Patent ID: 11880801
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 20:
21. A method for dynamically booking, from an autonomous transportation vehicle, a secondary transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
identifying, by one or more computer processors, a route for the autonomous transportation vehicle transporting one or more products from a first location to a second location;
publishing, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more products online as available for purchase;
identifying, by the one or more computer processors, a customer order for the one or more products;
creating, by the one or more computer processors, a moving geofence boundary that is affixed to the autonomous transportation vehicle along the route, wherein the one or more products are viewable online only by a customer located within the moving geofence boundary;
requesting, by the one or more computer processors, the secondary transportation vehicle to deliver the one or more products to fulfill the customer order;
instructing, by the one or more computer processors, the secondary transportation vehicle to retrieve the one or more products to fulfill the customer order from the autonomous transportation vehicle; and
instructing, by the one or more computer processors, the secondary transportation vehicle to deliver the one or more products from the autonomous transportation vehicle to a delivery location to fulfill the customer order, wherein the secondary transportation vehicle delivers the one or more products to the delivery location within the moving geofenced boundary, wherein instructing the secondary transportation vehicle to retrieve the one or more products to fulfill the customer order further includes the following;
sending, by the one or more computer processors, a current location of the autonomous transportation vehicle to the secondary transportation vehicle;
sending, by the one or more computer processors, a determined route from a location of the secondary transportation vehicle to the current location of the autonomous transportation vehicle;
instructing, by the one or more computer processors, the secondary transportation vehicle to rendezvous with the autonomous transportation vehicle to retrieve the one or more products to fulfill the one or more customer orders; and
instructing, by the one or more computer processors, the autonomous transportation vehicle to unload the one or more products utilizing an integrated robotic system for disbursement to the secondary transportation vehicle.