ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,119, issued on March 3.
"Autonomous transportation systems and methods" was invented by Brendan Joseph McGoffin (Sedro-Woolley, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous transportation system for allowing end users to arrange for use of vehicles owned by vehicle operators comprising at least one user device, at least one vehicle device, at least one smart contract blockchain system, and at least one smart contract. Each user device is associated with one of end users. The at least one user device allows at least one end user to enter bid parameters. Each vehicle is associated with at least one vehicle device. The at least on...