Patent ID: 6834229
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G01C,G06Q

Abstract:
A method of providing journey information to a user, the method comprising:receiving unique location reference information identifying the start and end locations of a user-defined journey; considering at least some possible predetermined pairs of access points to a transport network of a single mode of transport, the access points being at different locations than the start and end locations; selecting those pairs of access points which minimize a selection factor between the start and end locations and the access points respectively; generating an information request containing a selected pair of access points and sending the request to a knowledge store holding information regarding the single mode of transport; receiving multiple different responses representing different travel options from the knowledge store; constructing comparative multiple travel options for the user-specified journey from the response received from the knowledge store; and providing all the comparative multiple travel options to the user on a single viewing page for ease of comparison and user selection.