US 12,293,337 B2
Service providing method for allocation of returning vehicle and service providing system for allocation of returning vehicle
Yunjoong Park, Seoul (KR); Jeongtaek Oh, Yongin-si (KR); and Byeonghwi Choi, Suwon-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 Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,540.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0112091 (KR), filed on Sep. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0078518 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06Q 50/47 (2024.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/20 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06Q 50/47 (2024.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for allocation of a returning vehicle, the method comprising:
allocating, by a call server, a first call to a vehicle operating a taxi business in a first business zone;
receiving, by the call server, rate plan information of a second business zone corresponding to a destination of the first call from a taxi terminal corresponding to the vehicle;
determining, by the call server, that the allocation of the returning vehicle is necessary for the vehicle based on the rate plan information when the rate plan information of the first business zone and the rate plan information of the second business zone are different;
receiving, by the call server, a signal indicating that the vehicle has arrived at the destination of the first call and a signal indicating that the vehicle has left the first business zone from the taxi terminal; and
allocating, by the call server, a second call from a departure location in the second business zone to a destination in the first business zone to the vehicle when it is determined that the allocation of the returning vehicle is necessary for the vehicle.