TripKing-a preference-based, date, time and route sensitive road trip planning/itinerary software/web application

• US 20030074133A1
• Filed: 10/16/2001
• Published: 04/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adam Gautier, Christopher John Stockwell, Richard Mckinley
• Original Assignee: Adam Gautier, Christopher John Stockwell, Richard Mckinley
• Inventors: McKinley, Richard, Stockwell, Christopher John, Gautier, Adam
• Application Number:
  US09/977,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20030074133A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/202
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

The road trip planning application is a software application comprised of traveler preference collection, a date, time and route sensitive search engine, the ability to do the search for events/locations a specified distance off of a specified or calculated route. Also included is the ability to display the search results in a date, time and route sensitive manner (trip itinerary) and to print the resulting itineraries.

Claims

1. A road trip planning software application comprising:

(a) preference-based location search engine.

2. The preference-based search engine of claim 1 wherein the search engine will handle date sensitive events/location searches.

3. The preference-based search engine of claim 1 wherein the search engine will handle time sensitive events/location searches.

4. The preference-based search engine of claim 1 wherein the search engine will handle route sensitive events/location searches.

5. The preference-based search engine of claim 1 wherein the search engine will handle a combination of the claims listed in claims 2, 3, and 4.

6. The preference-based search engine of claim 1 wherein the search engine will search for stops a designated distance from a designated point or distance along a specific route using our unique Point and Line Path Search algorithms.

7. The road trip planning application of claim 1 presents the search results produced by the preference-based search engine of claim 1 in a date, time and route sensitive itinerary format.

8. The road trip planning application of claim 1 can be accessed via the Web or via software on a local computer.

9. The road trip planning application of claim 1 will allow for of a wide variety of date, time and route sensitive marketing channels (coupons, specials, TripKits emails).