×

Planning a journey that includes waypoints

  • US 7,444,237 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2005
  • Issued: 10/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for planning a journey, comprising:

  • establishing selection criteria for a journey from an origin to a destination, the selection criteria comprising one or more traveler preferences and one or more rules, a traveler preference describing a desired feature of a waypoint, a rule specifying an action to perform in response to a trigger event, the waypoint representing an intermediate point between the origin and the destination;

    planning a route for the journey from the origin to the destination;

    detecting a trigger event after initiation of the journey, the trigger event independent of user input, the trigger event occurring when at least one of the one or more traveler preferences matches a description related to one or more alternate waypoints;

    accessing a rule of the one or more rules, the accessed rule specifying an action to perform in response to the detected trigger event;

    selecting, after initiation of the journey, at least one of the one or more alternate waypoints in accordance with the action and the selection criteria; and

    inserting the at least one of the one or more alternate waypoints into the route to create a next route.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×