Methods and Apparatus for Travel Information
First Claim
1. A travel information delivery terminal comprising:
- a user interface for receiving user inputs and providing user information to carry out a point of sale transaction;
a memory for storing the user information;
a communication interface for communicating between the terminal and a remote server;
a processor for examining the user inputs and determining based on the user inputs if the user requires travel information, the processor being operative upon determining that the user requires travel information to transmit information to the remote server indicating a geographic location of the terminal and user destination information relating to the user, the processor being operative to receive from the server travel directions between the terminal location and the user destination and to format the travel directions for delivery to the user.
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Abstract
Systems and techniques for providing travel information. An information terminal offers a user an opportunity to select to receive travel information. Upon such a selection by the user, selections and information are received from the user to indicate the user'"'"'s needs. The selections and information may take the form of explicit selections and entries, or submission of an identifier associated with a use record indicating user needs. Information submitted by the user is examined and appropriate travel directions, local area information, and information relating to the destination or points along the route are furnished to the user. If desired, a user record may be updated with information related to the current transaction.
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19 Claims
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1. A travel information delivery terminal comprising:
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a user interface for receiving user inputs and providing user information to carry out a point of sale transaction; a memory for storing the user information; a communication interface for communicating between the terminal and a remote server; a processor for examining the user inputs and determining based on the user inputs if the user requires travel information, the processor being operative upon determining that the user requires travel information to transmit information to the remote server indicating a geographic location of the terminal and user destination information relating to the user, the processor being operative to receive from the server travel directions between the terminal location and the user destination and to format the travel directions for delivery to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A data processing server for delivery of travel information to a user, comprising:
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a communication interface for communicating with a plurality of user terminals distributed at different geographic locations; memory storing terminal information relating to each of the user terminals, including geographic location information for each of the terminals; and a processor for processing information received from one or more of the terminals to compute and identify travel information responsive to information needs of users conducting transactions at the one or more terminals, the information including travel directions from each terminal at which travel directions are being requested to a destination of a user making the request. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of travel information delivery, comprising the steps of:
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receiving inputs from a user at a terminal, the inputs identifying travel information needs of the user and including a destination of the user; communicating information to a remote server based on the user inputs; communicating to the remote server information identifying of a location of the terminal; receiving information from the remote server, the information including directions from the location of the terminal to the destination of the user; and controlling a processor of the terminal to deliver the information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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