CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INDICATING IF PEOPLE CAN REACH LOCATIONS THAT SATISFY A PREDETERMINED SET OF CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• US 20140316701A1
• Filed: 04/18/2013
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cardonha, Carlos Henrique, Kanevsky, Dimitri, Malkin, Peter K., Seelam, Seetharami R.
• Application Number:
  US13/865,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20140316701A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/537
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3407 specially adapted for specific applications
• 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

Abstract

Managing routes to meet one or more predetermined conditions, in one aspect, may comprise receiving user information associated with a user via a user'"'"'s device. Based on the user information, at least a target location to where the user is traveling may be determined. Path information associated with one or more intermediary locations leading to the target location may be received. The path information may be received automatically from one or more sensors installed at the respective intermediary locations for detecting the path information. A route strategy that meets one or more conditions may be estimated by analyzing the user information and the path information. The user information may be obtained automatically from one or more of social network profile data associated with the user, electronic calendar data associated with the user, or historical data associated with the user stored in a user profile database.

Claims

1. A method of managing routes to meet one or more predetermined conditions, comprising:

receiving user information associated with a user via a user'"'"'s device;

determining, by a processor, based on the user information, at least a target location to where the user is traveling;

receiving path information associated with one or more intermediary locations leading to the target location, the path information received automatically from one or more sensors installed at the respective intermediary locations for detecting the path information; and

estimating a route strategy that meets one or more conditions by analyzing the user information and the path information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user information is automatically obtained from social network profile data associated with the user, electronic calendar data associated with the user, or historical data associated with the user stored in a user profile database, or combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conditions are user-preferred conditions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the path information comprises a population density associated with a vehicle traveling to the target location.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the vehicle comprises a multi-car vehicle and the population density is provided for each car of the multi-car vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the route strategy comprises selecting a car of the multi-car vehicle that is less densely populated.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the route strategy comprises selecting a route to the target location that overlaps with a route of another user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the route strategy comprises selecting a route to the target location that does not overlap with a route of another user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user information further comprises time information associated with a time the user should get to the target location.

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