US 10,895,463 B1 · Systems and methods of monitoring and analyzing multimodal transportation usage

Abstract

Systems and methods relating to usage of multimodal transportation systems are disclosed. Such systems and methods may identify available local transportation modes for a user, such as vehicle-sharing, ridesharing, rental vehicles, taxicabs, owned vehicles, or public transit options. The available transportation modes may be compared, and recommendations may be presented to the user. Routes may be identified, compared, or recommended to a user, and scheduling or ticket purchasing may be facilitated. With user permission, user transportation data may be collected via a smartphone to identify user transportation patterns and preferences, thereby improving recommendations regarding and assessment of user transportation. Information regarding risks or other relevant factors associated with various transportation modes may be assessed for a user based upon typical characteristics of user transportation choices over a plurality of transportation scenarios, which may be indicated by a user transportation profile.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method of monitoring multimodal transportation usage of a user of a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

collecting, by a geolocation unit of the mobile computing device, geolocation data regarding a plurality of user locations and corresponding times associated with a user trip by the user;
identifying, by one or more processors, an area associated with the user trip based upon the geolocation data;
accessing, from a transit data server, transit route data associated with a plurality of transit route segments for a plurality of transportation modes in the area;
calculating, by one or more processors, user movement data from user location and time data;
and
identifying, by one or more processors, a user route taken by the user based upon the user movement data and the transit route data, wherein the user route comprises one or more of the plurality of transit route segments.

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A computer system for monitoring multimodal transportation usage of a user of a mobile computing device, the system comprising:

one or more processors;
a geolocation unit of the mobile computing device communicating with the one or more processors;
and
a program memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when execute by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
collect geolocation data regarding a plurality of user locations and corresponding times associated with a user trip by the user from the geolocation unit of the mobile computing device;
identify an area associated with the user trip based upon the geolocation data;
access transit route data associated with a plurality of transit route segments for a plurality of transportation modes in the area;
calculate user movement data from user location and time data;
and
identify a user route taken by the user based upon the user movement data and the transit route data, wherein the user route comprises one or more of the plurality of transit route segments.

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A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for monitoring multimodal transportation usage of a user of a mobile computing device that, when executed by at least on processor of a computer system, causes the computer system to:

collect geolocation data regarding a plurality of user locations and corresponding times associated with a user trip by the user;
identifying an area associated with the user trip based upon the geolocation data;
access transit route data associated with a plurality of transit route segments for a plurality of transportation modes in the area;
calculate user movement data from user location and time data;
and
identify a user route taken by the user based upon the user movement data and the transit route data, wherein the user route comprises one or more of the plurality of transit route segments.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods of monitoring and analyzing multimodal transportation usage

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