Systems and Methods of Multimodal Transportation Management

Abstract

Systems and methods relating to usage of multimodal transportation systems are disclosed. Such systems and methods may identify available local transportation modes for a user, such as vehicle-sharing, ridesharing, rental vehicles, taxicabs, owned vehicles, or public transit options. The available transportation modes may be compared, and recommendations may be presented to the user. Routes may be identified, compared, or recommended to a user, and scheduling or ticket purchasing may be facilitated. With user permission, user transportation data may be collected via a smartphone to identify user transportation patterns and preferences, thereby improving recommendations regarding and assessment of user transportation. Information regarding risks or other relevant factors associated with various transportation modes may be assessed for a user based upon typical characteristics of user transportation choices over a plurality of transportation scenarios, which may be indicated by a user transportation profile.

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         21 . A computer-implemented method of generating a multi modal transportation management user interface on a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
 generating, by a geolocation unit of the mobile computing device, location data indicating a current location of the mobile computing device;   receiving, at one or more processors of the mobile computing device, a destination location indicating an end point of a user trip;
 identifying in real time, by the one or more processors, a plurality of transportation options for travel between the current location and the destination location, including a plurality of transportation modes available in a geographic area including the current location, based upon at least up-to-date data from at least one third-party server describing an availability of the plurality of transportation modes describing availability of the plurality of transportation modes and a predicted relevant future availability of the plurality of transportation modes; 
 determining, by the one or more processors, a transportation risk corresponding to each of the plurality of transportation options, wherein each of the plurality of transportation options is associated with at least one segment of a route between the current location and destination; 
 generating, by the one or more processors, a user interface for presentation to a user via a display of the mobile computing device, comprising at least one risk indicator associated with at least one of the transportation options to indicate the transportation risk corresponding to the transportation options; 
 prompting the user to select at least one transportation option of the plurality of transportation options; and 
 storing data associated with the at least one transportation option selected. 
   
     
     
         22 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , wherein the predicted relevant future availability of the plurality of transportation modes includes times when a transportation mode in the plurality of transportation modes is expected to become available, unavailable, or limitations on the transportation mode usage. 
     
     
         23 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , wherein the display of the mobile computing device further comprises a transportation option selector associated with each of the plurality of transportation options. 
     
     
         24 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21  further comprising prompting the user to select more than one transportation option from the plurality of transportation options. 
     
     
         25 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , further comprising analyzing the stored data associated with the at least one transportation option selected to determine transportation mode usage. 
     
     
         26 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 acquiring, by the one or more processors, current environmental data associated with the plurality of transportation options, and   wherein determining the transportation risk corresponding to each of the plurality of transportation options includes determining the transportation risk based in part upon the current environmental data, and   wherein the at least one risk indicator indicates one or more recommended transportation options based upon the determined transportation risk associated with each of the plurality of transportation options.   
     
     
         27 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 identifying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of routes from the current location to the destination location, wherein each of the plurality of routes includes one of the plurality of transportation options along each segment of the at least one segment of the route.   
     
     
         28 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 27 , wherein the user interface further comprises:
 a plurality of route indicators representing a set of the plurality of routes.   
     
     
         29 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 27 , wherein the user interface further comprises:
 a route insurance purchase option enabling the user to purchase an insurance policy for a single trip along one of the plurality of routes.   
     
     
         30 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , wherein the selection of the at least one transportation option causes the user interface to display at least one purchase option enabling the user to purchase access to the selected at least one transportation option. 
     
     
         31 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 21 , wherein the transportation risk includes accessing a user's personal risk;
 wherein the user's personal risk is determined based upon a profile or attributes specific to the user based on data regarding past user accident history.   
     
     
         32 . A computer system for generating a multimodal transportation management user interface, the system comprising:
 one or more processors;   a geolocation unit of a mobile computing device communicating with the one or more processors; and   a program memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
 access location data indicating a current location of the mobile computing device from the geolocation unit of the mobile computing device; 
 receive a destination location indicating an end point of a user trip; 
 identify in real time a plurality of transportation options for travel between the current location and the destination location, wherein the plurality of transportation options includes a plurality of transportation modes in a geographic area including the current location and up-to-date data from at least one third-party server describing an availability of the plurality of transportation modes and a predicted relevant future availability of the plurality of transportation modes; 
 determine a transportation risk corresponding to each of the plurality of transportation options, wherein each of the plurality of transportation options is associated with at least one segment of a route between the current location and destination. 
 generate a user interface for presentation to a user via a display of the mobile computing device. 
   
     
     
         33 . The computer system of  claim 32 , wherein the predicted relevant future availability of the plurality of transportation modes includes times when a transportation mode in the plurality of transportation modes is expected to become available, unavailable, or limitations on the transportation mode usage. 
     
     
         34 . The computer system of  claim 32 , wherein the transportation risk comprises a transportation risk indicator;
 wherein at least one risk indicator is associated with at least one of the transportation options in the plurality of transportation options to indicate the transportation risk corresponding to the at least one transportation option.   
     
     
         35 . The computer system of  claim 32 , wherein the transportation risk includes accessing a user's personal risk;
 wherein the user's personal risk is determined based upon a profile or attributes specific to the user based on data regarding past user accident history.   
     
     
         36 . The computer system of  claim 32 , wherein the program memory further stores executable instructions that cause the computer system to:
 identify a plurality of routes from the current location to the destination location, wherein each of the plurality of routes includes one of the plurality of transportation options along each segment of the at least one segment of the route.   
     
     
         37 . The computer system of  claim 36 , wherein the user interface includes a route insurance purchase option enabling the user to purchase an insurance policy for a single trip along one of the plurality of routes. 
     
     
         38 . A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for generating a multimodal transportation management user interface on a mobile computing device that, when executed by at least one processor of a computer system, causes the computer system to:
 receive data indicating a current location of the mobile computing device;   receive a destination location indicating an end point of a user trip;   identify in real time a plurality of transportation options for travel between the current location and the destination location, including a plurality of transportation modes available in a geographic area including the current location, based upon at least data from at least one third-party server describing up-to-date availability of the plurality of transportation modes describing an availability of the plurality of transportation modes describing availability of the plurality of transportation modes and a predicted relevant future availability of the plurality of transportation modes;   determine a transportation option risk corresponding to each of the plurality of transportation options, wherein each of the plurality of transportation options is associated with at least one segment of a route between the current location and destination;   generate a user interface for presentation to a user via a display of the mobile computing device, comprising:
 at least one risk indicator associated with at least one of the transportation options in the plurality of transportation options to indicate the transportation option risk corresponding to the at least one transportation option; and 
 a transportation option selector associated with each of the plurality of transportation options. 
   
     
     
         39 . The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 38 , wherein the transportation option risk is weighted based on a combination of transportation option risk values;
 wherein the transportation option risk values include a quantitative or qualitative metric based on duration, distance, and significance of a risk associated with the at least one transportation option.   
     
     
         40 . The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 38 , wherein the predicted relevant future availability of the plurality of transportation modes includes times when a transportation mode in the plurality of transportation modes is expected to become available, unavailable, or limitations on the transportation mode usage.