Travel Itinerary Sharing with Automated Landmark Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Travelers face challenges in identifying additional landmarks or destinations not on their itinerary that could provide predictability and structure during trips, and sharing itineraries with multiple individuals, especially when security is a concern, as existing methods are time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing one or more processors and computer-readable storage devices to receive, store, and communicate travel itinerary data, identifying relevant landmarks and associating them with the itinerary, then sharing this information with a security detail for enhanced security and planning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If manual methods are used to identify landmarks and share itineraries, then accuracy and completeness can be maintained, but time consumption and operational complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically identifying landmarks and generating shareable itinerary information without requiring manual intervention. The computer processor autonomously accesses location data, identifies relevant landmarks, and prepares sharing content, allowing the itinerary system to serve itself rather than requiring human operators to perform these tasks manually
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical processes with automated computational systems. Instead of manually researching and identifying landmarks, the system uses computer processors to automatically access databases, analyze location data, and identify relevant landmarks. This substitution of mechanical human effort with automated computing resolves the contradiction by dramatically reducing time loss while managing system complexity through software automation
2Reliability
If itinerary sharing is restricted to maintain security and confidentiality, then information security is improved, but ease of sharing with multiple individuals deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments itinerary access by creating distinct sharing profiles for different individuals or groups. Each profile can have customized access levels and permissions, allowing the itinerary to be divided into secure segments that different people can access according to their specific needs and clearance levels, thus maintaining security while enabling multi-individual sharing
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary sharing mechanism that acts as a controlled gateway between the confidential itinerary and multiple individuals. This intermediary layer manages authentication, authorization, and information distribution, allowing secure sharing with multiple people without compromising the underlying security and confidentiality of the itinerary data
3Reliability
If comprehensive landmark information is collected for security purposes, then security coverage is improved, but information processing complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by identifying and processing only the specific landmark information relevant to each particular itinerary segment or location. Rather than uniformly processing all possible landmark data globally, the system tailors its data collection and processing to the local context of each destination and route, improving security coverage while reducing overall processing complexity through localized, targeted analysis
Data Source
AI summary
A system for sharing a travel itinerary with a plurality of members of a protective detail tasked with protecting the security of an individual, includes one or more processors, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors. The program instructions include first program instructions to receive and storing data representative of an itinerary comprising at least one destination an individual intends to travel to. The program instructions further include second program instructions to identify a landmark based on the received itinerary. The program instructions further include third program instructions to associate the identified landmark with the itinerary. The program instructions further include fourth program instructions to communicate data representative of the itinerary and the associated landmark to members of a security detail.