Structured Shared Automotive Travel Patent Application
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260098739A1 filed by Tawainga W. Katsvairo covering methods and systems for managing shared automotive travel. The invention relates to clustering riders based on ride constraint parameters, determining optimized routes, and providing trip notifications. The application was filed on October 21, 2024, and published on April 9, 2026.
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USPTO published patent application US20260098739A1 for structured shared automotive travel systems and methods. The patent covers technology for managing ride-sharing by accessing a database associating ride constraint information with potential riders, identifying clusters of riders meeting similarity thresholds for constraint parameters, determining optimized motor vehicle routes for clustered riders, associating routes with trips, and providing trip notifications to riders.
For companies developing ride-sharing, autonomous vehicle, or fleet management technologies, this published patent application establishes a prior art date and outlines claimed methods that may affect product development strategies. Technology companies and transportation network operators should monitor the prosecution of this application to assess potential IP implications for their shared travel solutions.
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STRUCTURED SHARED AUTOMOTIVE TRAVEL
Application US20260098739A1 Kind: A1 Apr 09, 2026
Inventors
Tawainga W. Katsvairo
Abstract
Methods, systems, devices, and products for managing shared automotive travel. Methods include accessing a database associating ride constraint information with each rider of a plurality of potential riders to identify a cluster of riders from the plurality wherein the values for the at least one ride constraint parameter from the associated ride constraint information for the cluster meet a similarity threshold; determining a route for motor vehicle travel for at least a first rider and a second rider of the cluster in dependence upon at least the value for the at least one ride constraint parameter associated with the first rider and the value for the at least one ride constraint parameter associated with the second rider; associating the route with a trip; and providing a notification of the trip to at least the first rider and the second rider.
CPC Classifications
G01C 21/3484 G06Q 50/43
Filing Date
2024-10-21
Application No.
18921198
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