Patent ID: 7895065
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G01C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of creating a conditional plan on a planning server, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of user preferences through an interface; retrieving a plurality of possible plan elements from a memory, each element having one or more categories associated with the element; calculating a user value for each plan element; automatically generating, by a processor, a conditional plan comprising a plurality of plan items and defining at least one decision point to detect during execution of the conditional plan whether a user is following an original plan item that is associated with the decision point, wherein the conditional plan is generated based on the calculated user values for the plan elements and the at least one decision point is defined prior to execution of the conditional plan and has an associated original plan item and at least one associated alternative plan item that are pre-determined prior to execution of the conditional plan; presenting the conditional plan in a user system; detecting the at least one defined decision point during execution of the conditional plan; determining at the defined decision point that a user is not following the original plan item that is associated with the defined decision point; and presenting during execution of the conditional plan the pre-determined alternative plan item that is associated with the defined decision point in the user system based on the determination that the user is not following the original plan item that is associated with the defined decision point.