Interactive Trip Interface Integrating Weather Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing trip planning systems do not provide integrated weather information alongside available transit trips, requiring users to access multiple sources, leading to user confusion and inefficiency in planning commuting trips under varying weather conditions.
Innovation Solution
A computing system that integrates weather data with trip planning, displaying anticipated weather conditions alongside available trips in an interactive user interface, allowing users to easily compare trip options based on duration, mode of transportation, and weather conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users access two different sources of information (trip planning system and weather system) to plan trips in view of weather conditions, then they can obtain comprehensive trip and weather information, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines trip planning information and weather information into a single integrated user interface. The system displays multiple trip options alongside corresponding weather conditions, forecasts, and alerts in one unified view, eliminating the need for users to switch between separate applications or websites while providing comprehensive information for weather-aware trip planning.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users manually match weather information to transit trip information across multiple time frames, then they can plan trips for different times, but user confusion and frustration increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the trip planning interface by time frames (e.g., morning commute, lunch meeting, afternoon commute), with each time slot displaying relevant trip options and corresponding weather conditions. This segmented organization automatically associates weather data with the appropriate time-specific trip options, eliminating manual matching and reducing user confusion while maintaining versatility for multi-timeframe planning.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides automatic feedback by displaying weather conditions, forecasts, and alerts directly associated with each trip option in the user interface. This feedback mechanism ensures users can immediately see how weather conditions affect their trip choices without manual intervention, reducing frustration and improving ease of operation across multiple time frames.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for providing an interactive user interface that displays anticipated weather conditions alongside a plurality of available trips between an origin and a destination are provided. An exemplary user interface can include a plurality of trip identifiers on a graph having an axis indicative of time. For example, the plurality of trip identifiers can respectively represent a plurality of available transit trips. For example, each trip identifier can provide an intuitive sense regarding the overall duration of the trip, a number of transfers or legs for each trip, time spent in each leg of the trip, a mode of transportation associated with each leg of each trip, and/or other information. The anticipated weather conditions associated with the trips can be presented alongside the plurality of trip identifiers.