Patent ID: 9047384
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F,G07C,G08G,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of collecting user trip purpose data, the method comprising: obtaining the user's end location using a GPS enabled device; transmitting the user's end location to a server, the server storing a plurality of previously identified base locations in a location-table, each of the plurality of previously identified base locations associated with the user and the server storing a trip purpose associated with each of the plurality of previously identified base locations in the location table; determining if one or more of the plurality of previously identified base locations stored in the location-table are within a predetermined distance from the user's end location by performing a proximity test by comparing the user's end location to each of the plurality of previously identified base locations stored in the location-table at the server; if one or more of the plurality of previously identified base locations are determined to be within a predetermined distance from the user's end location, the server performing the following: if none of the plurality of previously identified base locations are determined to be within a predetermined distance from the user's end location, the server performing the following: