Travel plan proposal system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12130146-B2
Application number	US-202217940061-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2022
Priority date	Mar 24, 2020
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

A travel plan proposal system includes: a destination deriving unit configured to derive a predetermined number of destination areas from all destination areas on the basis of vacancy rates calculated for a plurality of accommodation facilities in the destination areas for each schedule pattern, and derive a candidate for the travel plan including a combination of the schedule pattern and the destination areas for the respective nights to stay; and a route deriving unit configured to set, for each candidate for the travel plan, a predetermined route for sequentially moving from a departure place to the respective destination areas and returning, and transportation means, and derive a candidate for the travel plan in which a total of representative accommodation costs of the destination areas in the candidate for the travel plan and a total of expenses required for the transportation means are within a budget.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A travel plan proposal system that proposes a travel plan to a user, the travel plan including a combination of one or more destination areas, accommodation facilities in the respective destination areas, and a route and transportation means for moving between the destination areas, the travel plan proposal system comprising:
a destination information recording unit configured to store information on all destination areas set in a travelable area;
an accommodation facility information recording unit configured to store information, including accommodation costs, concerning the accommodation facilities in the respective destination areas;
a destination deriving unit configured to extract a predetermined number of destination areas from a plurality of destination areas stored in the destination information recording unit on a basis of vacancy rates calculated for a plurality of accommodation facilities located in the destination areas for stay dates included in a schedule pattern for each schedule pattern obtained from a desired travel period and a number of nights to stay designated by the user, and derive one or more candidates for the travel plan including a combination of the schedule pattern and the destination areas for each of the stay dates; and
a route deriving unit configured to set, for each of the candidates for the travel plan, a predetermined route for sequentially moving from a departure place of the user to the respective destination areas included in the candidates for the travel plan and returning to the departure place on a basis of information including lines, a required time period, and a transit point included in predetermined transportation means, and transportation means to be used for moving, and derive, as a proposed candidate for the travel plan, the candidate for the travel plan in which a total of representative accommodation costs of the destination areas in the candidate for the travel plan and a total of traffic expenses required for the transportation means to be used for moving are within a budget designated by the user.

2. The travel plan proposal system according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the representative accommodation costs in the respective destination areas is a median of accommodation costs at a target stay date related to all accommodation facilities set within the destination area, the accommodation costs being acquired from the accommodation facility information recording unit.

3. The travel plan proposal system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the destination deriving unit extracts the predetermined number of destination areas on a basis of the vacancy rates calculated for the respective destination areas for each of the stay dates while weighting the destination areas with adjustment values set for the respective destination areas.

4. The travel plan proposal system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, for the destination areas set in the proposed candidate for the travel plan, accommodation facilities for which accommodation costs corresponding to the representative accommodation costs are set are presented to the user as recommended accommodation facilities in the destination areas.

5. The travel plan proposal system according to claim 1 ,
wherein a plurality of accommodation facilities located within the destination areas are ranked in accordance with a predetermined criterion for the destination areas set in the proposed candidate for the travel plan and presented to the user as ranking of the accommodation facilities in the destination areas.

6. The travel plan proposal system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when predetermined routes are set for the candidates for the travel plan, the route deriving unit sets accommodation facilities for which accommodation costs corresponding to the representative accommodation costs in the destination areas are set, as the accommodation facilities in the destination areas.

Assignees

• Nomura Res Inst Ltd

Inventors

• Shimada Takeo
• ASABE Kimihiko
• Kuroda Jun

Classifications

• G01C21/3697

  Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06Q50/14

  Travel agencies · CPC title

• G01C21/343 Primary

  Calculating itineraries (travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047) · CPC title