Vehicle to everything application messaging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11522957-B2
Application number	US-202017124003-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2020
Priority date	Jan 14, 2020
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A user device and transportation entity, such as a transport vehicle or transport server, perform information exchanges for a transportation service using Device-to-Device (D2D) communications, such as dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), a cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X), or a 5G New Radio (NR). The information exchanges, for example, are related to, e.g., logistics and delivery of transportation services. For example, the user device may transmit a transportation request message that includes information elements, such as an identifier, a type of transport device requested, a number of users, requested destination, etc. The transportation entity may transmit a transportation response message accepting or rejecting the request. Additional messages, such as a status request and status of the transportation, as well as messages related to completing the transportation service may be exchanged.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of performing information exchange for a transportation service by a user device, the method comprising:
transmitting a transportation request message to a transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation request message comprises one or more message information elements including an identifier for the user device and a requested destination;
receiving a transportation response message from the transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation response message comprises one or more message information elements including acceptance or rejection of the transportation request message; and
transmitting a transportation confirm message to the transportation entity wirelessly in response to the acceptance in the transportation response message, the transportation confirm message comprises one or more message information elements including the identifier for the user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transportation request message, the transportation response message, and the transportation confirm message are dedicated messages in a Device-to-Device (D2D) communication link, comprising one or more of a dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), a cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) communication, or a 5G New Radio (NR) communication.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transportation request message, the transportation response message, and the transportation confirm message are encapsulated in data payloads in a Device-to-Device (D2D) communication link, comprising one or more of a dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), a cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) communication, or a 5G New Radio (NR) communication.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more message information elements in the transportation request message further comprise at least one of a type of transport device requested, a number of users, a validity time for the transportation request message, a maximum travel time or required destination arrival time, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more message information elements in the transportation request message further comprise at least one of a user type, a willingness to share transport vehicle, a maximum fare, a requested departure time, a beacon proximity threshold, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more message information elements in the transportation response message further comprise at least one of a transportation type, a transportation identifier, a fare, an indication of whether the transportation is shared or individual, an estimated time of arrival for pickup and an estimated time of arrival to destination, or a combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more message information elements in the transportation confirm message further comprise at least one of the requested destination and estimated time of arrival for pickup, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting a transportation status request message to the transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation status request message comprises one or more message information elements including a query for information related to a current location; and
receiving a transportation status message from the transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation status message comprises one or more message information elements including information related to the current location.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining an estimate of arrival to the requested destination using the information related to the current location.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting a transportation status request message to the transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation status request message comprises one or more message information elements including the identifier for the user device, a query for information related to an estimate of arrival to the requested destination; and
receiving a transportation status message from the transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation status message comprises one or more message information elements including the estimate of arrival to destination.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the estimate of arrival to destination comprises one or more of estimated time of arrival to destination and estimated number of stops to destination.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more message information elements in the transportation status message further includes a destination of the transport vehicle nearest the requested destination.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting a transportation complete request message to the transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation complete request message comprises one or more message information elements including the identifier for the user device, and a request to disembark;
receiving a transportation complete acknowledgement message from the transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation complete acknowledgement message comprises one or more message information elements including an estimate of arrival to destination and a confirmation of the request to disembark.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving a transportation complete response message from the transportation entity wirelessly, the transportation complete response message comprises one or more message information elements including the identifier for the user device, and including at least one of an ingress location, an egress location, a fare and a request to provide periodic signals to validate that the user device has exited the transport vehicle.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transportation entity comprises a transport vehicle, a transport server, or both.

16. A user device configured to perform information exchange for a transportation service, the user device comprising:
a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a transportation entity wirelessly;
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the wireless transceiver and the at least one memory, the at least one processor configured to:
transmit a transportation request message to the transportation entity, via the wireless transceiver, the transportation request message comprises one or more message information elements including an identifier for the user device, and a requested destination;
receive a transportation response message from the transportation entity, via the wireless transceiver, the transportation response message comprises one or more message information elements including acceptance or rejection of the transportation request message; and
transmit a transportation confirm message to the transportation entity, via the wireless transceiver, in response to the acceptance in the transportation response message, the transportation confirm message comprises one or more message information elements including the identifier for the user device.

17. The user device of claim 16 , wherein the transportation request message, the transportation response message, and the transportation confirm message are dedicated messages in a Device-to-Device (D2D) communication link, comprising one or more of a dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), a cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) communication, or a 5G New Radio (NR) communication.

18. The user device of claim 16 , wherein the transportation request message, the transportation response messag

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Vassilovski Dan
• Ramasamy Bala
• Lund Benjamin
• Das Soumya
• Shriver Garrett

Classifications

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• G06Q30/0645

  Rental transactions; Leasing transactions · CPC title

• G06Q10/08

  Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management · CPC title