String Based Travel System and Methods Thereof

• US 20130122937A1
• Filed: 05/07/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: gopogo, LLC
• Original Assignee: gopogo, LLC
• Inventors: Meyer, Charles A., Snyder, Jason A.
• Application Number:
  US13/465,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20130122937A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A string based travel generating system (TGS) of the present invention generates or suggests a string based upon one or more travel properties, such as, but not limited to, a current location, a direction of travel, a travel route, a travel plan, and/or a velocity of travel of a user. Each string includes at least two places and a relationship, with TGS using the travel properties to identify one or more places for the creation of a new string or a place that may be linked to an existing string. The relationship between the places of the string can include the type of travel underway and the anticipated destination. The travel and places may be physical or virtual, with an inference or extrapolation being developed that allows the travel generating system to determine suitable strings to suggest to a user or to allow for the generation of new strings.

Claims

1. A travel generating system for use with a mobile device, comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having executable computer program instructions including;

a geolocation module configured to identify a travel property;

a planning module configured to receive said travel property, wherein said planning module determines a travel plan for the mobile device based on said travel property, wherein said travel plan includes a string having at least two places related through relationship.

2. A travel generating system according to claim 1, further including a string module configured to generate said string based upon said travel property and a destination determined by said planning module.

3. A travel generating system according to claim 2, wherein said string module additionally determines said string based on a trip purpose.

4. A travel generating system according to claim 3, wherein the trip purpose includes a leisure trip.

5. A travel generating system according to claim 3, wherein the trip purpose includes a business trip.

6. A travel generating system according to claim 1, wherein said travel property includes at least one of a direction, a route, and a velocity of travel of the mobile device.

7. A travel generating system according to claim 1, wherein said string includes a location en route to an anticipated destination.

8. A travel generating system according to claim 1, wherein at least one place lacks related entity information.

9. A travel generating system according to claim 1, wherein said relationship includes the trip purpose.

10. A travel generating system according to claim 9, wherein said planning module infers a trip purpose based on one or more of a direction, a route, and a velocity of travel of the mobile device.

11. A string generating system for predicting a destination of a user while traveling and generating a travel plan related to the prediction, the string generating system comprising:

a mobile device including a computer-readable storage medium having executable computer program instructions, the computer program instructions including;

a geolocation module configured to identify a travel property based on location and movement of said mobile device;

a planning module configured to predict a place based upon said travel property; and

a string module configured to determine a plurality of strings based on said place, wherein each of said plurality of strings includes at least two places related through a relationship corresponding to said at least two places;

wherein at least one of said plurality of strings is presented to the user on said mobile device as a possible travel plan.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein said geolocation module is further configured to permit a user to select coordinates using a computer executable mapping program.

13. A system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said plurality of strings includes an intangible place.

14. A system according to claim 13, wherein said intangible place includes an internet address.

15. A system according to claim 13, wherein said intangible place includes a coordinate in a virtual space.

16. A system according to claim 13, wherein said intangible place includes an address of a page of an electronic book.

17. A system according to claim 11, wherein each of said relationships includes visiting a first place within a first window and visiting a second place within a second window, wherein said first window and said second window define a time frame and are selected to create an authentic user experience.

18. A system according to claim 17, wherein said travel plan is performed within said time frame.

19. A system according to claim 17, wherein said relationship includes a user provided narrative describing a connection between said first place and said second place.

20. A method of generating a travel-related string presentable to a user using a mobile device, the method comprising:

determining a travel property based upon location and movement of a mobile device;

associating at least one string with the travel property, the at least one string selected from a plurality of predetermined strings, wherein each of the plurality of predetermined strings, includes a first place, a second place, and a relationship; and

providing the at least one of said plurality of predetermined strings to the user.

21. A method according to claim 20, wherein said associating includes determining a distance between the mobile device and said first place or said second place.

22. A method according to claim 20, wherein the second place does not have related entity information.

23. A method according to claim 20, wherein the travel property is selected from the list of geolocation, a direction, a velocity, and a route of travel.

24. A method according to claim 20, wherein the at least one string includes an address of an intangible place.

25. A method according to claim 21, wherein the address of the intangible place includes an internet address.