Vehicle Transfer Tracking Using Blockchain Drop-Off Consensus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack automation and efficiency in tracking and managing the transfer of vehicles across rental centers, particularly when crossing borders, leading to manual processes like phone calls and emails for rental approvals and drop-off arrangements.
Innovation Solution
A blockchain-based decentralized system that allows nodes to receive and process requests for vehicle transfers, acquire permissions, and record transactions securely on a remote storage, enabling automated consensus and eliminating the need for manual communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual processes (phone calls, emails) are used for rental approvals and drop-off arrangements, then communication between rental centers can be established, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical communication processes (phone calls, emails) with an automated electronic system using sensors, processors, and communication modules. The system automatically generates rental approval notifications and drop-off arrangement messages, eliminating the need for manual phone calls and emails between rental centers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service automation where the rental system itself generates and sends approval notifications and drop-off arrangements without human intervention. The processor automatically communicates with rental centers based on sensor data and pre-configured rules, allowing the system to serve itself in managing rental transfers.
2Reliability
If multiple rental centers are contacted manually to find available drop-off locations, then permission can be acquired, but the complexity of the process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides a universal automated platform that handles multiple functions: generating rental approvals, finding drop-off locations, sending notifications, and coordinating between multiple rental centers. This single automated system replaces the need for separate manual processes for each function, reducing overall process complexity while maintaining reliability.
3Manufacturing precision
If exact drop-off times are specified to meet rental center operating hours, then drop-off arrangements can be made, but the coordination process becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating optimal drop-off times based on rental center operating hours and transport arrival times. The processor determines feasible time windows in advance and communicates these requirements to relevant parties before the actual drop-off occurs, making the coordination process simpler and more predictable.
Data Source
AI summary
An example operation may include one or more of sending, by a transport, a drop off request to a plurality of nodes at a target location, receiving, by the transport, permissions from the plurality of the nodes, responsive to the permissions, acquiring, by the transport, an agreement for the drop off request from at least one node from the plurality of the nodes, and recording the drop off request on a remote storage.