Interactive user interface providing weather information and available trips

• US 9,459,117 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Baig, Haroon
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, SHARDUL D
• Application Number:
  US14/136,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20150177019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 701/532, 701/400, 701/123, 705/6, 705/7.11, 707/752, 707/769, 707/E17.044, 707/E17.014, 340/905
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3694 Output thereof on a road map

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing an interactive user interface that displays anticipated weather conditions alongside a plurality of available trips between an origin and a destination are provided. An exemplary user interface can include a plurality of trip identifiers on a graph having an axis indicative of time. For example, the plurality of trip identifiers can respectively represent a plurality of available transit trips. For example, each trip identifier can provide an intuitive sense regarding the overall duration of the trip, a number of transfers or legs for each trip, time spent in each leg of the trip, a mode of transportation associated with each leg of each trip, and/or other information. The anticipated weather conditions associated with the trips can be presented alongside the plurality of trip identifiers.

Claims

1. A computing system comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

obtaining data describing a plurality of trips between an origin and a destination, wherein each trip comprises one or more legs, and wherein each leg of each trip utilizes one of a plurality of different modes of transportation;

obtaining data describing weather conditions associated with one or more of the plurality of trips, the weather conditions being further associated with one or more time periods during which the weather conditions are expected to occur;

identifying one or more modes of transportation from the plurality of different modes of transportation to be presented to a user, the one or more modes of transportation being identified based at least in part on the data describing the weather conditions;

respectively representing at least a subset of the plurality of trips with a plurality of trip identifiers in a user interface, wherein each trip identifier comprises one or more portions respectively corresponding to the one or more legs of the trip such trip identifier represents, each trip identifier in the at least a subset being associated with one of the one or more modes of transportation, each trip identifier being further associated with at least one of the one or more time periods during which the weather conditions are expected to occur;

providing in the user interface an indication or the mode of transportation associated with each portion of each trip identifier in the at least a subset; and

displaying the weather conditions associated with one or more of the at least a subset of the plurality of trips in the user interface.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of trips comprise a plurality of transit trips using the plurality of different modes of transportation, and wherein the plurality of different modes of transportation comprise a walking mode and at least one public transportation mode.

3. The computing system of claim 1, wherein respectively representing the plurality of trips with a plurality of trip identifiers in the user interface comprises respectively representing the plurality of trips with the plurality of trip identifiers on a graph included in the user interface, wherein the graph has units of time on a first axis.

4. The computing system of claim 3, wherein displaying the weather conditions associated with one or more of the plurality of trips in the user interface comprises displaying the weather conditions along the first axis of the graph.

5. The computing system of claim 4, wherein displaying the weather conditions along the first axis of the graph comprises displaying a plurality of weather icons spaced at intervals along the first axis of the graph, wherein each of the plurality of weather icons provides an indication of the weather conditions associated with the corresponding time indicated at its position on the first axis.

6. The computing system of claim 4, wherein displaying the weather conditions along the first axis of the graph comprises displaying a temperature curve along the first axis of the graph, wherein the temperature curve provides an indication of temperature conditions associated with the corresponding times indicated by the first axis.

7. The computing system of claim 3, wherein:

each leg of each trip has a duration; and

each portion of each trip identifier has a length that is proportional to the duration of the leg to which such portion corresponds.

8. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the user can adjust an interval of time depicted by the graph by scrolling the graph with respect to the first axis.

9. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media store further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform further operations, the further operations comprising:

when the user adjusts the interval of time depicted by the graph, obtaining data describing weather conditions associated with the adjusted interval of time; and

displaying in the user interface the weather conditions associated with the adjusted interval of time.

10. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media store further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform further operations, the further operations comprising:

receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of trip identifiers;

displaying the trip represented by the selected trip identifier on a map; and

depicting on the map one or more weather conditions associated with the displayed trip.

11. The computing system of claim 1, wherein displaying the weather conditions associated with one or more of the plurality of trips in the user interface comprises providing in the user interface a weather control that allows a user to select a time and receive additional weather information concerning anticipated weather conditions at the selected time.

12. The computing system of claim 11, wherein the weather control comprises a scroll bar allowing the user to scroll through the hours of the day.

13. A computer-implemented method for presenting weather information in associated with available trips, the method comprising:

determining, by one or more computing devices, a plurality of public transits trips from an origin to a destination, wherein each of the plurality of public transit trips has a departure time and an arrival time included in an interval of time;

obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, weather information describing anticipated weather conditions associated with one or more time periods over the interval of time;

identifying, by the one or more computing devices, at least one mode of transportation, the at least one mode of transportation being identified based at least in part on the weather information;

representing, by one or more computing devices, at least a subset of the plurality of public transit trips with one or more trip identifiers on a graph depicting the interval of time, wherein each trip identifier indicates one of the at least one mode of transportation associated with the public transit trip such trip identifier represents, the one or more trip identifiers being associated with at least one of the one or more time periods over the interval of time; and

displaying, by the one or more computing devices, the anticipated weather conditions in associated with the graph.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising, prior to representing, by the one or more computing devices, one or more of the plurality of public transit trips with one or more trip identifiers on the graph depicting the interval of time:

determining, by the one or more computing devices, one or more modes of public transportation for each of the plurality of public transit trips; and

selecting, by the one or more computing devices, the one or more of the plurality of public transit trips for representation on the graph based at least in part on the weather information and the one or more modes of public transportation associated with each of the plurality of public transit trips.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying, by the one or more computing devices, the anticipated weather conditions in association with the graph comprises displaying, by the one or more computing devices, the anticipated weather conditions along a timeline associated with the graph.

16. One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving data describing a plurality of trips between an origin and a destination, the data being responsive to a user request;

providing to the user on a display of the device an interactive user interface for exploring the plurality of trips;

wherein the interactive user interface comprises a calendar overview tool depicting at least a subset of the plurality of trips across an interval of time, the at least a subset being determined based at least in part on a score associated with each of the plurality of trips, the score being determined for each of the plurality of trips based at least in part on one or more modes of transportation utilized in the trip in view of weather information associated with the interval of time, and wherein the score of at least one trip of the plurality of trips is penalized based at least in part on the weather information associated with the interval of time;

wherein the interactive user interface indicates the one or more modes of transportation associated with each of the at least a subset of the plurality of trips based at least in part on the weather information and one or more time periods during the interval of time; and

wherein the interactive user interface provides the weather information associated with the interval of time.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the interactive user interface provides weather information associated with the interval of time by providing a plurality of weather icons across the interval of time depicted by the calendar overview tool, and wherein each of the plurality of weather icons provide an indication of anticipated weather conditions at a time contained within the interval of time.

18. The device of claim 16, wherein the interactive user interface provides weather information associated with the interval of time by providing weather information along a timeline included in the calendar overview tool.

19. The device of claim 16, wherein the interactive user interface provides weather information associated with the interval of time by providing an interactive weather control, and wherein the interactive weather control allows the user to select a particular time and receive anticipated weather conditions for the particular time.