Journey Planning
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- accessing a user database, wherein said user database comprises travel preferences and a metric preference for each user of a group of users, and wherein said travel preferences comprise an origin and a destination;
accessing a transport database, wherein said transport database comprises transport data;
generating a global recommended travel plan, wherein said global recommended travel plan comprises, for each user of said group of users, a recommended route, wherein said recommended route is from said origin to said destination, a recommended mode, and a recommended start time;
said generating a global recommended travel plan being effected by simultaneously optimizing said metric preference for all users of said group of users, based on said transport data and said travel preferences; and
returning, for each user of said group of users, said recommended route, said recommended mode, and said recommended start time.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes accessing a user database, accessing a transport database, and generating a global recommended travel plan. The user database includes travel preferences and a metric preference for each user. The travel preferences include an origin, and a destination. The transport database includes transport data. The global recommended travel plan includes, for each user, a recommended route from the user'"'"'s origin to the user'"'"'s destination, a recommended mode, and a recommended start time. Generating the global recommended travel plan includes simultaneously optimizing each user'"'"'s metric preference based on the transport data and the travel preferences. The computer-implemented method further includes returning each user'"'"'s recommended route, recommended mode, and recommended start time. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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accessing a user database, wherein said user database comprises travel preferences and a metric preference for each user of a group of users, and wherein said travel preferences comprise an origin and a destination; accessing a transport database, wherein said transport database comprises transport data; generating a global recommended travel plan, wherein said global recommended travel plan comprises, for each user of said group of users, a recommended route, wherein said recommended route is from said origin to said destination, a recommended mode, and a recommended start time; said generating a global recommended travel plan being effected by simultaneously optimizing said metric preference for all users of said group of users, based on said transport data and said travel preferences; and returning, for each user of said group of users, said recommended route, said recommended mode, and said recommended start time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system, the computer system comprising:
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one or more computer processors; one or more computer readable storage media; a user database, wherein said user database comprises travel preferences and a metric preference for each user of a group of users, and wherein said travel preferences comprise an origin and a destination; a transport database, wherein said transport database comprises transport data; a journey planning program; an analytics engine; computer program instructions; said computer program instructions comprising instructions for said journey planning program and instructions for said analytics engine; said computer program instructions being stored on said one or more computer readable storage media for execution by said one or more computer processors; and said instructions for said journey planning program comprising instructions to; access said user database; access said transport database; generate, using said analytics engine, a global recommended travel plan, wherein said global recommended travel plan comprises, for each user of said group of users, a recommended route, wherein said recommended route is from said origin to said destination, a recommended mode, and a recommended start time; said instructions to generate a global recommended travel plan comprising instructions to simultaneously optimize said metric preference for all users of said group of users, based on said transport data and said travel preferences; and return, for each user of said group of users, said recommended route, said recommended mode, and said recommended start time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on said one or more computer readable storage media, said program instructions comprising instructions to:
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access a user database, wherein said user database comprises travel preferences and a metric preference for each user of a group of users, and wherein said travel preferences comprise a mode preference, an origin, and a destination; access a transport database, wherein said transport database comprises transport data; generate a global recommended travel plan, wherein said global recommended travel plan comprises, for each user of said group of users, a recommended route, wherein said recommended route is from said origin to said destination, a recommended mode, and a recommended start time; said instructions to generate a global recommended travel plan comprising instructions to simultaneously optimizing said metric preference for all users of said group of users, based on said transport data and said travel preferences; and return, for each user of said group of users, said recommended route, said recommended mode, and said recommended start time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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