US 12,005,927 B2
Enabling content playing in autonomous vehicles of a transportation service
Matthew Corey Hall, Cupertino, CA (US); Maria Moon, Mountain View, CA (US); Orlee Smith, San Francisco, CA (US); Erik Wolsheimer, Mountain View, CA (US); and Kyle Bechtel, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,522.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,160, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176997 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 60/0013 (2020.02) [B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0088 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method for enabling playing of content at an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system having one or more processors, from a client computing device, a request to transport a user on a trip;
assigning, by the computing system, the autonomous vehicle to the trip;
determining, by the computing system, whether the user has enabled a content feature;
in response to determining that the user has enabled the content feature sending, by the computing system, a request for a device identifier to the assigned autonomous vehicle;
receiving, by the computing system, the device identifier generated at the assigned autonomous vehicle; and
sending, by the computing system, the device identifier to a content-enabling computing system including one or more processors in order to enable the user to play content from the client computing device at the assigned autonomous vehicle during the trip.