Intermediate Rendezvous Location Identifier Application

• US 20130345964A1
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Findaspot, LLC
• Original Assignee: Derrick Denicola
• Inventors: Denicola, Derrick
• Granted Patent: US 9,080,876 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/422
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route

Abstract

A system for determining a suitable geographic rendezvous location for a plurality of geographically separated participants, preferably realized as a computer application which may be entered into devices such as Smartphones. The system inputs initial locations of the participants, determines a location which is intermediate the participants, and communicates the determined location to the participants. Optionally, the system may generate graphic displays on screens of the Smartphones, showing identification of the determined location, travel directions such as maps, warnings of impediments to travel, and supplementary information pertaining to the determined location such as addresses and contact data. The system may accept conditions influencing determination of a suitable location, may offer a choice of determined locations, and may draw on internet based sources for background information necessary for determining the determined location and for generating the displays. Some processing may be sourced remotely rather than within a participating Smartphone.

Claims

1. A system for determining a suitable geographic rendezvous point for a plurality of geographically separated participants and communicating a determined rendezvous point to the participants, comprising

computer implementable data processing steps for receiving inputs identifying initial geographically separated locations for each one of the participants;

computer implementable data processing steps for determining an intermediate geographic location which is intermediate relative to the initial geographic locations of the participants; and

wireless data signals disposed to communicate the determined intermediate geographic location to mobile communications devices.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the inputs may be entered into mobile communications devices.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the inputs may at least in part be entered manually.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the inputs may be implemented at least in part remotely.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising computer implementable data processing steps for imposing constraints on selecting the determined intermediate geographic location.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the constraint comprises limiting potential determined intermediate geographic locations to those which are separated from the initial geographically separated locations of the participants by equal travel times regardless of geographic travel distances.