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US 10,895,462 B2Granted
Method and system for cooperatively generating and managing a travel plan
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAstrid Kassner
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Abstract
A method for cooperatively generating and managing a travel plan for a transportation vehicle using at least two user devices. A starting position and a destination position are sensed by the first of the at least two user devices, and the travel plan is generated, wherein the travel plan includes at least one route from the starting position to the destination position and one list of planning objects assigned to the route. A participant enquiry is generated for all the further of the at least two user devices and transmitted to the respective further user device, wherein the participant enquiry is output by the respective further user device, and a user input is sensed as an acceptance. Also disclosed is a system for cooperatively generating and managing a travel plan.
Claims17
A method for cooperatively generating and managing a travel plan for a transportation vehicle by at least two user devices, the method comprising:
- at least one of the user devices sensing a starting position and a destination position, the at least one device further generating the travel plan that includes at least one route from the starting position to the destination position and a list of planning objects which are assigned to the route;
- a first of the at least two user devices generating a participant enquiry for each of the remaining at least two user devices, the first user device transmitting the participant enquiry to each remaining user device, wherein the participant enquiry is outputted by the remaining user device, and a subsequent user input is sensed as an acceptance of the participant enquiry, wherein the first user device, and the user devices that have sensed acceptance, are deemed to be participant devices;
- generating, by a participant device, a display based on the travel plan, and outputting the display to a user interface, wherein travel plan supplementary data are acquired by an input unit of the participant device, wherein the route is assigned at least one further planning object or a planning object assigned to the route is removed based on the acquired travel plan supplementary data;
- repeating the generation and outputting of the display for as long as further travel plan supplementary data are acquired, wherein the acquired travel plan supplementary data are thereby updated, wherein the repeating and outputting is terminated in response to the publication of a proposal by the user;
- subject to sensed acceptance, updating the travel plan based on the acquired travel plan supplementary data, wherein the route and/or the list of the planning objects are newly generated, to thereby produce an updated travel plan;
- generating and transmitting a control signal based on the updated travel plan and to a navigation device of the transportation vehicle;
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- repeating generation and output of the display using the updated travel plan, and
- further updating the updated travel plan and generating and transmitting the control signal as long as further travel plan supplementary data are acquired,
- wherein one participant device is operated as a driver device, and other participant devices operated as passenger devices,
- wherein a confirmation enquiry is generated and outputted by the driver device based on the travel plan supplementary data, and
- wherein an acceptance of the confirmation enquiry is sensed by the driver device.
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A system for cooperatively generating and managing a travel plan, wherein the system comprises:
- a transportation vehicle and at least two user devices,
- wherein the transportation vehicle includes a navigation system and a control unit,
- wherein the user devices each include an output unit and an input unit,
- wherein a starting position and a destination position are sensed by the input unit of a first of the at least two user devices,
- wherein the travel plan is generated that includes at least a route from the starting position to the destination position and a list of planning objects which are assigned to the route,
- wherein a participant enquiry is generated by the first of the user devices for each of the remaining at least two user devices and is transmitted to each remaining user device, wherein the participant enquiry is output by the remaining user device, and a subsequent user input is sensed as an acceptance of the participant enquiry, wherein the first user device, and the user devices for which an acceptance has been sensed, are deemed to be participant devices,
- wherein a display is generated and outputted by a participant device based on the travel plan, wherein the display includes a user interface,
- wherein travel plan supplementary data is acquired by an input unit of the participant device, wherein at least one further planning object is assigned to the route or a planning object assigned to the route is removed, and
- wherein the travel plan is updated based on the acquired travel plan supplementary data, wherein the route and/or the list of the planning objects is newly generated, the travel plan is accepted by the driver device, a control signal is generated based on the travel plan, and the control signal transmitted at least to the navigation device of the transportation vehicle,
- wherein one participant device is operated as a driver device, and other participant devices operated as passenger devices,
- wherein a confirmation enquiry is generated and outputted by the driver device based on the travel plan supplementary data, and
- wherein an acceptance of the confirmation enquiry is sensed by the driver device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.