Transport sharing and ownership among multiple entities

US11481836B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Mathew Gardner · Lewisville, US
• Eric Randell Schmidt · Northville, US
• James H. Kikuma · Plano, US
• Nutonya L. Parker · Dallas, US
• Evan Vijithakumara · Frisco, US
• Christopher J. Risberg · Flower Mound, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of applying a user profile to one or more transports and a transport management database, monitoring user requirements and user usage of the one or more transports over a period of time, identifying a plurality of transport profiles stored in a transport availability pool of the transport management database, identifying a proposed fractional ownership of one or more of a plurality of transports identified in the transport availability pool based on the monitored user requirements and user usage of the one or more transports, and providing the proposed fractional ownership of the one or more of a plurality of transports identified in the transport availability pool to a user device associated with the user.