Patent ID: 9024752
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B61B,G01C,G06Q,G08G,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring a status for a traveler disposed at a first location and desiring to travel on a passenger vehicle that is scheduled to depart from a second location at a scheduled time, the method comprising: accessing a reservation for the traveler to retrieve details for one or more travel segments of a trip for the traveler, the one or more travel segments including a first travel segment for travel on the passenger vehicle from the second location at the scheduled time; registering the first travel segment for hurry status monitoring based upon the accessed reservation; after registering the first travel segment for hurry status monitoring, and prior to the traveler commencing a transfer segment of a trip from the first location to the second location for departure on the passenger vehicle, determining using at least one processor an estimated remaining duration before the traveler should commence the transfer segment of the trip from the first location to the second location to ensure that the traveler will be able to board and travel on the passenger vehicle, wherein the estimated remaining duration is based at least in part upon an estimated transfer duration required for the traveler to travel from the first location to the second location and board and depart on the passenger vehicle, wherein the estimated transfer duration is based at least in part on real-time delay information associated with at least one mode of transportation to be used by the traveler to travel between the first location and the second location; and communicating a hurry status indication to the traveler based upon the estimated remaining duration to enable the traveler to assess when the traveler needs to commence the transfer segment of the trip from the first location to the second location.