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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael S. Gordon, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Ashish Kundu, Elmsford, NY (US);
Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and/or computer program product controls a self-driving vehicle based on a purchase transaction at a point of sale (POS) device. One or more processors detect a purchase transaction at the POS device. In response to detecting the purchase transaction at the POS device, the processor(s) transmit instructions to the SDV to pick up a passenger associated with the purchase transaction at a predetermined location.