US 12,466,436 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 May 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/655,616.
Application 18/655,616 is a continuation of application No. 17/467,522, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 12,005,927.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,160, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0294187 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for enabling playing of content at an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising a computing system having one or more processors, the computing system having one or more processors configured to:
receive from a client computing device, a request to transport a user on a trip;
assign the autonomous vehicle to the trip;
determine whether the user has enabled a content feature;
in response to determining that the user has enabled the content feature, send a request for a device identifier to the assigned autonomous vehicle;
receive the device identifier generated at the assigned autonomous vehicle; and
send 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.