US 2018/0020333 A1 · INTERNAL LOCATION ADDRESS AND AUTOMATIC ROUTING OF INTRA-FACILITY MOVEMENT

Abstract

Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for facilitating movement within a facility by providing internal navigation instructions to a user, and/or for automatically operating various transportation mechanisms within the facility to move the user therein. Various embodiments thus comprise a computing entity configured to receive location information/data indicative of a current location of a user and destination information/data indicative of a desired destination for the user, generate a recommended route for the user, and transmit one or more signals to location devices along the recommended route to provide navigations cues to the user, or to one or more transportation mechanisms to enable the user to board the transportation mechanism at a first location, and disembark the transportation mechanism closer to the desired destination.

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Dependent claims

A transportation mechanism operational system for enabling remote operation of a transportation mechanism, the system comprising:

a computing entity in communication with at least one transportation mechanism, the computing entity comprising one or more non-transitory memory storage areas and one or more processors, the computing entity configured to:
receive location information/data indicative of a current location of a mobile device associated with a user;
receive destination information/data indicative of a desired destination associated with the mobile device;
transmit a first signal to the at least one transportation mechanism, wherein the first signal causes the transportation mechanism to enable the user and the mobile device to board the transportation mechanism at the current location;
upon determining that the mobile device is onboard the transportation mechanism, transmit a second signal causing the transportation mechanism to move the user and the mobile device to the desired destination.

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A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable portion configured to receive location information/data indicative of a current location of a mobile device associated with a user;
an executable portion configured to receive destination information/data indicative of a desired destination associated with the mobile device;
an executable portion configured to transmit a first signal to the at least one transportation mechanism, wherein the first signal causes the transportation mechanism to enable the user and the mobile device to board the transportation mechanism at the current location;
an executable portion configured to, upon determining that the mobile device is onboard the transportation mechanism, transmit, from the computing entity, a second signal causing the transportation mechanism to move the user and the mobile device to the desired destination.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Internal location address and automatic routing of intra-facility movement

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Abstract

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