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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Simon Tucker, Oakland, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method for dynamically coordinating travel is provided. A plurality of travelers to arrive at a common destination at a common time are identified. A preferred mode of transportation to the destination and a starting location are received for each traveler. An initial route to the destination is generated for each of the travelers based on the received mode of transportation and starting location. Two or more of the travelers are joined by identifying possible pairings between at least two travelers and evaluating a time for each possible pairing of travelers to travel together. A time threshold is applied to the evaluated time for each possible pairing. The travelers of one such possible pairing with an evaluated time that satisfies the threshold are paired. The initial routes of the paired travelers are revised.