US 12,272,247 B2
Method, device and system for allocating a vehicle for a fleet system based on a user group
Jae Jun Ha, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Young Jun Moon, Sejong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/408,681.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0106494 (KR), filed on Aug. 24, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0047551 (KR), filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058953 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01)
CPC G08G 1/202 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for allocating a moving object for a fleet system that includes a server to execute processing to provide a shared service of the moving object, the method comprising:
receiving, by the server, a use request for the moving object from a user device belonging to a user group, wherein the user group is a collection of multiple users and is associated with a predetermined moving object level among a plurality of moving object levels;
presenting, by the server, an available moving object list in compliance with the use request, among moving objects belonging to the predetermined moving object level corresponding to the user group,
wherein:
the moving objects are classified into one of moving object groups that is associated with the predetermined moving object level,
the one of moving object groups is at least partially exclusive to the user group, and
the moving object group corresponding to the moving object is upgraded or downgraded based on whether a use state of the moving object reaches an upgrading condition or downgrading condition of the moving object level corresponding to the moving object; and
allocating, by the server, the moving object to the user device according to information of the moving object that is selected by the user device from the available moving object list to enable a user associated with the user device to utilize the moving object.