HOLISTIC MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method for providing a transportation route to a user comprising the steps of:
- receiving travel information from the user, a plurality of transportation route goals ranked in a specified order by the user, and attribute information of a plurality of transit modes from a transit information system;
determining an optimized transportation route for the user through a correlation of the plurality of ranked transportation route goals and attribute information that corresponds to the received travel information, wherein the transportation route comprises one or more of the plurality of transit modes; and
transmitting the optimized transportation route to the user.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing a transportation route to a user are provided. Travel information from the user, a plurality of transportation route goals ranked in a specified order by the user, and attribute information of a plurality of transit modes from a transit information system are received by the central system. An optimized transportation route is determined for the user through a correlation of the plurality of ranked transportation route goals and attribute information that corresponds to the received travel information. The transportation route comprises one or more of the plurality of transit modes. The optimized transportation route is transmitted to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a transportation route to a user comprising the steps of:
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receiving travel information from the user, a plurality of transportation route goals ranked in a specified order by the user, and attribute information of a plurality of transit modes from a transit information system; determining an optimized transportation route for the user through a correlation of the plurality of ranked transportation route goals and attribute information that corresponds to the received travel information, wherein the transportation route comprises one or more of the plurality of transit modes; and transmitting the optimized transportation route to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for providing a transportation route to a user that receives travel information from the user, a plurality of transportation route goals ranked in a specified order by the user, and attribute information of a plurality of transit modes from a transit information system, determines an optimized transportation route for the user through a correlation of the plurality of ranked transportation route goals and attribute information that corresponds to the received travel information, wherein the transportation route comprises one or more of the plurality of transit modes, and transmits the optimized transportation route to the user.
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20. A system for providing a transportation route to a user comprising:
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a transit information system that provides attribute information of a plurality of transit modes to a routing system; and the routing system for receiving travel information from the user, a plurality of transportation route goals ranked in a specified order by the user, and attribute information of a plurality of transit modes from the transit information system, determining an optimized transportation route for the user through a correlation of the plurality of ranked transportation route goals and attribute information that corresponds to the received travel information, wherein the transportation route comprises one or more of the plurality of transit modes, and transmitting the optimized transportation route to the user.
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