Patent ID: 8355936
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a travel itinerary for a user on a wireless device connected to a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, by a travel itinerary computer, user location information from the user on the wireless device, the user location information providing an indication of the location of the user; estimating, by the travel itinerary computer, the arrival time of the user at a destination based on the user location information, wherein the destination is a departure point for a first scheduled trip of the user on a first vehicle departing the departure point at approximately the departure time; comparing, by the travel itinerary computer, the estimated arrival time of the user with a departure time for the first scheduled trip; determining, by the travel itinerary computer, that the arrival time is substantially earlier than the departure time; and rescheduling, by the travel itinerary computer in response to determining that the arrival time is substantially earlier than the departure time, the user for a second scheduled trip that is scheduled to depart prior to the first scheduled trip on a second vehicle departing the same or a different departure point at a second departure time prior to the first departure time, wherein rescheduling comprises: automatically obtaining a reservation for occupying a portion of the second vehicle through a reservation system; releasing the user's reservation on the first vehicle in response to rescheduling the user for the second scheduled trip; generating an estimated time of arrival of the user at the second departure point; and determining that the estimated time of arrival of the user at the second departure point is sufficiently prior to the second departure time, wherein automatically obtaining a reservation for occupying a portion of the second vehicle and releasing the user reservation on the first vehicle are performed in response to the determination that the estimated time of arrival of the user at the second departure point is sufficiently prior to the second departure time.