TRAVEL APP

• US 20140032437A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nearby Colleges, LLC
• Original Assignee: Nearby Colleges, LLC
• Inventors: Greenberg, Eric Steven
• Application Number:
  US13/942,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20140032437A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/327
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/205 Education administration or guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/2053 Education institution selection, admissions, or financial aid

Abstract

A system and method to conduct a search for visits of colleges and/or universities (C/Us) comprising the steps of: entering student data into an input device; entering locating information and a desired radius limitation into the input device; and generating C/Us relevant to the student data and within the radius limitation. Another embodiment comprises the steps of: sending locating information and a desired radius limitation to an input device; generating C/Us within the radius limitation; selecting C/Us of interest; and generating information about selected C/Us. Another embodiment relates to a system and method to conduct a search visit of destinations comprising the steps of: entering destination data into an input device; entering locating information and a desired radius limitation into the input device; and generating destinations relevant to the destination data and within the radius limitation.

Claims

1. A system and a method to conduct a search, and/or visit of colleges and/or universities (“

C/Us”

) comprising the steps of;

entering student data into an input device;

entering locating information and a desired radius limitation into the input device; and

generating C/Us relevant to the student data and within the radius limitation.

2. The system and method of claim 1, wherein student data comprises at least one of student qualifications and/or student choices.

3. The system and method of claim 2, wherein student qualifications comprise of at least one of standardized test scores, SAT scores, ACT scores, GPA scores, school attended, school attending, year of graduation, public or private school, years of attendance, high school attending, high school attended, type of education, degree(s), grade(s), course(s), curriculum, school rating, class rating, class ranking, student rating, and/or student ranking.

4. The system and method of claim 2, wherein student choices comprise of at least one of curriculum, degrees offered, school requirements, public or private, tuition, additional school costs, extracurricular activities, school organizations, student organizations, size of school, type of school, housing, school statistics, school information, school data, school criteria, school history, faculty, faculty information, school achievements or honors, school reputation, school area information, distance coordinates, and/or travel considerations.

5. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the locating information comprises of at least one of longitude, latitude, location coordinates, a city, zip code, street address, street name, state, nearby location, county, village, town, landmark, destination, destination address in part or in whole, college, university, school, school name, phone number in part or in whole, email, web address, social media address, and/or Skype name.

6. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the locating information is used as the center point or starting point from which to generate relevant C/Us within the desired radius limitation.

7. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the desired radius limitation is 5 miles, 10 miles, 15 miles, 20 miles, 30 miles, 40 miles, 50 miles, 75 miles, or any specified number of miles (or other unit of measurement).

8. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the desired radius limitation is any specified number of miles (or other unit of measurement), for example from 0-250, and can be selected by a sliding option with increments including plus or minus.

9. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the input device is a tablet, smart phone, phone, mobile device, smart device, computer, microphone, fax, facsimile, electronic device, hand held device, iphone, or ipad, mobile phone, touch-screen computing device, portable media player, smart pad, smart device, computer, micro device, portable device, powered device, technical device, electronic component device, ios device, optical device, optical reader, the means by which a user can communicate with the system and method of the invention, touch pad, information or data input communication device, key board, portable device, virtual device, Bluetooth, and/or voice prompt.

10. The system and method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

selecting one or more C/Us from the relevant C/Us generated;

generating information about the selected C/Us; and

/or

providing an itinerary of selected C/Us or planned route or journey.

11. The system and method of claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

entering a second locating information, which can be the same or different from the first, and a second desired radius limitation, which can be the same or different from the first, into the input device;

generating a second batch of C/Us relevant to the student data and within the second radius limitation;

selecting C/Us from the second batch of C/Us; and

providing an itinerary based on the first batch and the second batch of the selected C/Us or planned route or journey.

12. The system and method of claim 10, further comprising:

requesting a repeat search of C/Us within a radius limitation of one or more selected C/Us;

generating repeat C/Us within the radius limitation of one or more selected C/Us;

selecting repeat C/Us of interest;

generating information about selected C/Us of interest.

13. The system and method of claim 12, wherein the information generated about the selected C/Us comprises at least one of student population, average annual tuition, tuition, tour availability, admissions information, admissions appointments or availability, visiting information, tour information, and/or information sessions.

14. The system and method of claim 12, wherein the information generated about the selected C/Us comprises at least one of a link to communicate with, call the C/Us, link to the C/Us'"'"' website, link to make an online appointment for an interview, and/or link to the C/Us'"'"' facebook page or other social media.

15. The system and method of claim 1, further comprising:

entering other stops or destination data into the input device; and

/or

entering the C/Us or other locating information and/or a desired radius limitation into the input device; and

generating other stops relevant to the other stops data and within the radius limitation if applicable.

16. The system and method of claim 1,

further comprising a software element that can utilize a map API (Application Programming Interface).

17. The system and method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

selecting one or more C/Us from the relevant C/Us generated and saving the selected C/Us as a group.

