Management server and service method for pet care

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12456090-B2
Application number	US-202117512226-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2021
Priority date	Feb 22, 2021
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

A pet care management server for providing pet care services includes a communication unit that communicates with the outside through a wired and wireless communication network and a controller that acquires information necessary for the pet care service based on the information received through the communication unit. The controller generates information necessary for the pet care service, and transmits the information to the outside through the communication unit. When one of a pet transport service, a goods delivery service, and the total service combined with the pet transport service and the goods delivery service is reserved by a user terminal, the controller determines a vehicle for providing the reserved service among waiting vehicles and a pickup time at the departure point for the pet transportation based on the reserved service time, the departure point and the destination of the pet transportation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pet care management server for providing pet care services, comprising:
a communication unit including a transmitter and receiver and configured to communicate with an outside of the pet care management server through a communication network; and
a controller including a processor configured to:
obtain and generate information necessary for a pet care service based on an information received through the communication unit;
transmit the information to the outside through the communication unit,
when one of a pet transport service and a total service that combines the pet transport service and a goods delivery service is reserved by a user terminal, determine a vehicle for providing the reserved service and a pickup time at a departure point for a pet transportation based on a reserved service time, and the departure point and a destination of the pet transportation; and

receive information on a pet from a driver terminal in the case of a pet transport service or a total service being selected and a pet traveling alone;
identify a pet to board to the vehicle based on the received information on the pet; and
derive environmental information necessary to provide a vehicle environment suitable for the identified pet based on the received information on the pet;
wherein the environmental information includes information about at least one of temperature, humidity, or music;
transmitting, by the pet care management server, the derived environmental information to a vehicle terminal of the vehicle;
receiving, by the vehicle terminal, the derived environmental information;
adjustings, by the vehicle terminal, the vehicle according to the derived environmental information; and
wherein the pet care management server charges a travel cost when payment for the travel cost is approved by the user terminal after the pet arrives at the pet transport destination by interworking with a payment server.

2. The pet care management server of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is configured to determine a travel route corresponding to a minimum travel time or a shortest travel distance based on a traffic condition during a reserved service time zone among a plurality of travel routes between the departure point and the destination of the pet transportation, and determine a pickup time for arriving at the destination on the reserved service time based on the determined travel route.

3. The pet care management server of claim 2 , wherein:
the controller is configured to select a nearest vehicle among waiting vehicles that will arrive at the pet transport departure point on the pickup time when the reserved service is the pet transport service.

4. The pet care management server of claim 2 , wherein:
when the reserved service is a total service and delivery of goods of the departure point on the pickup time are reserved,
the controller is configured to determine a travel route corresponding to a minimum travel time or a shortest travel distance based on the traffic conditions during a pickup time zone for each of the plurality of travel routes between current locations of the waiting vehicles, a goods purchase partner, and the pet transportation departure point, and select a vehicle corresponding to the determined travel route among the waiting vehicles.

5. The pet care management server of claim 1 , wherein: the controller is configured to obtain information on an inventory status of goods or availability of service from partner terminals in real time and transmit a requested information to the user terminal if the information for a partner is requested by the user terminal.

6. A pet care service method provided through a pet care management server, comprising:
receiving, by the pet care management server, information on a selected option of one among a goods delivery service, a pet transport service, and a total service combined with a goods delivery service and a pet transport service or a selected service category from a user terminal;
providing, by the pet care management server, information on available services and times of partners belonging to the selected category to the user terminal;
receiving, by the pet care management server, an available service and time of a selected partner from the user terminal;
receiving, by the pet care management server, an approval for the received available service of the partner at the received available time from a partner terminal of the selected partner;
receiving, by the pet care management server, a departure point for a pet transport from the user terminal;
predicting, by the pet care management server, a travel time required when a vehicle travels from the departure point of the pet transport to a destination;
calculating, by the pet care management server, a travel cost based on the predicted travel time;
receiving, by the pet care management server, information on a pet from a driver terminal in the case of a pet transport service or a total service being selected and a pet traveling alone;
identifying, by the pet care management server, a pet to board to the vehicle based on the received information on the pet;
deriving environmental information necessary to provide a vehicle environment suitable for the identified pet based on the received information on the pet;
wherein the environmental information includes information about at least one of temperature, humidity, or music;
transmitting, by the pet care management server, the derived environmental information to a vehicle terminal of the vehicle;
receiving, by the vehicle terminal, the derived environmental information; and
adjusting, by the vehicle terminal, the vehicle according to the derived environmental information; and
charging, by the pet care management server, a travel cost when payment for the travel cost is approved by the user terminal after the pet arrives at the pet transport destination by interworking with a payment server.

7. The pet care service method of claim 6 , further including:
deriving, by the pet care management server, a consumption tendency based on an existing service details used by a user;
deriving, by the pet care management server, partner services that match the derived consumption tendency; and
transmitting, by the pet care management server, an available service and time belonging to a service category selected by the user terminal among the derived partner services to the user terminal.

8. The pet care service method of claim 6 , further including:
receiving, by the pet care management server, information on whether to move a pet alone or with a passenger from the user terminal; and
receiving, by the pet care management server, information on whether a passenger or a vehicle driver gets a pet in a vehicle when the pet is traveling alone.

9. The pet care service method of claim 8 , further including:
adding, by the pet care management server, a time required for the pet to board the vehicle to the travel time predicted by the pet care management server in the case of moving the pet alone; or
adding, by the pet care management server, a predetermined amount cost to the travel cost when the pet is traveling alone.

10. The pet care service method of claim 6 , further including:
inquiring, by the pet care management server, whether a return pickup is necessary to the user terminal; and
requesting, by the pet care management server, a return pickup destination to the user terminal to obtain the return pickup destination when the pet care management server receives a return pickup request from the user terminal,
wherein, the return pickup indicates that the pet is transported from the destination to the departure point or anothe

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• You Hee Jeong
• Song Bouk Goo
• Choi Wonseok
• Park Junsoo

Classifications

• G06Q10/08355

  Routing methods · CPC title

• G06Q10/08345 Primary

  Pricing · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• G01C21/3492

  employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• G06Q10/02 Primary

  Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events · CPC title