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US 9,024,752 B2Granted
Traveler hurry status monitor
AssigneeAmadeus S.A.S.
InventorsClaudie Tumayan, Louis Parisot
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and program product communicate a hurry status indication to a traveler to enable that traveler to determine when he or she should commence a trip, and in particular, a transfer segment of the trip from a first location where the traveler is currently located to a second location where a passenger vehicle, e.g., an airplane or train, is scheduled to depart to ensure that the traveler will be able to board and travel on the passenger vehicle.
Claims38
A method of monitoring a status for a traveler disposed at a first location and desiring to travel on a passenger vehicle that is scheduled to depart from a second location at a scheduled time, the method comprising:
- accessing a reservation for the traveler to retrieve details for one or more travel segments of a trip for the traveler, the one or more travel segments including a first travel segment for travel on the passenger vehicle from the second location at the scheduled time;
- registering the first travel segment for hurry status monitoring based upon the accessed reservation;
- after registering the first travel segment for hurry status monitoring, and prior to the traveler commencing a transfer segment of a trip from the first location to the second location for departure on the passenger vehicle, determining using at least one processor an estimated remaining duration before the traveler should commence the transfer segment of the trip from the first location to the second location to ensure that the traveler will be able to board and travel on the passenger vehicle, wherein the estimated remaining duration is based at least in part upon an estimated transfer duration required for the traveler to travel from the first location to the second location and board and depart on the passenger vehicle, wherein the estimated transfer duration is based at least in part on real-time delay information associated with at least one mode of transportation to be used by the traveler to travel between the first location and the second location;
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- communicating a hurry status indication to the traveler based upon the estimated remaining duration to enable the traveler to assess when the traveler needs to commence the transfer segment of the trip from the first location to the second location.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor to monitor a status for a traveler disposed at a first location and desiring to travel on a passenger vehicle that is scheduled to depart from a second location at a scheduled time, the program code configured to access a reservation for the traveler to retrieve details for one or more travel segments of a trip for the traveler, the one or more travel segments including a first travel segment for travel on the passenger vehicle from the second location at the scheduled time, and to register the first travel segment for hurry status monitoring based upon the accessed reservation, the program code further configured to, after registration of the first travel segment for hurry status monitoring, communicate a hurry status indication to the traveler prior to the traveler commencing a transfer segment of a trip from the first location to the second location for departure on the passenger vehicle to enable the traveler to assess when the traveler needs to commence the transfer segment of the trip from the first location to the second location, wherein the hurry status indication is based upon an estimated remaining duration before the traveler should commence the transfer segment of the trip from the first location to the second location to ensure that the traveler will be able to board and travel on the passenger vehicle, wherein the estimated remaining duration is based at least in part upon an estimated transfer duration required for the traveler to travel from the first location to the second location and board and depart on the passenger vehicle, and wherein the estimated transfer duration is based at least in part on real-time delay information associated with at least one mode of transportation to be used by the traveler to travel between the first location and the second location.
A program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium;
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- program code stored on the computer readable medium and configured to be executed by at least one processor to monitor a status for a traveler disposed at a first location and desiring to travel on a passenger vehicle that is scheduled to depart from a second location at a scheduled time, the program code configured to access a reservation for the traveler to retrieve details for one or more travel segments of a trip for the traveler, the one or more travel segments including a first travel segment for travel on the passenger vehicle from the second location at the scheduled time, and to register the first travel segment for hurry status monitoring based upon the accessed reservation, the program code further configured to, after registration of the first travel segment for hurry status monitoring, communicate a hurry status indication to the traveler prior to the traveler commencing a transfer segment of a trip from the first location to the second location for departure on the passenger vehicle to enable the traveler to assess when the traveler needs to commence the transfer segment of the trip from the first location to the second location, wherein the hurry status indication is based upon an estimated remaining duration before the traveler should commence the transfer segment of the trip from the first location to the second location to ensure that the traveler will be able to board and travel on the passenger vehicle, wherein the estimated remaining duration is based at least in part upon an estimated transfer duration required for the traveler to travel from the first location to the second location and board and depart on the passenger vehicle, and wherein the estimated transfer duration is based at least in part on real-time delay information associated with at least one mode of transportation to be used by the traveler to travel between the first location and the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.