ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,385, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BLUE JAY TRANSIT INC. (Toronto).
"On-demand rental of electric vehicles" was invented by Travis VanderZanden (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indication that a ride associated with an electric vehicle has ended is received. An availability state of the electric vehicle is determined based at least on a current battery charge level of the electric vehicle and a dynamic charge threshold. Information reflecting the availability state of the electric vehicle in a set of geographic location and availability state information of vehicles comprising a fleet of electric vehicles av...