Method and system for analyzing commuting routes

• US 7,228,226 B1
• Filed: 11/29/2006
• Issued: 06/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Barclays Capital Incorporated (Barclays PLC)
• Original Assignee: Lehman Brothers Incorporated (Barclays PLC)
• Inventors: Stewart, Ford Mackinnon, Munro, Jillian Paige, Alessi, Patrick Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby; Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US11/605,616
• Time in Patent Office: 188 Days
• Field of Search: 701200-213, 340988-99528, 705/13
• US Class Current: 701/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

A method and system for analyzing commuting routes. Several items of information are received, including an identifier associated with an individual, an employment location for the individual, a mode of transportation used by the individual to travel to the employment location, and a segment associated with the mode of transportation. The identifier, the employment location, the mode of transportation and the segment are associated. The association is stored as route information. One or more of home location information for the individual, building access data for the individual, indicative information for the individual, and contact information for the individual are accessed. The route information is analyzed in combination with one or more of the home location information, the building access data, the indicative information, and the contact information to determine an impact on the individual of an incident effecting one or more of the employment location, the mode of transportation, and the segment.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an identifier associated with an individual, an employment location for the individual, a mode of transportation used by the individual to travel to the employment location, and a segment associated with the mode of transportation;

associating the identifier, the employment location, the mode of transportation and the segment;

storing the association as route information;

accessing one or more of home location information for the individual, building access data for the individual, indicative information for the individual, and contact information for the individual; and

analyzing the route information in combination with one or more of the home location information, the building access data, the indicative information, and the contact information to determine an impact on the individual of an incident effecting one or more of the employment location, the mode of transportation, and the segment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the route is indicated as one of a primary route and an alternate route.

3. A system comprising:

one or more servers that store an identifier associated with an individual, an employment location for the individual, a mode of transportation used by the individual to travel to the employment location, and a segment associated with the mode of transportation;

one or more databases that store;

(i) an association among the identifier, the employment location, the mode of transportation and the segment, as route information; and

(ii) one or more of home location information for the individual, building access data for the individual, indicative information for the individual, and contact information for the individual; and

a processor that analyzes the route information in combination with one or more of the home location information, the building access data, the indicative information, and the contact information to determine an impact on the individual of an incident effecting one or more of the employment location, the mode of transportation, and the segment.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the route is indicated as one of a primary route and an alternate route.

5. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:

receiving an identifier associated with an individual, an employment location for the individual, a mode of transportation used by the individual to travel to the employment location, and a segment associated with the mode of transportation;

associating the identifier, the employment location, the mode of transportation and the segment;

storing the association as route information;

accessing one or more of home location information for the individual, building access data for the individual, indicative information for the individual, and contact information for the individual; and

analyzing the route information in combination with one or more of the home location information, the building access data, the indicative information, and the contact information to determine an impact on the individual of an incident effecting one or more of the employment location, the mode of transportation, and the segment.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 5 wherein the route is indicated as one of a primary route and an alternate route.