The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Oct. 09, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2010
Applicants:

Sihem Amer-yahia, New York, NY (US);

Munmun DE Choudhury, Tempe, AZ (US);

Moran Feldman, Haifa, IL;

Nadav Golbandi, Haifa, IL;

Ronny Lempel, Haifa, IL;

Cong Yu, Hoboken, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Sihem Amer-Yahia, New York, NY (US);

Munmun De Choudhury, Tempe, AZ (US);

Moran Feldman, Haifa, IL;

Nadav Golbandi, Haifa, IL;

Ronny Lempel, Haifa, IL;

Cong Yu, Hoboken, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

One embodiment accesses two or more photos taken by one or more travelers at one or more destinations and one or more points-of-interest located within the destinations; constructs one or more photo streams for each unique traveler-destination combination, wherein each one of the photo streams comprises two or more of the photos taken by the corresponding traveler at the corresponding destination; maps each one of the photos to one of the points-of-interest; constructs one or more timed paths for each unique traveler-destination combination based on the photo streams and the mapping between the photos and the points-of-interest, wherein each one of the timed paths comprises one or more of the points-of-interest located within the corresponding destination and visited by the corresponding travel; and constructs an itinerary based on a start point-of-interest, an end point-of-interest, a time constraint, and the timed paths.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…