METHODS AND ROUTE PLANNING SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC TRIP MODIFICATIONS AND QUICK AND EASY ALTERNATIVE ROUTES
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1. A dynamic personal travel routing system providing and updating route recommendations for a plurality of users, the system comprising:
- means for creating and maintaining a user profile for each of the users;
means for collecting and maintaining relevant data in a database;
accessing means for the users to access the system to specify user trips;
means for computing, subject to the relevant data, at least one route having a predicted optimal route travel time for each of the user trips specified by the users;
means for updating the relevant data in real-time;
means for updating the system on progress of the specified user trip; and
means for recording trip data relating to the route.
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Abstract
A Dynamic Personal Trip Routing System (DPTRS) which provides users with routes recommendations as a factor of weather and traffic conditions, as well as periodic and historical collected data. The DPTRS also includes a subsystem architecture which provides users the ability to contribute to data collection and update data to be used in providing real-time traffic forecasts. The DPTRS allows for the use of a unique revenue model.
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1. A dynamic personal travel routing system providing and updating route recommendations for a plurality of users, the system comprising:
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means for creating and maintaining a user profile for each of the users; means for collecting and maintaining relevant data in a database; accessing means for the users to access the system to specify user trips; means for computing, subject to the relevant data, at least one route having a predicted optimal route travel time for each of the user trips specified by the users; means for updating the relevant data in real-time; means for updating the system on progress of the specified user trip; and means for recording trip data relating to the route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A dynamic personal traffic routing method for providing and updating route recommendations for a plurality of users, the method comprising:
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creating and maintaining a user profile for each of the users; collecting and maintaining relevant data in a database; the users accessing the system to specify user trips; computing, subject to the relevant data, at least one route having a predicted optimal route travel time for each of the user trips specified by the users; updating the relevant data in real-time; updating the system on progress of the specified user trip; and recording trip data relating to the route. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for providing feedback for navigational routing performed by a navigational routing system, the method comprising:
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providing on a feedback interface an overall or partial navigational route rating feature to receive quantitative user ratings from users of the navigational routing system; receiving via the feedback interface a quantitative user rating from a user of the navigational routing system; making a determination with the feedback interface that the quantitative user rating is equal to or higher than a predetermined value; and in response to determining that the quantitative user rating is below the predetermined value, providing selectable features to the user and prompting the user for additional feedback via the feedback interface.
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31. The method for providing a service summary or receipt on a computing device related to navigational routing, the method comprising:
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determining information relating to a navigational routing service rendered for a user, the information including cost for the navigational routing service, type of service performed, and person who performed the service; displaying at least a portion of the information on the computing device; and displaying a feedback interface that enables the user to rate the navigational routing service received.
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