18. The system and method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

a) entering student data for another group, which is the same or different from the student data which has already been entered, into an input device;

b) entering locating information for that other group, which is the same or different from the locating information which has already been entered, and/or a desired radius limitation into a input device;

c) generating C/Us relevant to the student data for that other group and/or within the radius limitation;

d) selecting one or more C/Us from the generated C/Us relevant to the student data for that other group and saving the selected C/Us as another group;

e) repeating steps a through d as often as desired; and

entering further student data into the input device to generate a combined list of C/Us from all the groups and relevant to the further student data entered.

19. The system and method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

entering into the input device another set of student data, which is the same or different from the student data which has already been entered;

and generating C/Us relevant to the other set of student data from the group of C/Us which has already been selected.

20. The system and method of claim 1, further comprises that the enterer can communicate directly with one or more of the generated C/Us using a communicator comprising at least one of the following:

2-way text-to-cell communication, 2-way voice communication, 2-way Social Media communications, 2-way texting, 2-way phone, 2-way SMS and/or MMS, and/or 2-way communication.

21. The system and method of claim 1, further comprising generating a map showing the relevant C/Us, a graph and/or table;

and selecting from list or further qualifying.

22. The system and method of claim 1, further comprising sorting the generated C/Us by one or more of distance, price, schools, divisions, majors, curriculums, clubs, sports, activities, organizations, student information, school information, student qualifications, school qualifications, honors, awards, financial add, scholarships, student employment information, student population, average annual tuition, tour availability, information sessions, and/or size.

23. The system and method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing information about food, gas and/or lodging within a selected radius of the selected C/Us.

41. The system and method of claim 20, further comprising that the enterer/user can communicate directly with one or more of the generated C/Us with multiple communications that each can be more than 2-way communications.

42. The system and method of claim 1, further comprises that the enterer/user can communicate directly with one or more of the generated C/Us using a communicator comprising at least one of the following:

at least 2-way text-to-cell communication, at least 2-way voice communication, at least 2-way Social Media communications, at least 2-way texting, at least 2-way phone, at least 2-way SMS and/or MMS, and/or at least 2-way communication.

24. A system and a method to conduct a search visit of colleges and/or universities (“

C/Us”

) comprising the steps of;

sending locating information and a desired radius limitation to an input device;

generating C/Us within the radius limitation;

selecting C/Us of interest; and

generating information about selected C/Us.

25. The system and method of claim 24, wherein all C/Us within the radius limitation are generated.

26. The system and method of claim 24, wherein the information generated about the selected C/Us comprises at least one of student population, average annual tuition, tour availability, information sessions, distance, price, schools, divisions, majors, curriculums, clubs, sports, activities, organizations, student information, school information, student qualifications, school qualifications, honors, awards, financial add, scholarships, student employment information, and/or size.

27. The system and method of claim 24, wherein the information generated about the selected C/Us comprises at least one of a link to call the C/Us, link to the C/Us'"'"' website, a link to make an online appointment for an interview, and/or link to the C/Us'"'"' facebook page or other social media.

28. The system and method of claim 24, wherein the locating information is at least one of longitude, latitude, location coordinates, a city, zip code, street address, street name, state, nearby location, county, village, town, landmark, destination, college, university, school name, phone number in part or in whole, email, web address, social media address, and/or Skype name, longitude, latitude, location coordinates, city, zip code, street address, street name, state, nearby location, county, village, town, landmark, destination, college, university, school name, phone number in part or in whole, email, web address, social media address, Skype name, Destinations, a place, structure, event, site, address, school, tourist site, college, university, business, desired location, target location, nearby location, additional location, location, movie theatre, store, office, facility, professional space, professional location, professional office, professional practices, professional address, specialty store, gas, restaurant, food, lodging, hotel, hostel, camp site, and/or medical, dental, and/or health related practices, etc.

29. The system and method of claim 24, wherein the desired radius limitation is 5 miles, 10 miles, 15 miles, 20 miles, 30 miles, 40 miles, 50 miles, 75 miles, or any specified number of miles (or other unit of measurement).

30. The system and method of claim 24, further comprising:

providing information about food, gas and/or lodging within a selected radius of the selected C/Us.

31. The system and method of claim 24, further comprising:

requesting a repeat search of C/Us within a radius limitation of one or more selected C/Us;

generating repeat C/Us within the radius limitation of one or more selected C/Us;

selecting repeat C/Us of interest; and

inputting and/or generating information about selected C/Us of interest.

32. The system and method of claim 24, wherein the input device is a tablet, smart phone, phone, mobile device, smart device, computer, microphone, fax, facsimile, electronic device, iphone, ipad, tablets, smart phones, phone, mobile device, smart device, computers, voice prompt, microphone, fax, facsimile, electronic device, iphone, ipad, Bluetooth device, hand held device, iphone, ipad, mobile phone, touch-screen computing device, portable media player, smart pad, micro device, portable device, powered device, technical device, electronic component device, ios device, optical device, optical reader, global positioning system (GPS).

33. The system and method of claim 24, further comprising:

entering other stops data into the input device;

entering the C/Us or other locating information and a desired radius limitation into the input device; and

generating other stops relevant to the other stops data and within the radius limitation.

