Systems and methods for simultaneous electronic display of various modes of transportation for viewing and comparing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016298977-A1
Application number	US-201514682626-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 9, 2015
Priority date	Apr 9, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and displaying a comparison of multiple modes of transportation for reaching a destination. One method includes receiving a start location and a destination location, and stops in between, receiving information related to at least one third party operated mode of transportation from a third party determining data related to the at least one third party operated mode of transportation and at least one user operated mode of transportation, generating and displaying determined data for at least one option for each of the plurality of modes of transportation, receiving a selection of a sort category, and determining the option of each mode of transportation to be displayed and an order in which the modes of transportation are displayed based on the selection of the sort category.

First claim

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a start location and a destination location; receiving information related to at least one third party operated mode of transportation from a third party; determining data related to the at least one third party operated mode of transportation and at least one user operated mode of transportation; generating and displaying determined data for at least one option for each of the plurality of modes of transportation; receiving a selection of a sort category from a user, wherein the sort category comprises at least one of approximate cost, travel time, healthiness, and convenience; displaying the plurality of modes of transportation in an order based on the selection of the sort category; receiving a selection, from the user, of a third party operated mode of transportation; and providing data corresponding to the selection to the third party corresponding to the third party operated mode of transportation.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the displayed data for the displayed option of each of the plurality of modes of transportation includes at least a characteristic related to the selected sort category.

3 . (canceled)

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one option for each mode of transportation is determined based on time to arrive at destination, approximate cost to user to reach destination, healthiness, or convenience.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of one of the plurality of modes of transportation, and generating and displaying multiple options for the selected mode of transportation.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of one of the options for the selected mode of transportation; and generating and displaying a route for or a way to access the selected option.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the multiple options are routes from the start location to the destination location.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the multiple options are at least one of a type of car, a location to access bike share, a location to access car share, and a bus line.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one third party operated mode of transportation is at least one of car share, ride share, bike share, public transportation, intercity buses, intercity trains, airplanes, ferries, and taxis.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one user operated mode of transportation is at least one of biking, walking, running, swimming, driving, and boating.

11 . A system including:
a data storage device storing instructions for providing a linear visual indicator of route conditions; a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method including: receiving a start location and a destination location; receiving information related to at least one third party operated mode of transportation from a third party; determining data related to the at least one third party operated mode of transportation and at least one user operated mode of transportation; generating and displaying determined data for at least one option for each of the plurality of modes of transportation; receiving a selection of a sort category from a user, wherein the sort category comprises at least one of approximate cost, travel time, healthiness, and convenience; displaying the plurality of modes of transportation in an order based on the selection of the sort category; receiving a selection, from the user, of a third party operated mode of transportation; and providing data corresponding to the selection to the third party corresponding to the third party operated mode of transportation.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the displayed data for each mode of transportation includes at least a characteristic related to the selection of the sort category.

13 . (canceled)

14 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of one of the plurality of modes of transportation, and generating and displaying multiple options for the selected mode of transportation.

15 . The system of claim 14 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of one of the options for the selected mode of transportation; and generating and displaying a route for or a way to access the selected option.

16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the multiple options are routes from the start location to the destination location.

17 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the multiple options are at least one of a type of car, a location to access bike share, a location to access car share, and a bus line.

18 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one third party operated mode of transportation is at least one of car share, ride share, bike share, public transportation, intercity buses, intercity trains, airplanes, ferries, and taxis.

19 . A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method including:
receiving a start location and a destination location; receiving information related to at least one third party operated mode of transportation from a third party; determining data related to the at least one third party operated mode of transportation and at least one user operated mode of transportation; generating and displaying determined data for at least one option for each of the plurality of modes of transportation; receiving a selection of a sort category from a user, wherein the sort category comprises at least one of approximate cost, travel time, healthiness, and convenience; displaying the plurality of modes of transportation in an order based on the selection of the sort category; receiving a selection, from the user, of a third party operated mode of transportation; and providing data corresponding to the selection to the third party corresponding to the third party operated mode of transportation.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of one of the plurality of modes of transportation, and generating and displaying multiple options for the selected mode of transportation.

Assignees

• Mapquest Inc

Inventors

• Newlin Meghan
• Whitney Cristian J
• Brown Austin
• HOLLRAH Kent Dennis
• Moore Lindsay E

Classifications

• G01C21/3679

  Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities (G01C21/3611 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01C21/3676

  Overview of the route on the road map · CPC title

• G01C21/20

  Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01C21/3423 Primary

  Multimodal routing · CPC title