US 11,720,120 B2
Tracking of transport transfers
Aghyad Saleh, Grand Prairie, TX (US); and Joshua C. Batie, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/535,790.
Prior Publication US 2021/0041892 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2023.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0287 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3446 (2013.01); G01C 21/3476 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
sending, by a transport in a blockchain network, a request to drop off the transport at a location to a plurality of other transports in the blockchain network wherein the location is in the blockchain network;
receiving, by the transport, a consensus decision by the plurality of other transports indicating whether the transport can drop off at the location,
wherein, if the consensus decision indicates that the transport can drop off at the location, then the method further comprises:
receiving, by the transport, a confirmation from the location, and
receiving, by the transport, an agreement to drop off the transport based on the request, and
wherein, if the consensus decision indicates that the transport cannot drop off at the location, then the method further comprises:
selecting, by the transport, a new location, and
sending, by the transport, the new location to the plurality of other transports for a new consensus decision regarding the new location.