US 2012/0084000 A1 · Travel Route Planning Using Geo-Tagged Photographs

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices are described for providing customized trip plans. Based on information provided by a user, geo-tagged photographs, and/or travelogues, one or more travel destinations are identified. Travel paths typically taken by tourists within each of the travel destinations and stay times within those travel destinations may be determined. A customized trip plan including a travel route plan among the one or more travel destinations and recommended internal paths within each travel destination are provided to the user. A revised customized trip plan may also be provided in response to changes made to information associated with the user.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a processor;
memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing:
a destination discovering component configured to identify a plurality of destinations based at least in part on a plurality of geo-tagged photographs;
a trip planning component configured to generate one or more travel route plans including one or more of the plurality of destinations based on associations of user preferences with information about the plurality of destinations;
and
an internal path discovering component configured to determine one or more paths within the one or more destinations included in the travel route plan based on individual paths generated from the plurality of geo-tagged photographs.

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Facts

Application

12/896,635Filed 1 Oct 2010

Published

5 Apr 2012

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

G06F 16/587
Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually: using geographical or…
G01C 21/343
Specially adapted for specific applications: calculating itineraries
G01C 21/3476
Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments: using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route…
G01C 21/3484
Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments: personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or…

Travel Route Planning Using Geo-Tagged Photographs

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Abstract

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