US 2017/0284818 A1Published application

Sharing route information within a group of travelers

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsGregory J. Boss, Andrea Macias Garcia, Stephen J. McConnell, Piotr Pierga, Stacey C. Ramos, Diego Xirinachs Jimenez

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Abstract

A method and system for sharing route information within a group of travelers is provided. The method includes a subscriber device requesting to join a route to a destination created by a master device. Once the subscriber device has joined the route, the subscriber device receives periodic updates to the route. At any point in time, the subscriber device can request to change roles with the master device, where the subscriber device takes on the role of the new master, and the former master device becomes a subscriber or follower.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for sharing route information, comprising the steps of:

requesting, by one or more subscriber devices, to join a route to a destination, created by a master device;
receiving, by the one or more subscriber devices, updates to the created route to the destination from the master device;
requesting, by a subscriber device from the one or more subscriber devices, a role change to a role of the master device;
responsive to a confirmation of the role change from the master device, configuring the requesting subscriber device to the role of the master device;
using a location of the master device as the destination of the one or more subscriber devices;
and
responsive to confirming the role change of the subscriber device from the one or more subscriber devices to the master device, using a location of the subscriber device as the destination of the one or more subscriber devices.

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A computer program product for sharing route information, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to request to join a route to a destination, created by a master device;
program instructions to receive updates to the created route to the destination from the master device;
program instructions to request a role change to a role of the master device;
program instructions to, responsive to a confirmation of the role change from the master device, configure a requesting subscriber device to the role of the master device;
program instructions to use a location of the master device as the destination of the one or more subscriber devices;
and
responsive to confirming the role change of the subscriber device from the one or more subscriber devices to the master device, program instructions to use a location of the subscriber device as the destination of the one or more subscriber devices.

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A computer system for sharing route information, comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to request to join a route to a destination, created by a master device;
program instructions to receive updates to the created route to the destination from the master device;
program instructions to request a role change to a role of the master device;
program instructions to, responsive to a confirmation of the role change from the master device, configure a requesting subscriber device to the role of the master device;
program instructions to use a location of the master device as the destination of the one or more subscriber devices;
and
responsive to confirming the role change of the subscriber device from the one or more subscriber devices to the master device, program instructions to use a location of the subscriber device as the destination of the one or more subscriber devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.