Robustness and notifications in travel planning system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a travel itinerary that includes a first segment that is scheduled to arrive at a first location at a first arrival time and a second segment that is scheduled to depart from the first location at a first departure time;
computing a likelihood that the traveler will fail to connect to the second segment based on a probability distribution of delays in the first arrival time;
deriving second segment annotations from the computed likelihood; and
displaying, on a display device, the second segment annotations proximate to the second segment of the travel itinerary.
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Abstract
A method includes determining a travel itinerary that includes a first segment that is scheduled to arrive at a location at an arrival time and a second segment that is scheduled to depart from the location at a departure time. The method also includes deriving a probability distribution of delays in the arrival time based on an arrival statistical model of the first segment, retrieving a minimum connection time required by a traveler traveling in the first segment to connect to the second segment, and computing a likelihood that the traveler will fail to connect to the second segment based on the probability distribution of delays in the arrival time. Annotations are derived from the computed likelihood and added to the travel itinerary.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a travel itinerary that includes a first segment that is scheduled to arrive at a first location at a first arrival time and a second segment that is scheduled to depart from the first location at a first departure time;
computing a likelihood that the traveler will fail to connect to the second segment based on a probability distribution of delays in the first arrival time;
deriving second segment annotations from the computed likelihood; and
displaying, on a display device, the second segment annotations proximate to the second segment of the travel itinerary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article comprising a machine-read medium which stores machine-executable instructions operable to cause a machine to:
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determine a travel itinerary that includes a first segment that is scheduled to arrive at a first location at a first arrival time and a second segment that is scheduled to depart from the first location at a first departure time;
compute a likelihood that the traveler will fail to connect to the second segment based on a probability distribution of delays in the first arrival time;
derive second segment annotations from the computed likelihood; and
render, on a display device, the second segment annotations proximate to the second segment of the travel itinerary. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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determining a travel itinerary that includes a first segment that is scheduled to arrive at a first location at a first arrival time and a second segment that is scheduled to depart from the first location at a first departure time;
computing a likelihood that the traveler will fail to connect to the second segment based on a probability distribution of delays in the first arrival time;
determining an alternative segment; and
computing the likelihood that the traveler will fail to connect to the alternate segment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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