Transfer-related alerting for a passenger on a public conveyance
OwnerAaron T. Emighinventor
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Abstract
In some embodiments, techniques comprise receiving route data that includes information relating to a stop, at a portable device that is personal to a passenger on a public conveyance; determining a second destination; determining a first destination that is related to the stop, wherein the first destination is a transfer destination en route to the second destination; determining a current location of the portable device; determining, based at least in part on the current location, that the portable device has nearly reached the first destination; providing a first alert at the portable device; determining a second current location; determining that the second current location is related to the second destination; and providing a second alert.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving route data at a portable device, wherein the portable device is personal to a passenger on a public conveyance, wherein the route data is associated with a public transit route, wherein the public conveyance is following the public transit route, and wherein the route data includes information relating to a stop;
- determining a second destination;
- determining a first destination, wherein the first destination is related to the stop, and wherein the first destination is a transfer destination en route to the second destination;
- determining a current location of the portable device;
- determining, based at least in part on the current location, that the portable device has nearly reached the first destination;
- responsive to determining that the portable device has nearly reached the first destination, providing a first alert at the portable device;
- determining a second current location;
- determining that the second current location is related to the second destination;
- and
- providing a second alert.
A system, comprising:
- a processor in a portable device that is personal to a passenger on a public conveyance, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive route data, wherein the route data is associated with a public transit route, wherein the public conveyance is following the public transit route, and wherein the route data includes information relating to a stop;
- determine a second destination;
- determine a first destination, wherein the first destination is related to the stop, and wherein the first destination is a transfer destination en route to the second destination;
- determine a current location of the portable device;
- determine, based at least in part on the current location, that the portable device has nearly reached the destination;
- responsive to determining that the portable device has nearly reached the destination, provide an alert at the portable device;
- determine a second current location;
- determine that the second current location is related to the second destination;
- and
- provide a second alert;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory provides instructions to the processor.
A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving route data at a portable device, wherein the portable device is personal to a passenger on a public conveyance, wherein the route data is associated with a public transit route, wherein the public conveyance is following the public transit route, and wherein the route data includes information relating to a stop;
- determining a second destination;
- determining a first destination, wherein the first destination is related to the stop, and wherein the first destination is a transfer destination en route to the second destination;
- determining a current location of the portable device;
- determining, based at least in part on the current location, that the portable device has nearly reached the destination;
- responsive to determining that the portable device has nearly reached the destination, providing an alert at the portable device;
- determining a second current location;
- determining that the second current location is related to the second destination;
- and
- providing a second alert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.