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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ali Y. Duale, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Shailesh R. Gami, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Arkadiy O. Tsfasman, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

John S. Werner, Fishkill, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technical solutions are described for determining a route for multiple users traveling to a common destination. An example method includes determining, by a multiuser route generator, a multiuser route for a plurality of users traveling to the common destination, the multiuser route comprising a waypoint, the waypoint being a location to which each of the plurality of users travel independently, and travel to the common destination jointly thereafter. Determining the multiuser route includes receiving departure locations of the users, determining the waypoint, and calculating a first total of travel parameters associated with the users traveling to the waypoint independently and jointly thereafter that is lesser than a second total of travel parameters associated with the users traveling to the common destination independently. The method further includes sending the multiuser route to navigation devices of the respective users, the navigation devices navigating the respective users along the multiuser route.


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