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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-FACTORED-BASED RANKING OF TRIPS

  • US 20170053209A1
  • Filed: 08/20/2015
  • Published: 02/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for assisting a user in planning a trip comprising:

  • receiving a request for a trip from a user;

    accessing a user profile for the user, the user profile including user preferences for each of a plurality of transportation modes, user goals, and optionally user constraints on trips, the user preferences each including an inferred user preference value and, where stated, a stated user preference value; and

    the user goals each including an inferred user goal value and, where stated, a stated user goal value;

    building a set of candidate itineraries for the trip which meet the user'"'"'s constraints, the candidate itineraries each specifying a respective set of the plurality of transportation modes;

    for each of the user preferences, aggregating the stated preference value, where stated, and the inferred preference value to generate a weight for the preference;

    for each of the user goals, aggregating the stated goal value, where stated, and the inferred goal value to generate a weight for the goal;

    for each of the candidate itineraries, computing a cost for each of the goals;

    with a processor, for each of the candidate itineraries, ranking the itinerary based on the preference weights, goal weights, and the computed cost for each of the goals; and

    outputting information on at least a subset of the ranked itineraries for enabling the user to select an itinerary for the trip.

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