TRANSPORTATION PLANNER AND ROUTE CALCULATOR FOR ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL METHODS

• US 20150276419A1
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Heba Abdulmohsen Hashem, Thieab Aldossary
• Original Assignee: Thieab Aldossary
• Inventors: ALDOSSARY, Thieab, HASHEM, Heba Abdulmohsen
• Granted Patent: US 9,389,086 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence

Abstract

A transportation planner and route calculator for alternative travel methods that recommends alternative modes of transport relating to the preferences of the user. Recommendations draw upon preferences generated from the user'"'"'s profile which is made up of inserted information from the user, travel historical log, a settings application and a method of auto adjusting the user'"'"'s profile. A calculator unit retrieves one or more generated attributes of the user and obtains various related information such as available public transport, weather forecasts, historical travel log, to calculate travel options that best suit the users needs. The application constantly updates the users profile based on the users travel patterns and preferences, as the application learns more about the user the better the application becomes at recommending travel routes that suite the user'"'"'s requirements.

Claims

1. A travel planner and personalized route calculating device, comprising circuitry configured to:

generate a user profile including one or more selected from the group consisting of a questionnaire, a settings application, scheduling information, social network information, and a log of previous journeys made by the user;

generate a plurality of route recommendations based on the user profile, a current location of the user, localized transportation and Traffic Demand Management options,

automatically evaluate an extent the route recommendations are performed;

generate a preference ranking based on the user profile and at least one selected from the group consisting of a fitness, a time, a safety, a cost, a health, an environmental, a scenic, a weather and a mode of transport for a user, and update the user profile to include the preference ranking;

wherein the plurality of route recommendations include a separate recommendation corresponding to each category of the preference rankings, and

wherein the circuitry is configured to select a route recommendation having a highest preference ranking and to control a display to output the selected route recommendation.

2. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device in claim 1, wherein;

a number of options for a journey are generated based on a user profile algorithm that matches closest to an journey algorithm and are displayed in order of best match.

3. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 1, wherein;

the circuitry is further configured to generate, a settings configuration that allows the user to further calibrate their search results based on additional customizable attributes.

4. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 1, wherein;

the circuitry is further configured to

receive an input indicating a desired mode of transport, and

filter the plurality of route recommendations based on the desired mode of transport and a priority setting corresponding to the desired mode of transport, wherein the priority setting is included in the user profile.

5. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 1, wherein;

integrated in the user profile are one or more sets of customizable targets and aims for the user to achieve.

6. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 1, wherein;

the evaluating creates an algorithm built on a median aggregation function that calculates the middle value for different attributes by using multiple observations from the user profile attributes.

7. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 2, wherein;

the circuitry is further configured to display one or more variable readings for one or more journeys.

8. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 3, wherein;

examples of one or more additional customizable attributes in the settings configuration are selected from the group consisting of preference filtration results based on weather conditions, time of day, day of the week, fitness aims, and environmental aims.

9. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 6, wherein;

the algorithm is a chi-square algorithm that calculates one or more recommendations based on data obtained from the user.

10. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 9, wherein;

the chi-square algorithm forecasts and recommends travel plans relating to the user profile preferences and actual travel patterns.

11. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 10, wherein;

forecasted and recommended travel plans retrieve assigned expected values from the individual profile attributes.

12. The travel planner and personalized route calculating device of claim 8, wherein;

previously visited locations are registered and closely matched with previously visited location outlets and events are recommended through a graphical map interface.