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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Christopher L. Scofield, Seattle, WA (US);
Kush G. Parikh, Kirkland, WA (US);
William J. Schwebel, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher L. Scofield, Seattle, WA (US);
Kush G. Parikh, Kirkland, WA (US);
William J. Schwebel, Seattle, WA (US);
INRIX, INC., Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for using information regarding road traffic and other types of transportation-related information to determine and/or assess alternative inter-modal passenger travel options in a geographic area that supports multiple modes of transportation. For example, a particular user may have multiple alternatives for travel from a starting location to a destination location in the geographic area, including to use alternative modes of transportation (e.g., private vehicle, bus, train, walking, etc.) for some or all of the travel, and these alternatives may have different travel-related characteristics in different situations (e.g., depending on current road traffic; mass transit schedules and current actual deviations; travel-related fees for gas, parking, mass transit, etc; parking availability; etc.). Multiple alternative travel options are thus assessed for a given situation based on multiple types of information, enabling one or more preferred travel options for the given situation to be identified and used.