34. A system and method to conduct a search of destinations comprising the steps of:

entering destination data into an input device;

entering locating information and a desired radius limitation into the input device; and

generating destinations relevant to the destination data and within a radius limitation.

35. The system and method of claim 34, wherein destination data comprises at least one of type of destination, name of destination, and/or category of destination, or a place, structure, event, site, address, school, tourist site, college, university, business, target location, desired location, nearby location, additional location, location, movie theatre, store, office, facility, professional space, professional location, professional address, professional office, specialty store, gas, restaurant, food, lodging, hotel, hostel, camp site, and/or medical, dental, and/or health related practices, geographic coordinate(s), geolocation, longitude and/or latitude, measurements, address in part or in whole, a place, structure, event, site, address, school, tourist site, college, university, business, target location, nearby location, additional location, location, movie theatre, store, office, facility, professional space, professional location, professional address, professional practices, professional office, specialty store, gas, restaurant, food, lodging, hotel, hostel, camp site, and/or medical, dental, and/or health related practices.

36. The system and method of claim 34, wherein the locating information is at least one of longitude, latitude, location coordinates, a city, zip code, street address, street name, state, nearby location, county, village, town, landmark, destination, college, university, school name, phone number in part or in whole, email, web address, social media address, and/or Skype name.

37. The system and method of claim 34, wherein the desired radius limitation is 5 miles, 10 miles, 15 miles, 20 miles, 30 miles, 40 miles, 50 miles, 75 miles, or any specified number of miles (or any other unit of measure).

38. The system and method of claim 34, further comprising the steps of:

selecting one or more destinations from the relevant destinations generated;

generating information about the selected destinations; and

providing directions/information on available public or other transportation based on the selected destinations.

39. The system and method of claim 38, further comprising the steps of:

entering a second locating information, which can be the same or different from the first, and a desired second radius limitation, which can be the same or different from the first, into the input device;

generating a second batch of destinations relevant to the destination data and within the second radius limitation;

selecting destinations from the second batch of destinations; and

providing directions/information on available public transportation based on the first batch and the second batch of the selected destinations.

40. The system and method of claim 38, further comprising:

requesting a repeat search of destinations within a radius limitation of one or more selected destinations;

generating repeat destinations within the radius limitation of one or more selected destinations;

selecting repeat destinations of interest; and

generating information about selected destinations of interest.

43. A non-transitory storage device storing a plurality of instructions, to conduct a search, and/or visit of colleges and/or universities (“

C/Us”

) wherein said non-transitory storage device comprises a plurality of instructions for;

entering student data into an input device;

entering locating information and a desired radius limitation into the input device; and

generating C/Us relevant to the student data and within the radius limitation.

44. The non-transitory storage device of claim 43, wherein the instructions further comprise at least one of the following steps of:

a) selecting one or more C/Us from the relevant C/Us generated, generating information about the selected C/Us, and/or providing an itinerary of selected C/Us or planned route or journey;

or

b) entering a second locating information, which can be the same or different from the first, and a second desired radius limitation, which can be the same or different from the first, into the input device, generating a second batch of C/Us relevant to the student data and within the second radius limitation, selecting C/Us from the second batch of C/Us, and providing an itinerary based on the first batch and the second batch of the selected C/Us or planned route or journey; and

/or

c) requesting a repeat search of C/Us within a radius limitation of one or more selected C/Us, generating repeat C/Us within the radius limitation of one or more selected C/Us, selecting repeat C/Us of interest, generating information about selected C/Us of interest;

and/or

d) entering other stops or destination data into the input device;

and/or

e) entering the C/Us or other locating information and/or a desired radius limitation into the input device; and

/or

f) generating other stops relevant to the other stops data and within the radius limitation if applicable;

and/or

g) further comprising a software element that can utilize a map API (Application Programming Interface); and

/or

h) selecting one or more C/Us from the relevant C/Us generated and saving the selected C/Us as a group; and

/or

i) entering student data for another group, which is the same or different from the student data which has already been entered, into an input device, entering locating information for that other group, which is the same or different from the locating information which has already been entered, and/or a desired radius limitation into a input device, generating C/Us relevant to the student data for that other group and/or within the radius limitation, selecting one or more C/Us from the generated C/Us relevant to the student data for that other group and saving the selected C/Us as another group, repeating steps a through d as often as desired; and

entering further student data into the input device to generate a combined list of C/Us from all the groups and relevant to the further student data entered; and

/or

j) entering into the input device another set of student data, which is the same or different from the student data which has already been entered, and generating C/Us relevant to the other set of student data from the group of C/Us which has already been selected; and

/or

k) further comprises that the enterer can communicate directly with one or more of the generated C/Us using a communicator comprising at least one of the following;

at least a 2-way text-to-cell communication, at least a 2-way voice communication, at least a 2-way Social Media communications, at least a 2-way texting, at least a 2-way phone, at least a 2-way SMS and/or MMS, and/or at least a 2-way communication; and

/or

L) providing information about food, gas and/or lodging within a selected radius of the selected C/Us.