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Patent No.:

US 12786662 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2024

Systems and methods for determining a vehicle driver using at least peer-to-peer network signals

Applicant:

Quanata, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventor:

Bennett Smith, Inver Grove, MN (US);

Assignee:

QUANATA, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lewis G West

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G01S 15/74 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); G01S 15/74 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for identifying occupants of a vehicle, the computer-implemented method including: receiving, using a sensor associated with a first user device of a first vehicle occupant in the vehicle, an echo signal associated with a first ping signal emitted by the first user device; generating a first relative positioning map based upon the echo signal; and determining that the first vehicle occupant is a driver or a passenger of the vehicle based at least in part upon the first relative positioning map.

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Smith, Bennett. (2026). Systems and methods for determining a vehicle driver using at least peer-to-peer network signals (U.S. Patent No. 12786662). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12786662

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