System for capturing passenger trip data and a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023252575-A1
Application number	US-202217986032-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 14, 2022
Priority date	Aug 1, 2012
Publication date	Aug 10, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Telematics and external data relating to the real-time driving of a driver of a taxi vehicle may be collected and used to calculate a driving score. A telematics device installed in the taxi vehicle may collect vehicle data, trip data, and passenger data from one or more sensors. A computing device in communication with the telematics device may calculate a driving score for the taxi vehicle during a trip based on a type of vehicle, a type of trip, a number of miles driven during the trip, a duration of the trip, a number of passengers in the taxi vehicle during the trip, and a type of the passengers in the taxi vehicle during the trip. As one example, the driving score may be provided to an employer of a driver of the taxi vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
receive, from a telematics device:
an indication of a vehicle; and
trip data comprising a type of a trip taken by the vehicle and a number of miles driven during the trip;

determine, based on comparing the indication of the vehicle with a plurality of available vehicles, an identity of the vehicle;
generate a driving score for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the identity of the vehicle, the type of the trip, and the number of miles driven during the trip; and
provide the driving score, wherein providing the driving score comprises:
providing, to a driver of the vehicle, a notification of the driving score; and
based on receiving a request from an entity different than the driver of the vehicle, provide, to at least one device associated with the entity, the driving score.

Assignees

• Allstate Insurance Co

Inventors

• Kraft Daniel
• Warden Thomas Michael
• Huls Eric
• Bryer Nathan M
• Brinkmann Margaret A

Classifications

• G06Q40/08 Primary

  Insurance · CPC title

• G07C5/0816

  Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title