V2X Management System for Automated Resource Negotiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicular communication systems and traffic management systems fail to address traffic congestion and provide commuters with options for priority passage, and they do not facilitate seamless transactions for resources like parking or goods while driving, as they require user intervention and are not optimized for connected vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A management system that uses vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication to facilitate negotiations and payments between vehicles and supplier machines for resources such as freeway priority, parking, or goods, by identifying candidate suppliers, initiating negotiations, and executing smart contracts on a blockchain for secure transactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated negotiation and transaction systems are implemented for vehicle resource procurement, then productivity and resource allocation efficiency are improved, but device complexity and system infrastructure requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management server as an intermediary between vehicles and supplier machines. This mediator handles the complex negotiation, smart contract execution, and transaction coordination, thereby improving resource allocation efficiency without requiring each vehicle to have complex automated negotiation systems built-in. The management server centralizes the computational and contractual complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the complex transaction management functionality from individual vehicles and places it in a separate management server system. This includes extracting smart contract execution, negotiation orchestration, and payment processing from the vehicle side, thereby reducing device complexity in vehicles while maintaining high productivity through centralized automated processing.
2Ease of operation
If seamless automated transactions are enabled for resources like parking and goods, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to integration of negotiation and payment systems
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automated transactions where vehicles can autonomously negotiate for and procure resources without human intervention. The management server handles the entire transaction process automatically, from identifying candidate suppliers to executing payments, thereby improving ease of operation. The vehicle simply needs to request a resource, and the system handles the complexity automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server is designed as a universal platform that handles multiple types of transactions (parking, goods procurement, freeway priority) through a single integrated system. This multi-functional approach improves ease of operation by providing a unified interface for all resource types while consolidating the complexity into a single system rather than requiring separate systems for each transaction type.
3Reliability
If smart contracts on blockchain are used for secure transactions, then reliability is improved, but device complexity and computational requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The management server acts as an intermediary that handles blockchain smart contract execution and verification. Rather than requiring vehicles to directly interact with complex blockchain infrastructure, the management server mediates these interactions, thereby improving transaction security and reliability while reducing the computational burden and complexity on individual vehicles.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts blockchain smart contract functionality from the vehicle systems and implements it in the management server. This separation takes out the computational complexity of blockchain operations from individual vehicles, concentrating it in the centralized management server, thereby improving reliability through consistent smart contract execution while reducing device complexity in distributed vehicle units.
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AI summary
Techniques are described for a management system to facilitate a negotiation process and payment for a requested resource between a vehicle and a supplier machine. The vehicle sends a request for the resource to the management system. In response, the management system is configured to identify a set of candidate supplier machines from a plurality of supplier machines that provide the requested resource in accordance with one or more resource parameters. The management system then initiates a negotiation process with each of the supplier machines within the set of candidate supplier machines based on one or more negotiation parameters. Once a transaction for the requested resource is agreed upon, the management system forms a smart contract between the vehicle, the supplier machine, and the management system. The management system executes the smart contract once the resource request is fulfilled to disburse funds from the vehicle to the supplier machine.