Systems and methods for learning and displaying customized geographical navigational options

• US 9,689,693 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2015
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MapQuest, Inc. (System1 LLC)
• Inventors: Newlin, Meghan, Whitney, Cristian J., Brown, Austin, Hollrah, Kent Dennis, Moore, Lindsay E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hilgendorf, Dale W
• Application Number:
  US14/682,806
• Publication Number:
  US 20160298974A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3423 Multimodal routing, i.e. combining two or more modes of transportation, where the modes can be any of, e.g. driving, walking, cycling, public transport
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/025 Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and displaying a comparison of multiple modes of transportation for reaching a destination. One method includes receiving, for a user over an electronic network, log-in information, one or more transportation preferences and a destination; identifying a subset of available modes of transportation to the destination; determining a time, distance, and cost associated with traveling to the destination using each available mode; identify a further subset of acceptable modes by comparing the determined time, distance and cost of each available mode against one or more of the user'"'"'s preferences, the user'"'"'s history, a date and time, one or more assumption, and a mode total weighting; and identifying at least one option for traveling to the destination using each acceptable mode.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining modes of transportation for display, the method comprising:

receiving, for a user over an electronic network, log-in information, one or more transportation preferences and a destination;

identifying a subset of available modes of transportation to the destination;

determining one or more available routes associated with each of the subset of available modes of transportation to the destination;

determining a time, distance, and cost associated with traveling to the destination using the one or more available routes associated with each available mode;

determining a total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by comparing the determined time, distance and cost of the one or more available routes of each available mode against one or more of preferences of the user, history of the user, or a date and time;

determining user device data locally available on a user mobile device associated with the user;

increasing or decreasing the total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by analyzing the user device data of the user mobile device;

determining safety data associated with each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode;

increasing or decreasing the total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by analyzing the safety data;

identifying a further subset of acceptable routes and acceptable modes, the further subset of acceptable routes being a subset of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode and the further subset of acceptable modes being a subset of the subset of available modes, based on the determined total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode; and

displaying, to the user, at least one option for traveling to the destination based on the identified further subset of acceptable routes and acceptable modes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one option is at least one of a type of car, a location to access bike share, a location to access car share, a bus line, and a route to the destination.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the total weight may include applying a positive or negative weighting based on one or more of a determined time, distance and cost associated with traveling to the destination using the option of the acceptable modes.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the positive or negative weighting is based on one or more of the preferences of the user, the history of the user, and the time and date.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the positive or negative weighting is based on one or more of a location of the user, other installed client applications, event data from a calendar of the user, battery status of a phone of the user, a location of a home of the user, and a location of a car of the user.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the positive or negative weighting is based on one or more of the time and date, weather data, local event data, crime data, and tourist data.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the positive or negative weighting is based on one or both of a determined exercise weighting and a determined carbon footprint weighting.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the positive or negative weighting is based on one or more of the determined time, the distance, and the cost associated with traveling to the destination using the option of the acceptable modes.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device data comprises a number and/or type of applications installed on the user mobile device, a battery charge level associated with the user mobile device, and calendar data associated with the user.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a sequence for displaying the further subset of the acceptable modes to the user in order based on the total weight for each available mode.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the safety data comprises one or more of crime data, daylight data, time of day data, and user age data.

12. A system for determining modes of transportation for display, the system including:

a data storage device storing instructions for providing determining modes of transportation for display;

a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method including;

receiving, for a user over an electronic network, log-in information, one or more transportation preferences and a destination;

identifying a subset of available modes of transportation to the destination;

determining one or more available routes associated with each of the subset of available modes of transportation to the destination;

determining a time, distance, and cost associated with traveling to the destination using the one or more available routes associated with each available mode;

determining a total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by comparing the determined time, distance and cost of the one or more available routes of each available mode against one or more of the preferences of the user, history of the user, or a date and time;

determining user device data locally available on a user mobile device associated with the user;

increasing or decreasing the total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by analyzing the user device data of the user mobile device;

determining safety data associated with each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode;

increasing or decreasing the total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by analyzing the safety data;

identifying a further subset of acceptable routes and acceptable modes, the further subset of acceptable routes being a subset of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode and the further subset of acceptable modes being a subset of the subset of available modes, based on the determined total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode; and

displaying, to the user, at least one option for traveling to the destination based on the identified further subset of acceptable routes and acceptable modes.

13. The system of claim 12, the processor executing the instructions to perform the method wherein the total weight for each available mode includes a positive or negative weighting based on one or more of the preference of the user, history of the user, the time and date, a location of the user, other installed client applications, event data from a calendar of the user, a battery status of a phone of the user, a location of a home of the user, a location of a car of the user, weather data, local event data, crime data, tourist data, determined exercise weighting, a determined carbon footprint weighting, a determined time, distance, and cost associated with traveling to the destination using the option of the acceptable modes.

14. The system of claim 12, the processor executing the instructions to perform the method further comprising:

determining a sequence for displaying the further subset of the acceptable modes to the user in order based on the total weight for each available mode.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of determining modes of transportation for display, the method including:

receiving, for a user over an electronic network, log-in information, one or more transportation preferences and a destination;

identifying a subset of available modes of transportation to the destination;

determining one or more available routes associated with each of the subset of available modes of transportation to the destination;

determining a time, distance, and cost associated with traveling to the destination using the one or more available routes associated with each available mode;

determining a total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by comparing the determined time, distance and cost of the one or more available routes of each available mode against one or more of preferences of the user, history of the user, or a date and time;

determining user device data locally available on a user mobile device associated with the user;

increasing or decreasing the total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by analyzing the user device data of the user mobile device;

determining safety data associated with each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode;

increasing or decreasing the total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode by analyzing the safety data;

identifying a further subset of acceptable routes and acceptable modes, the further subset of acceptable routes being a subset of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode and the further subset of acceptable modes being a subset of the subset of available modes, based on the determined total weight for each of the one or more available routes associated with each available mode; and

displaying, to the user, at least one option for traveling to the destination based on the identified further subset of acceptable routes and acceptable modes.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the total weight for each available mode includes a positive or negative weighting based on one or more of the preference of the user, history of the user, the time and date, a location of the user, other installed client applications, event data from a calendar of the user, a battery status of a phone of the user, a location of a home of the user, a location of a car of the user, weather data, local event data, crime data, tourist data, determined exercise weighting, a determined carbon footprint weighting, a determined time, distance, and cost associated with traveling to the destination using the option of the acceptable modes.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, the instructions causing the computer to further perform the method comprising:

determining a sequence for displaying the further subset of the acceptable modes to the user in order based on the total weight for each available mode.