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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

May. 24, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

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);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01);
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.


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