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Interactive, Internet-based, trip planning, travel resource, travel community, virtual travel, travel-based education, travel-related gaming and virtual/live tour system, methods, and processes, emphasizing a user's ability to tailor complete travel, trip, route, game and touring choices to unique user-specified personal interests, preferences, and special requirements for self and companions

  • US 20080201227A1
  • Filed: 11/07/2007
  • Published: 08/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An Interactive, Internet-based system for trip planning, virtual travel, travel-based education, travel-related gaming and virtual and live touring, drawing on the invention'"'"'s unique database of travel opportunities, gaming and educational opportunities, integrated travel resources and the system'"'"'s user community, and virtual and live tour opportunities, the system comprising:

  • An operations facility of servers and database storage facilities which are the platform upon which the related methods and processes of the invention and its programs reside and operate,Additional computers within the operations facility for the management and supporting activities to establish and maintain the invention,Said activities including ongoing programming, testing, and improvement of the invention'"'"'s software,Said software providing modules for the input, verification, and storage of the invention'"'"'s database,Said software also providing modules for input and processing of invention-user specifications of preferences, interests, special needs, and other parameters,Said software also providing modules for the matching of the user inputs to the database and for the retrieval of matching hits for further consideration, filtering, screening, and selection or rejection or deferral in the planning of a trip, planning and experiencing virtual travel, the pursuit of travel-based education opportunities, participation in travel-related games, and visits to remote sites via virtual and live tours,Said software also providing modules for receipt, storage, retrieval, and operation of vendor-provided games, tours, virtual- and live-tour links, and site-descriptive material and advertising,Said software also providing modules for scheduling tours and game opportunities and issuing virtual tickets either free or for payment,Said software also providing modules for collecting virtual tickets and admitting ticket holders to scheduled tour and gaming opportunities,Said software also providing modules for testing user knowledge after a tour or gaming opportunity for educational credit,Said software also providing modules for receipt, deposit, and posting of revenues to the respective vendor accounts,Said software also providing modules for vendor withdrawal of credit balances and vendor deposit of payments for the invention'"'"'s advertising services,Said software also providing modules that establish and operate a “

    lobby”

    which serves as a gathering place for people and groups about to take a tour and for people who wish to participate in gaming and educational opportunities,Users'"'"' sites which may consist of some or all of the following components,Personal computing device with keyboard and monitor and hard drive storage space,A printerA modem hard-wired or with WiFi or dial-up, satellite, cable or DSL connection to the Internet,And other remote devices such as cell phones, PDAs, Blackberry-type systems, WiFi networking connected devices, and vehicle on-board direction and mapping systemsVendors'"'"' sites which may consist of;

    Personal computing device with keyboard and monitor and hard drive storage space,A printer,Mixed-media, creative, interactive facilities for preparation and presentation of passive tours, for self-directed tours using cameras and audio recordings provided on or by the vendor site, for live tours which are conducted by an on-site guide (with varying capabilities for interaction between the guide and the tour members and among the tour group members),High speed Internet-access necessary for transfer of the live tour, passive tour, and advertising to the current invention'"'"'s facility for transfer to users or for storage.

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