Trip Planning System Integrating Flight and Ground Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional travel planning methods require users to book flights, hotels, and transportation separately through different websites, lacking an integrated solution for comprehensive trip itineraries that cover the entire journey from start to end.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that integrates with airline, lodging, and on-demand transport systems to provide users with end-to-end recommended itineraries, allowing users to input travel details and receive comprehensive trip plans, including transport, flight, and lodging recommendations, which can be booked through a single interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users book flights, hotels, and transportation separately through different websites, then each individual booking can be completed, but the overall trip planning process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate travel booking services (flights, hotels, ground transportation) into a single integrated trip planning platform. The system aggregates these disparate services into one unified interface, allowing users to plan entire trips without navigating multiple separate websites, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The trip planning system is designed as a universal platform that performs multiple travel-related functions simultaneously - booking flights, reserving hotels, arranging ground transportation, and creating itineraries. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for users to visit specialized websites for each service type, simplifying the overall process while maintaining comprehensive capabilities
2Productivity
If users manually plan each aspect of their trip separately, then detailed control over each booking is achieved, but the total time required for trip planning increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically gathering travel information, pre-calculating itineraries, and pre-arranging transportation options based on user inputs. This preliminary processing reduces the time users would otherwise spend manually researching and coordinating each travel component, thereby improving productivity while minimizing time loss
Solution Approach 2:
The trip planning system incorporates feedback mechanisms that learn from user preferences, historical data, and booking patterns to automatically refine and optimize travel itineraries. This feedback-driven approach enables the system to quickly adapt to user needs and make intelligent recommendations, significantly accelerating the trip planning process while maintaining detailed control over each booking
3Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive trip itineraries covering the entire journey are provided, then user convenience is improved, but the system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the comprehensive trip planning system into distinct functional modules - flight booking, hotel reservation, ground transportation arrangement, and itinerary generation. Each module handles specific aspects of trip planning independently but communicates through a unified interface. This segmentation allows the system to provide comprehensive trip coverage while managing complexity through modular architecture
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method are provided which obtain a travel itinerary for a user, the itinerary identifying a trip, including a scheduled flight to a destination. A scheduled flight is monitored to detect when the scheduled flight arrives at the destination. Upon the scheduled flight arriving at an airport of the destination, one or more notifications are sent to a mobile computing device of the user. Information can be provided with the notifications for an on-demand ground transportation service. The information may include a location at the airport where the user can be picked up in connection with receiving the on-demand transportation service, and a timing indicator to indicate when the user should make a request to receive the on-demand transportation service based on a real-time determination of a number of available service providers in a vicinity of the airport.