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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London, GB;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of controlling Autonomous Vehicles for delivering a payload to an intended delivery location comprising: identifying a first AV for retrieving a payload from a first location; determining a second location to which the first AV is capable of travelling with the payload from the first location; instructing the first AV to retrieve the payload from the first location and to deliver the payload to the second location; communicating a wireless communication requesting assistance from another AV to deliver the payload from the second location, wherein the wireless communication is in the form of a system information message; in response to the wireless communication, identifying a second AV for retrieving the payload from the second location; and instructing the second AV to retrieve the payload from the second location and to deliver the payload to the intended delivery location.