Patent ID: 9739626
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G01C

Claim:
1. A method for processing a search request for one or more journey options from an origin to a destination, the method comprising: providing, via a plurality of mobile devices, an application on the mobile device of each of a plurality of first travelers and on the mobile device of each of a plurality of second travelers, wherein the first travelers share a first characteristic, the second travelers share a second characteristic that differs from the first characteristic, and the application is operable to: receiving, at one or more processors, the first geo-location data for each first traveler from the application installed on the mobile device of each first traveler; receiving, at the one or more processors, the second geo-location data for each second traveler from the application installed on the mobile device of each second traveler; in response to receiving the first geo-location data for each first traveler, calculating, by the one or more processors, a first average travel time from the first geo-location data for each first traveler that is an average time for the first travelers to move from the first gate of the airport to the second gate of the airport; in response to receiving the second geo-location data for each second traveler, calculating, by the one or more processors, a second average travel time from the second geo-location data for each second traveler that is an average time for the second travelers to move from the first gate of the airport to the second gate of the airport; storing, by the one or more processors, the first average travel time and the second average travel time in a first database, wherein the first average travel time is associated with the first characteristic in the first database, and the second average travel time is associated with the second characteristic in the first database; after storing the first average travel time and the second average travel time, receiving, at the one or more processors, the search request for the one or more journey options; and in response to the search request being received at the one or more processors: