Systems and methods for managing electrically-assisted personal mobility vehicles

US10783500B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Lyft, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Keith Bromwich · Brooklyn, US
• Jules Baden Flynn · Kingston, US
• Daniel Fried · San Francisco, US
• Emily Kathleen Gates · Brooklyn, US
• Alexander Reed Hill · Brooklyn, US
• John Mokry · Brooklyn, US
• Josselin Philippe · Inwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 22, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62J43/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying a personal mobility vehicle that is available to reserve for a trip, determining that at least one metric for a level of maintenance for the personal mobility vehicle indicates a need for performing the maintenance on the personal mobility vehicle, determining at least one metric for an operations effort for performing the maintenance at a current location of the personal mobility vehicle, and blocking use of the personal mobility vehicle, to facilitate the operations effort for the performing of the maintenance, based at least in part on the metric for the level of maintenance and at least in part on the metric for the operations effort indicating an advantage to performing the maintenance at the current location. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.