US2013173157A1PendingUtilityA1

Automated travel planning system

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: May 28, 1993Filed: Apr 30, 2012Published: Jul 4, 2013
Est. expiryMay 28, 2013(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Keith J. BellesfieldTerry L. CampbellThomas Paul HaskellBradley D. Sauder
G01C 21/3679G01C 21/3476
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Abstract

A list of places of interest geographically located near a travel route may be generated by accessing a routing database storing shape points capable of defining a travel route, determining a travel route from the shape points stored in the routing database, accessing a place of interest database including geographic centers, selecting from the places of interest database at least one geographic center that is geographically proximate to the travel route, and generating a list of places of interest associated with at least one of the selected geographic centers.

Claims

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1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 receiving an originating point and a destination point;   determining, using at least one processor, a travel route between the originating point and the destination point;   identifying, using the at least one processor, one or more places of interest for the determined travel route; and   generating an instruction to display at least a portion of an image of a map that includes the determined travel route and identified places of interest.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the image of the map is a bit-mapped image. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 obtaining information associated with one or more shape points of the determined travel route.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 generating an additional instruction to display at least one of the shape points within the image of the map.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the determining comprises determining the travel route based on vector data associated with a plurality of vectors. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 accessing geographic coordinate information associated with the map;   determining a unit system of the map based on at least the geographic coordinate system; and   converting the determined travel route to the unit system of the map.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein identifying the places of interest comprises identifying one or more places of interest that are proximate to a portion of the determined travel route. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein identifying the places of interest comprises identifying at least one of the places of interest that falls within a threshold distance of a portion of the determined travel route. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the identifying the places of interest comprises:
 identifying a geographic center associated with the determined travel route; and   identifying at least one of the places of interest associated with the geographic center.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein identifying the geographic center comprises identifying the geographic center based on an association with a shape point of the determined travel route. 
     
     
         12 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a storage device; and   at least one processor coupled to the storage device, wherein the storage device stores a program for controlling the at least one processor, and wherein the at least one processor, being operative with the program, is configured to:
 receive an originating point and a destination point; 
 determine, using at least one processor, a travel route between the originating point and the destination point; 
 identify, using the at least one processor, one or more places of interest for the determined travel route; and 
 generate an instruction to display at least a portion of an image of a map that includes the determined travel route and identified places of interest. 
   
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the image of the map is a bit-mapped image. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 obtain information associated with one or more shape points of the determined travel route; and   generate an additional instruction to display at least one of the shape points within the map image.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the travel route based on vector data associated with a plurality of vectors. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 access geographic coordinate information associated with the map;   determine a unit system of the map based on at least the geographic coordinate system; and   convert the determined travel route to the unit system of the map.   
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify one or more places of interest that are proximate to a portion of the determined travel route. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify at least one of the places of interest that falls within a threshold distance of a portion of the determined travel route. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 identifying a geographic center associated with the determined travel route; and   identify at least one of the places of interest associated with the geographic center.   
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify the geographic center based on an association with a shape point of the determined travel route. 
     
     
         21 . A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method comprising the steps of:
 receiving an originating point and a destination point;   determining, using at least one processor, a travel route between the originating point and the destination point;   identifying, using the at least one processor, one or more places of interest for the determined travel route; and   generating an instruction to display at least a portion of an image of a map that includes the determined travel route and identified places of interest.

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