vehicle data may be used to train a machine-learned model to predict a number and behavior of vehicles within the geographic region at a specific time, and if the current number or behavior of vehicles satisfies pre-determined governing criteria, the system modifies one or more vehicle rules.

Claims (18)

1. A computer-implemented method for performing vehicle fleet tracking, the method comprising:

receiving, at a mobility management system from a mobility operator, historical vehicle data for a fleet of vehicles within a specified geographic region for a specific time period, the historical vehicle data including, for each vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, corresponding GPS location information for the vehicle while the vehicle was within the specified geographic region;

determining, by the mobility management system, one or more aggregate behavior metrics for the fleet of vehicles during the specific time period using the historical vehicle data; and

in response to the aggregate behavior metrics exceeding one or more behavior thresholds, generating, by the mobility management system, one or more behavior modifications for fleet vehicles currently within the geographic region, wherein the one or more behavior modifications relate to parking events occurring at geographic areas of interest within the geographic region.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying one or more fleet vehicle behaviors based on the one or more behavior modifications.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more behavior modifications direct fleet vehicles to park in different types of geographic areas of interest within the geographic region for a remainder of the specific time period.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the historical vehicle data further includes one or more of durations of parking events occurring in the geographic region, fees associated with the parking events, and instances of fleet vehicles incurring road usage fees.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more behavior thresholds include a maximum total cost associated with parking events occurring in the geographic region.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the mobility management system notifies the mobility operator if the one or more behavior thresholds for the specific time period have not been exceeded.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor, the instructions executable to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a mobility management system from a mobility operator, historical vehicle data for a fleet of vehicles within a specified geographic region for a specific time period, the historical vehicle data including, for each vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, corresponding GPS location information for the vehicle while the vehicle was within the specified geographic region;

determining, by the mobility management system, one or more aggregate behavior metrics for the fleet of vehicles during the specified time period using the historical vehicle data; and

in response to the aggregate behavior metrics exceeding one or more behavior thresholds, generating, by the mobility management system, one or more behavior modifications for fleet vehicles currently within the geographic region, wherein the one or more behavior modifications relate to parking events occurring at geographic areas of interest within the geographic region.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise modifying one or more fleet vehicle behaviors based on the one or more behavior modifications.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more behavior modifications direct fleet vehicles to park in different types of geographic areas of interest within the geographic region for a remainder of the specific time period.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the historical vehicle data further includes one or more of durations of parking events occurring in the geographic region, fees associated with the parking events, and instances of fleet vehicles incurring road usage fees.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more behavior thresholds include a maximum total cost associated with parking events occurring in the geographic region.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the mobility management system notifies the mobility operator if the one or more behavior thresholds for the specific time period have not been exceeded.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2022
From: CLEWLOW, REGINA RUBY LEE; FOTI, FLETCHER SCOTT
To: POPULUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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