METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INDIVIDUALIZED ETA IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method of improving a calculation and display of an individualized estimated time of arrival (ETA). Using at least one computing device, driver-related data, including real-time and historic data, associated with a driver may be collected and stored in memory. The computing device may also be used to perform analysis on the driving data and ETA-related data to determine the individualized ETA based at least in part on a set of individualized parameters. The computing device may also be used to display to the driver and/or user the individualized ETA and a corresponding level of familiarity of the driver with one or more segments of a route of the driver.
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41 Claims
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22. A computer-implemented system for determining and providing an estimated time for arrival (ETA), the method comprising:
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establishing, by a server, a current route of a first user to a destination location, the current route being based on a set of possible routes between a current geographic location of the first user and the destination location; receiving, by the server, from a plurality of user computing devices, real-time time-location data associated with the first user and a first set of one or more other users along a first route segment of the current route, and from a second set of one or more other users along one or more additional route segments of the current route, wherein the real-time time-location data is periodically transmitted by at least one mobile data terminal in communication with the server through a wireless network; identifying, by the server, based on the real-time time-location data, (i) a total distance between the current geographic location of the first user and the destination location, (ii) an average speed of the first driver along the first route segment of the current route, (iii) an average speed of the first set of the one or more other users along the first route segment of the current route, and (iv) an average speed of the second set of the one or more other users along the one or more additional route segments of the current route; determining, by the server, a difference between the average speed of the first user along the first route segment and the average speed of the first set of one or more other users along the first route segment; computing, by the server, a predicted speed of the first user along the one or more additional route segments of the current route based on the difference and the average speed of the second set; and calculating, by the server, an ETA of the first user at the destination location based at least on the predicted speed of the first user along the one or more additional route segments of the current route, wherein the predicted speed of the first user along the one or more additional route segments is further computed by (a) identifying and updating the real-time time-location data of the first user, and (b) determining one or more characteristics in accordance with one or more predetermined rules, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise at least a level of familiarity (LOF) of the first user with one or more segments of the current route; and displaying, by the server, on at least one of a display screen of a first user computing device associated with the first user or a second user computing device associated with a second user, at least a portion of data related to the ETA of the first user and additional data related to the LOF of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer-implemented system for determining and providing an estimated time for arrival (ETA), the method comprising:
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identifying, by a server, a preferred route of a first user to a destination location between a current geographic location of the first user and the destination location; setting, by the server, the preferred route as a current route of the first user; receiving, by the server, from a plurality of user computing devices, real-time time-location data associated with the first user and a first set of one or more other users along a first route segment of the current route, and from a second set of one or more other users along one or more additional route segments of the current route, wherein the real-time time-location data is periodically transmitted by at least one mobile data terminal in communication with the server through a wireless network; identifying, by the server, based on the real-time time-location data, a total distance between the current geographic location of the first user and the destination location; determining, based on the real-time time-location data, (i) an average speed of the first user along the first route segment of the current route, wherein the average speed is based on one of;
an actual average speed of the first user or a historical average speed of the first user along the first route segment, (ii) an average speed of the first set of one or more other users along the first route segment of the current route, and (iii) an average speed of the second set of one or more other users along the one or more additional route segments of the current route; andcomputing the ETA for the first user by calculating a predicted speed of the first user along the one or more additional route segments of the current route, wherein the predicted speed of the first user is computed at least by (a) identifying the real-time time-location data of the first user, and (b) determining one or more characteristics in accordance with one or more predetermined rules, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise determining; a difference in average speed between the average speed of the first user along the first route segment and the average speed of the second set of one or more other users along the one or more additional route segments; and a level of familiarity (LOF) of the first user with the current route; and displaying, by the server, on a display screen of a second computing device associated with a second user, a portion of data related to the ETA of the first user, and additional data related to the LOF of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer-implemented system for determining and providing an estimated time for arrival (ETA), the method comprising:
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establishing, by a server, a current route of a first user to a destination location, the current route being, based on a set of possible routes between a current geographic location of the first user and the destination location; receiving, by the server, real-time time-location data from a first computing device associated with the first user, wherein the real-time time-location data is periodically transmitted by at least one mobile data terminal in communication with the server through a wireless network; determining, by the server, based on the real-time time-location data, an ETA of the first user at the destination location, wherein the ETA determination is individualized for the first user based at least on a level of familiarity (LOF) of the first user with the current route, the current route comprising one or more segments; displaying, on a display screen, an interactive electronic interface including a portion of data relating to the LOF of the first user with the current route, wherein the LOF is represented as at least one of;
(a) a direct LOF or (b) an indirect LOF; anddisplaying, on the interface, a roadmap of the current route and one or more depictions of one or more alternative routes from the current geographic location of the first user to the destination location, wherein the one or more depictions of the one or more alternative routes are displayed with respective data identifying a disparity between the current route and the one or more alternative routes, and a corresponding LOF for at least a respective portion of each route. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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