Building a trip plan from various sources

• US 9,939,281 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2016
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Duale, Ali Y., Gami, Shailesh R., Gomes, Louis P., Krishnamurthy, Rajaram B.
• Primary Examiner(s): BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US15/232,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20180045528A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method and system for building a trip plan from various sources is provided. The method includes receiving information detailing a planned trip from a social media website. A weighted rank is calculated for one or more stopover points associated with the planned trip. A route for the planned trip, customized for the current travelers, is created, based on the calculated weighted rank of the stopover points and on a selection from the current travelers.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

extracting, by one or more processors, information associated with a completed trip from one or more social media websites;

creating, by one or more processors, a route for a new trip based on the extracted information associated with the completed trip;

generating, by one or more processors, one or more stopover points for the planned trip by accessing identified points of interests from the information associated with the completed trip;

assigning, by one or more processors, weight values for each of the one or more stopover points based on recognized objects, facial expressions, weather information, and user preferences;

calculating, by one or more processors, a weighted rank for each of the one or more stopover points based on the assigned weight values; and

in response to detecting a deviation from the created route, refining, by one or more processors, the generated one or more stopover points and the created route.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating, by the one or more processors, the created route for the new trip, based on feedback from at least one of;

the traveler or the social media website.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user preferences comprise:

a start point, a destination point, cost preferences of the traveler, distance traveled preferences of the traveler, time preferences of the traveler, an image of each traveler on the new trip, and a rating associated with each landmark.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors, feedback associated with the calculated weighted rank for the one or more stopover points associated with the new trip.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the feedback comprises:

an analyzed image from the one or more stopover points and an age of the calculated weighted rank of the one or more stopover points.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein creating a route for the new trip, based in part on the weighted rank for the one or more stopover points and the selection from the traveler, further comprises:

combining, by the one or more processors, at least two stopover points from two different planned trips from the social media website.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, an object at the one or more stopover points; and

outputting, by the one or more processors, a determination, to the user, about information associated with the object at the one or more stopover points.

8. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to extract information associated with a completed trip from one or more social media websites;

program instructions to create a route for a new trip based on the extracted information associated with the completed trip;

program instructions to generate one or more stopover points for the planned trip by accessing identified points of interests from the information associated with the completed trip;

program instructions to assign weight values for each of the one or more stopover points based on recognized objects, facial expressions, weather information, and user preferences;

program instructions to calculate weighted rank for each of the one or more stopover points based on the assigned weight values; and

program instructions to, in response to detecting a deviation from the created route, refine the generated one or more stopover points and the created route.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to update the created route for the new trip, based on feedback from at least one of;

the traveler or the social media website.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the user preferences comprise:

a start point, a destination point, cost preferences of the traveler, distance traveled preferences of the traveler, time preferences of the traveler, an image of each traveler on the new trip, and a rating associated with each landmark.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to receive feedback associated with the calculated weighted rank for the one or more stopover points associated with the new trip.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the feedback comprises:

an analyzed image from the one or more stopover points and an age of the calculated weighted rank of the one or more stopover points.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the program instructions to create a route for the new trip, based in part on the weighted rank for the one or more stopover points and the selection from the traveler, further comprises:

program instructions to combine at least two stopover points from two different planned trips from the social media website.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to determine an object at the one or more stopover points; and

program instructions to output a determination, to the user, about information associated with the object at the one or more stopover points.

15. A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to extract information associated with a completed trip from one or more social media websites;

program instructions to create a route for a new trip based on the extracted information associated with the completed trip;

program instructions to generate one or more stopover points for the planned trip by accessing identified points of interests from the information associated with the completed trip;

program instructions to assign weight values for each of the one or more stopover points based on recognized objects, facial expressions, weather information, and user preferences;

program instructions to calculate weighted rank for each of the one or more stopover points based on the assigned weight values; and

program instructions to, in response to detecting a deviation from the created route, refine the generated one or more stopover points and the created route.

16. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to update the created route for the new trip, based on feedback from at least one of;

the traveler or the social media website.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the user preferences comprise:

a start point, a destination point, cost preferences of the traveler, distance traveled preferences of the traveler, time preferences of the traveler, an image of each traveler on the new trip, and a rating associated with each landmark.

18. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to receive feedback associated with the calculated weighted rank for the one or more stopover points associated with the new trip.

19. The computer system of claim 18 wherein the feedback comprises:

an analyzed image from the one or more stopover points and an age of the calculated weighted rank of the one or more stopover points.

20. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions to create a route for the new trip, based in part on the weighted rank for the one or more stopover points and the selection from the traveler, further comprises:

program instructions to combine at least two stopover points from two different planned trips from the social media website.