Method and apparatus for controlling a roadway source

US10748229B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Brian S. Amento · Morristown, US
• Matti Hiltunen · Karhula, FI
• Kaustubh Joshi · Short Hills, US
• David Kormann · Morristown, US
• Rajesh Krishna Panta · Parsippany, US
• Kermit Hal Purdy · Bernardsville, US
• Thomas M. Smith · Iselin, US
• Alex Varshavsky · East Hanover, US
• Svetlana Yarosh · Jersey City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/145
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and computer-readable storage device and apparatus for controlling a roadway resource are disclosed. For example, the method receives from a device associated with a vehicle a request to reach a target destination by a target arrival time and a maximum payment amount to reach the target destination by the target arrival time. The method next determining a route to the target destination and determines a roadway resource along the route that is controllable. The method then sends an instruction to the device associated with the vehicle, where the instruction indicates to navigate the vehicle along the route and controls the roadway resource to enable the vehicle to reach the target destination by the target arrival time.