SCHEDULE DATA STANDARDIZATION

• US 20160125054A1
• Filed: 11/03/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Amadeus (Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.)
• Original Assignee: Amadeus (Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.)
• Inventors: Pasero, David, Walker, Charles, Vellay, Xavier, Giorla, Celine
• Application Number:
  US14/531,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20160125054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/14 Travel agencies

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products for processing schedule data for conversion to standardized schedule data. Non-standardized schedule data is determined from a schedule database. A plurality of schedule data points associated with the non-standardized schedule data are determined. Geographical coordinates for each of the schedule data points are determined. A plurality of standardized schedule data points that are associated with the non-standardized schedule data are determined based at least in part on the geographical coordinates of each of the schedule data points. The non-standardized schedule data is converted to the standardized schedule data for storage in a standardized schedule database based at least in part on the plurality of standardized data points.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory coupled with the at least one processor, the memory comprising;

a non-air travel schedules database that stores travel schedules of at least one non-air transport mode;

a standardized travel schedules database that stores standardized travel schedules; and

program code stored thereon and configured to be executed by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to;

query the non-air travel schedules database to determine the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode,

determine a plurality of travel stations associated with travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode;

determine geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations,

determine a plurality of standardized travel stations that are associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode based at least in part on the geographical coordinates of each of the plurality of travel stations; and

convert the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode to the standardized travel schedules for storage in the standardized travel schedules database based at least in part on the plurality of standardized travel stations to thereby transform the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode into standardized travel schedules based at least in part on the geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations and the plurality of standardized travel stations.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one non-air transport mode comprises rail travel, motor vehicle based travel, ferry travel, or any combination thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations are validated geographical coordinates, and the validated geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel solutions are determined by:

determining candidate geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations;

determining an angle associated with a particular travel station based on the candidate geographical coordinates of the particular travel station and the candidate geographical coordinates of two neighboring travel stations; and

determining whether the candidate geographical coordinates for the particular travel station are validated geographical coordinates based at least in part on the determined angle.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the program code is further configured, upon execution, to cause the at least one processor to:

highlight the particular travel station for review responsive to determining that the candidate geographical coordinates for the particular travel station are not validated geographical coordinates.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations are validated geographical coordinates, and the validated geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel solutions are determined by:

determining candidate geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations;

determining an average speed associated with a travel leg between a particular travel station and at least one neighboring travel station based at least in part on the candidate geographical coordinates of the particular travel station and the candidate geographical coordinates of the at least one neighboring travel station; and

determining whether the candidate geographical coordinates for the particular travel station are validated geographical coordinates based at least in part on the determined average speed.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of standardized travel stations associated with the travel schedule are determined by:

determining candidate standardized travel stations within a predefined distance of the geographical coordinates of the travel stations; and

determining the plurality of standardized travel stations from the candidate standardized travel stations based at least in part on a distance from each candidate standardized travel station to a nearest travel station of the plurality of travel stations.

7. A method for converting travel schedules of at least one non-air transport mode to standardized travel schedules, the method comprising:

in a data processing system, querying a non-air travel schedules database to determine the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode;

determining, from the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode, a plurality of travel stations associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode;

determining, with at least one processor, geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations;

determining, with the at least one processor, a plurality of standardized travel stations that are associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode based at least in part on the geographical coordinates of each of the plurality of travel stations; and

converting, with the at least one processor, the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode to the standardized travel schedules for storage in a standardized travel schedules database based at least in part on the plurality of standardized travel stations to thereby transform the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode into standardized travel schedules based at least in part on the geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations and the plurality of standardized travel stations.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one non-air transport mode comprises rail travel, motor vehicle based travel, ferry travel, or any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations are validated geographical coordinates, and determining the validated geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations comprises:

determining candidate geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations;

determining an angle associated with a particular travel station based on the candidate geographical coordinates of the particular travel station and the candidate geographical coordinates of two neighboring travel stations; and

determining whether the candidate geographical coordinates for the particular travel station are validated geographical coordinates based at least in part on the determined angle.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

in response to determining that the candidate geographical coordinates for the particular travel station are not validated geographical coordinates, highlighting the particular travel station for review.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations are validated geographical coordinates, and determining the validated geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations comprises:

determining candidate geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations;

determining an average speed associated with a travel leg between a particular travel station and at least one neighboring travel station based at least in part on the candidate geographical coordinates of the particular travel station and the candidate geographical coordinates of the at least one neighboring travel station; and

determining whether the candidate geographical coordinates for the particular travel station are validated geographical coordinates based at least in part on the determined average speed.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the plurality of standardized travel stations associated with the travel schedules comprises:

determining candidate standardized travel stations within a predefined distance of the geographical coordinates of the travel stations; and

determining the plurality of standardized travel stations from the candidate standardized travel stations based at least in part on a distance from each candidate standardized travel station to a nearest travel station of the plurality of travel stations.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein each travel schedule includes at least one travel leg, and converting the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode to the standardized travel schedules comprises:

determining at least one global travel leg based at least in part on the at least one travel leg and standardized travel stations determined for each travel schedule.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein a particular travel schedule comprises two travel legs, and determining the at least one global travel leg for the particular travel schedule comprises:

merging the two travel legs such that the at least one global travel leg includes a departure time and departure travel station for an earlier of the two travel legs and the arrival time and arrival travel station of a later of the two travel legs.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein a particular travel schedule comprises two travel legs, and determining the at least one global travel leg for the particular travel schedule comprises:

merging the two travel legs such that the at least one global travel leg includes a departure time and departure travel station for a later of the two travel legs and the arrival time and arrival travel station of an earlier of the two travel legs.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the plurality of standardized travel stations that are associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode is based at least in part on a distance between a particular travel station and a particular standardized travel station.

17. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the plurality of standardized travel stations that are associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode is based at least in part on a frequency of any other travel schedules at a particular standardized travel station.

18. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the plurality of standardized travel stations that are associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode is based at least in part on an average number of passengers associated with some of the standardized travel stations, a number of travel providers at some of the standardized travel stations, a number of rail travel tracks at some of the standardized travel stations, a number of platforms at some of the standardized travel stations, or any combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing the standardized travel schedules in the standardized travel schedule database of the data processing system,

wherein determining the plurality of travel stations associated with the travel schedules comprises in the data processing system, parsing each travel schedule of the at least one non-air transport mode to determine a departure travel station and an arrival travel station for each travel leg of each travel schedule of the at least one non-air transport mode,

wherein the plurality of travel stations are determined based at least in part on the departure travel station and the arrival travel station of each travel leg of each travel schedule of the at least one non-air transport mode,

wherein determining the geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations comprises querying a travel stations database for each of the plurality of travel stations, and

wherein determining the plurality of standardized travel stations associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode comprises querying a standardized travel stations database based at least in part on the geographical coordinates of each of the plurality of travel stations.

20. A program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium; and

program code stored on the computer readable storage medium and configured, upon execution, to cause at least one processor to;

query a non-air travel schedules database to determine the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode,

determine a plurality of travel stations associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode;

determine geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations;

determine a plurality of standardized travel stations that are associated with the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode based at least in part on the geographical coordinates of each of the plurality of travel stations; and

convert the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode to the standardized travel schedules for storage in a standardized travel schedules database based at least in part on the plurality of standardized travel stations to thereby transform the travel schedules of the at least one non-air transport mode into standardized travel schedules based at least in part on the geographical coordinates for each of the plurality of travel stations and the plurality of standardized travel stations.