What the filing covers
Signed service-readiness certificate generated from robotic or automated service evidence (charging, cleaning, inspection, sensor calibration, cabin checks, lost-item handling) and used to authorize, block, reroute, downgrade, or reschedule a vehicle's next autonomous mission — turning fleet operational state into a cryptographically verifiable artifact. I filed this because service work needs to connect with the decision about a vehicle's next mission. A signed readiness certificate uses robotic or automated service evidence. That evidence includes charging, cleaning, inspection, sensor calibration, cabin checks and lost-item handling. The certificate can authorize, block, reroute, downgrade or reschedule the next autonomous mission.
Why it matters now
A vehicle can finish charging while still needing another service task. Dispatch needs to account for more than whether the vehicle has returned to the facility. Evidence of service work has to connect with the decision about the next assignment. A readiness record brings that operating state into the mission decision.
A real-world example
Imagine a robotaxi returning for automated service before its next ride. Charging is one part of the visit. Cabin checks, cleaning or other service evidence can also matter to readiness. The dispatch decision needs an account of the service state rather than only confirmation that the vehicle visited the facility.
I use a cryptographically verifiable certificate to connect that evidence with the next mission. The certificate is tied to service readiness. Its role is operational: it can affect whether and how the vehicle proceeds to its next assignment. Authorization is one possible result alongside blocking, rerouting, downgrading or rescheduling.
Consider the difference between finishing a task and being ready for the next job. Completion of a charging connection addresses one event. The next mission requires a decision about the vehicle's overall service state for that work. The readiness certificate brings the relevant evidence into that decision.
Where it applies
This work applies to autonomous fleet servicing and robotaxi operations. Wins Parking is the associated platform. I focus on the connection between service evidence and mission authorization.
For an operator, I would start with the work the vehicle is expected to do next. Which service evidence belongs in that readiness decision? What operating state is being certified? How does the certificate affect the assignment? Those questions connect the service visit with dispatch.
The robotic connector addresses physical charging coupling. The dwell scheduler addresses time around the next mission. The evidence recorder addresses the account of autonomous operations. Service-readiness certification concerns the decision that follows servicing: whether the vehicle proceeds, changes assignment or waits for different arrangements.
Used in: Wins Parking
Status
U.S. provisional patent application, filed May 13, 2026; Status: Patent Pending; Sole inventor: Ross D. Blankenship; Assignee: Wins Parking LLC.
Provisional applications establish a priority date; they are not examined.