Method and apparatus for automatically determining practicality of a trip
First Claim
1. A method for execution in a computing device, the method comprising:
- maintaining trip settings defining preferences for combining considerations of practicality for making a given point of interest an intermediate location to be visited during a given trip;
obtaining a starting location and a finishing location for a trip;
obtaining a plurality of sets of points of interest, each set of points of interest having at least one point of interest;
determining a plurality of possible combinations for visiting points of interest, each possible combination comprising one point of interest from each set of points of interest; and
for each possible combination determined, automatically determining an indication of practicality for visiting the points of interest of the possible combination during the trip based on both the starting location and the finishing location for the trip;
wherein for each possible combination determined, automatically determining the indication of practicality for visiting the points of interest of the possible combination comprises;
automatically estimating how long the trip will become if the points of interest of the possible combination are visited during the trip to produce a first consideration;
automatically estimating how expensive the trip will become if the points of interest are visited during the trip to produce a second consideration; and
creating a combination of the first and second considerations according to the trip settings to determine the indication of practicality.
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Abstract
Provided is a method and an apparatus for automatically determining practicality of a trip. A mobile device obtains at least one point of interest among a starting location and a finishing location for a trip. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, for each point of interest, the mobile device automatically determines an indication of practicality for making the point of interest an intermediate location to be visited during the trip based on both the starting location and the finishing location for the trip. By considering both the starting location and the finishing location, the points of interest can be presented to the user in a manner that reflects how practical it is to visit the points of interest given that the user is to end up at the finishing location.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for execution in a computing device, the method comprising:
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maintaining trip settings defining preferences for combining considerations of practicality for making a given point of interest an intermediate location to be visited during a given trip; obtaining a starting location and a finishing location for a trip; obtaining a plurality of sets of points of interest, each set of points of interest having at least one point of interest; determining a plurality of possible combinations for visiting points of interest, each possible combination comprising one point of interest from each set of points of interest; and for each possible combination determined, automatically determining an indication of practicality for visiting the points of interest of the possible combination during the trip based on both the starting location and the finishing location for the trip; wherein for each possible combination determined, automatically determining the indication of practicality for visiting the points of interest of the possible combination comprises; automatically estimating how long the trip will become if the points of interest of the possible combination are visited during the trip to produce a first consideration; automatically estimating how expensive the trip will become if the points of interest are visited during the trip to produce a second consideration; and creating a combination of the first and second considerations according to the trip settings to determine the indication of practicality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; and a POI practicality determiner configured for; maintaining trip settings defining preferences for combining considerations of practicality for making a given point of interest an intermediate location to be visited during a given trip; obtaining a starting location and a finishing location for a trip; obtaining a plurality of sets of points of interest, each set of points of interest having at least one point of interest; determining a plurality of possible combinations for visiting points of interest, each possible combination comprising one point of interest from each set of points of interest; and for each possible combination determined, automatically determining an indication of practicality for visiting the points of interest of the possible combination during the trip based on both the starting location and the finishing location for the trip; wherein for each possible combination determined, the POI practicality determiner is configured for automatically determining the indication of practicality for visiting the points of interest of the possible combination by; automatically estimating how long the trip will become if the points of interest are visited during the trip to produce a first consideration; automatically estimating how expensive the trip will become if the points of interest are visited during the trip to produce a second consideration; and creating a combination of the first and second considerations according to the trip settings to determine the indication of practicality. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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