METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PLANNING AND/OR MANAGING A TRAVEL PLAN

• US 20110213787A1
• Filed: 02/28/2011
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ron Cerny
• Original Assignee: Ron Cerny
• Inventors: CERNY, Ron
• Granted Patent: US 9,009,167 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/749
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events

Abstract

A method of planning a trip which comprises receiving a plurality of profile characteristics from a user, automatically selecting a group from a plurality of travel objects according to a match with the profile characteristics where each travel object having a plurality of scheduling characteristics. The method further includes computing an arrangement of members of the group in a schedule according to the plurality of profile characteristics and receiving an update to one or more of members, the schedule, the arrangement and/or the profile characteristics. Now, the arrangement is automatically updated so that one or more of the travel objects are rescheduled according to a relationship between its scheduling characteristics and respective scheduling characteristics of other travel objects in light of the profile characteristics.

Claims

1. A method of planning a trip, comprising:

receiving a plurality of profile characteristics from a user;

automatically selecting a group from a plurality of travel objects according to a match with said plurality of profile characteristics, each said travel object having a plurality of scheduling characteristics;

computing an arrangement of members of said group in a schedule according to said plurality of profile characteristics;

receiving an update to at least one of said members, said schedule, said arrangement and said plurality of profile characteristics; and

automatically updating said arrangement so that at least one of said travel object being rescheduled according to a relationship between its scheduling characteristics and respective scheduling characteristics of others of said plurality of travel objects in light of said plurality of profile characteristics.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said update is an update to said arrangement, said update being received from said user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said updating comprises detecting an execution of one member of said group and automatically adding another of said plurality of travel objects in response to said detection.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically selecting comprises adding at least one additional travel object in response to a selection of a travel object having an execution of another said travel object as a suspending condition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least some of said plurality of profile characteristics are extracted from a user profile of said user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least some of said plurality of profile characteristics are extracted from a travel profile provided by said user to define at least one of a group consisting of:

destination, travel period, origin, attendants, and type.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising updating said user profile according to said plurality of travel objects.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying at least one additional user profile associated with a user profile of said user, each said additional user profile defined at least one executed travel schedule defining at least one executed travel activity;

wherein said automatically selecting comprises automatically selecting said group according to said at least one executed travel activity.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a plurality of additional profile characteristics from at least one additional user, said computing comprises computing at least one of said arrangement and said updated arrangement so that each said travel object being scheduled according to a relationship between its scheduling characteristics and said plurality of additional profile characteristics.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically selecting comprises weighting at least some of said plurality of travel objects according to a user profile of said user and selecting said group according to said weighting.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically selecting comprises analyzing the popularity of at least some of said plurality of travel objects in at least one online content source and selecting said group according to said analysis.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically selecting comprises analyzing said plurality of profile characteristics and automatically selecting said group according to said analyzing.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of scheduling characteristics comprise a location of an activity site, said computing comprises computing said arrangement according to a distance between said location and at least one other location of at least one additional activity site defined by at least one of said plurality of other travel objects.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said computing comprises computing said arrangement according to a transportation parameter pertaining to a route between said activity site and said at least one additional activity site.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying said arrangement to a user.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said computing comprises receiving at least one user profile of at least one additional user and computing said arrangement according to said at least one user profile.

17. A system of managing a travel plan, comprising:

a database hosting a plurality of travel objects, each having a plurality of scheduling characteristics;

an input interface which receives a plurality of profile characteristics from a user via a network; and

a travel planning manager which automatically selects a group of said plurality of travel objects according to said plurality of profile characteristics and computes an arrangement of members of said group in a schedule according to said plurality of profile characteristics;

wherein said travel planning manager receives an update to at least one of said members, said schedule, said arrangement and said plurality of profile characteristics and automatically updating said arrangement so that at least one of said travel object being rescheduled according to a relationship between its scheduling characteristics and respective scheduling characteristics of others of said plurality of travel objects, in light of said plurality of profile characteristics.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising a reservation module which communicates with at least one network node connected to said network to reserve automatically at least one service according to said arrangement.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising a data analysis module which scores at least some of said plurality of travel objects according to a content published by at least one network node connected to said network.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising a similarity module which scores at least some of said plurality of travel objects according to a similarity to at least one travel object, previously selected by said user, of said plurality of travel objects.

21. The system of claim 17, further comprising a location sensitive module which identifies a location of said user, said travel planning manager updates said arrangement according to said location.

22. The system of claim 17, further comprising an updating module which calculates said update by monitoring at least one network node connected to said network.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein said updating module monitors an addition of at least one new travel object to said database and calculates said update accordingly.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein said updating module monitors at least one network node connected to said network to detect a change to at least one of said plurality of travel objects, said updating module updating said at least one travel object according to said change.

25. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method of planning a trip, comprising:

receiving a plurality of profile characteristics from a user;

automatically selecting a group from a plurality of travel objects according to a match with said plurality of profile characteristics, each said travel object having a plurality of scheduling characteristics;

computing an arrangement of members of said group in a schedule according to said plurality of profile characteristics and/or of travel scenario context;

receiving an update to at least one of said members, said schedule, said arrangement and said plurality of profile characteristics; and

automatically updating said arrangement so that at least one of said travel object being rescheduled according to a relationship between its scheduling characteristics and respective scheduling characteristics of others of said plurality of travel objects in light of said plurality of profile characteristics and/or of travel scenario context.