Patent №
US 9,141,112
Granted
2015-09-22
Filed 2013
Owner
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Lab
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AI components
3
kr · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14055198
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses provide a system for forming and managing a caravan of vehicles. The system may include computing devices in a plurality of vehicles belonging to a caravan. The computing devices participating in the caravan may communicate various information to each other. This information may be used to generate and manage a route for the caravan. The system may also be used to select a leader and/or order of the caravan for a particular trip. During the trip, the system may monitor the caravan and analyze inputs from participants and vehicles. Further, the system may modify the route based on such inputs and distribute the modified route to participating computing devices so that the caravan may be maintained.
AI classification
Ownership
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
assignment · 314160372
Assignors
LOO, WILLIAM, BRANDMAIER, JENNIFER A., RAMIREZ, PHILIP PETER
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.