Patent ID: 11908303
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 7:
8. A system for recovery of a device left in a vehicle, comprising:
a sensor suite on the vehicle to detect passenger pick-up in the vehicle and passenger drop-off from the vehicle;
a plurality of sensors inside the vehicle, wherein at least one of the sensors is to detect the device;
an onboard computer to:
determine that the device is in the vehicle after passenger drop-off of a first passenger,
communicate a presence of the device in the vehicle to a first rideshare account of the first passenger,
verify passenger identity upon device retrieval, wherein passenger identity includes at least one of a first identity of the first passenger and a second identity of a recovery contact in the first rideshare account, and
provide access to the device to one or both of the first passenger and the recovery contact; and

a central computing system to:
access recovery contact information from the first rideshare account, wherein the recovery contact information includes at least one of an email and a phone number of a second user,
transmit a forgotten device notification to the second user, including communicating the presence of the device in the vehicle to the second user;
receive, at an online portal, device return details from the second user including a return location and a return timeframe.