Patent ID: 11934988
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors of a trip provider system via an application programming interface, a request from a partner entity to schedule a trip for a ride or delivery from a pickup location to a destination at a particular time, the partner entity having a partner account with the trip provider system, the partner entity being an entity that needs trip services to provide the trip associated with its goods or services;
scheduling, by the one or more processors, the trip from the pickup location to the destination, the scheduling including adding trip information to a trip database;
evaluating, by the one or more processors in response to the scheduling, availability of one or more autonomous vehicles to support the trip at the particular time;
issuing, by the one or more processors prior to the particular time, a command to a selected autonomous vehicle of the one or more autonomous vehicles according to the evaluated availability, the command including trip information including at least the pickup location and the destination so that the selected autonomous vehicle can carry out the trip;
issuing, by the one or more processors of the trip provider system, status information to either the partner entity or a customer for the trip, the status information including identifying information regarding the selected autonomous vehicle and an estimated arrival time at either the pickup location or the destination; and
navigating, based on the command, the selected autonomous vehicle to the pickup location at the particular time.