GM Cruise Holdings LLC (20250086533). DECENTRALIZED PRIVATE CHARGING NETWORK FOR VEHICLES

DECENTRALIZED PRIVATE CHARGING NETWORK FOR VEHICLES

Organization Name

GM Cruise Holdings LLC

Inventor(s)

Mohamed Mostafa Elshenawy of Burlingame CA (US)

DECENTRALIZED PRIVATE CHARGING NETWORK FOR VEHICLES

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250086533 titled 'DECENTRALIZED PRIVATE CHARGING NETWORK FOR VEHICLES

Original Abstract Submitted

systems and techniques are provided for a decentralized private service network for autonomous vehicles (avs). an example method can include receiving a request to register a user premises as a private service station that avs can use to receive maintenance, the request specifying an availability of the user premises for use to receive maintenance; in response to the request, adding the user premises to a network of service stations including a plurality of user premises registered as private service stations for use by the avs to receive maintenance and av service facilities operated by a commercial business/businesses; determining a distance between an av and the user premises; and determining whether to schedule a battery of the av to be charged at the user premises based on a charge level of the battery, the specified availability of the user premises, and the distance between the av and the user premises.