Itinerary Planning System and Method Thereof

• US 20130268195A1
• Filed: 04/03/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xaduro Inc.
• Original Assignee: Xaduro Inc.
• Inventors: Tai, Chih-Pin, Ding, Shiau-Jing
• Application Number:
  US13/856,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20130268195A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047

Abstract

The present invention provides an itinerary planning system and an itinerary planning, estimating and automatic producing method, wherein the itinerary planning system including an itinerary displaying board for displaying an itinerary, a general information displaying module for displaying a general information and a geographic information displaying module for displaying a geographic information, wherein an interaction existing among them. The itinerary planning system is capable of planning an itinerary, estimating the best sequence of the itinerary, sequencing the itinerary automatically according to the interest of the user, and editing the same itinerary by the multi-people real-timely and synchronously, to make the itinerary planning system of the present invention is more convenience for the user to use the system.

Claims

1. An itinerary planning system, comprising:

an itinerary board displaying an itinerary;

a general information module displaying a general information; and

a geographic information module displaying a geographic information, wherein there is at least one interactive relationship among the itinerary board, the general information module and the geographic information module.

2. The itinerary planning system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one interactive relationship further comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of a first interactive relationship, a second interactive relationship, a third interactive relationship, a fourth interactive relationship, a fifth interactive relationship, a sixth interactive relationship and a seventh interactive relationship, wherein

the first interactive relationship refreshes the geographic information module according to a first sub-information selected from the general information to display a first geographic sub-information corresponding to the first sub-information;

the second interactive relationship refreshes the general information module according to a second geographic sub-information selected from the geographic information to display a second sub-information corresponding to the second geographic sub-information;

the third interactive relationship refreshes the general information module according to a first sub-itinerary selected from the itinerary in the itinerary board to display a third sub-information corresponding to the first sub-itinerary;

the fourth interactive relationship refreshes the geographic information module according to a second sub-itinerary selected from the itinerary in the itinerary board to display a third geographic sub-information corresponding to the second sub-itinerary;

the fifth interactive relationship places a fourth sub-information selected from the general information into the itinerary board to generate a third sub-itinerary;

the sixth interactive relationship places a fourth geographic sub-information selected from the geographic information into the itinerary board to generate a fourth sub-itinerary; and

the seventh interactive relationship is used to display a traffic information in the general information module and the geographic information module according to the itinerary, wherein the traffic information is one selected from a group consisting of a traffic budget, a traffic route, a traffic time, and a combination thereof.

3. An itinerary planning method, comprising steps of:

displaying a first itinerary information;

receiving a specific itinerary information;

providing an itinerary board having a time; and

displaying a second itinerary information including at least one of a geographic information and a general information.

4. The itinerary planning method according to claim 3, wherein the specific itinerary information is dragged into the itinerary board to generate an itinerary.

5. The itinerary planning method according to claim 3, wherein the itinerary board comprises a location and a condition corresponding to the location, and the itinerary planning method further comprises a step of comparing the condition with a parameter to obtain an estimation result.

6. The itinerary planning method according to claim 5, wherein the location comprises a first location and a second location, and the condition is a time sequence corresponding to the first location and the second location.

7. The itinerary planning method according to claim 5, wherein the itinerary further comprises one selected from a group consisting of a budget, a traffic mode, an itinerary requirement, and a combination thereof, the estimation result is displayed through one being selected from a group consisting of a script, a score, a screen, a color, an animation, a sound, and a combination thereof, and the condition is a time sequence.

8. The itinerary planning method according to claim 7, wherein the time sequence comprises a sub-time related to an item, the budget corresponds to one of a specific purpose or destination and the location, and the estimation result comprises whether the itinerary is a best schedule.

9. The itinerary planning method according to claim 3, further comprising steps of:

providing a plurality of itinerary information and a parameter set by a user;

using an algorithm to sift the plurality of itinerary information according the parameter; and

arranging the sifted itinerary information to generate an itinerary.

10. The itinerary planning method according to claim 9, wherein the parameter is one selected from a group consisting of a travel preference, a travel purpose, a traveler requirement, and a combination thereof, and the algorithm is one selected from a group consisting of a first sub-algorithm, a second sub-algorithm and a combination thereof.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first sub-algorithm personalizes the itinerary, and the second sub-algorithm optimizes the itinerary.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the algorithm further comprises a third sub-algorithm.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the third sub-algorithm is one of an information matching method and an itinerary estimating method.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the information matching method comprises steps of:

receiving a personal preference parameter; and

calculating the itinerary information according to the personal preference parameter to obtain a calculating result.

15. The itinerary planning method according to claim 3, wherein the first and the second itinerary information are respectively displayed on a first and a second display screens.

16. The itinerary planning method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of refreshing the first and the second itinerary information within a time period when the itinerary information is dragged into the itinerary displaying board.

17. The itinerary planning method according to claim 16, wherein the time period is no more than 30 seconds.

18. An itinerary planning method, comprising steps of:

displaying a multi-day itinerary board comprising a plurality of dates; and

allocating an itinerary information into the multi-day itinerary board for at least one of the plurality of dates.

19. The itinerary planning method according to claim 18, wherein the multi-day itinerary board further comprises a single-day itinerary board for one of the plurality of dates.

20. The itinerary planning method according to claim 18 further comprising steps of:

selecting a specific date from the plurality of dates;

displaying a single-day itinerary board corresponding to the specific day; and

allocating the itinerary information to the single-day itinerary board to obtain an itinerary.