Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of providing a car pooling assistance through a wireless communication system
- Patent Title (中): 通过无线通信系统提供汽车汇集辅助的方法
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Application No.: US12996485Application Date: 2008-06-05
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Publication No.: US08949272B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Mathias Hubertus Maria Hutschemaekers
- Applicant: Mathias Hubertus Maria Hutschemaekers
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/NL2008/050351 WO 20080605
- International Announcement: WO2009/148298 WO 20091210
- Main IPC: G08G1/123
- IPC: G08G1/123 ; G01C21/34 ; G06Q50/30 ; G06Q10/06 ; G08G1/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method which receives location information of a mobile terminal of a single user. One or more journeys are extracted from the location information of the single user. The corresponding journey data is stored in a journey database. From the journey data in the journey database, journey patterns for the single user are extracted. A journey pattern indicates at least the regularity of a particular journey in time, i.e. over a number of days. The journey patterns are stored in the pattern database. The journey patterns of the single user are matched with patterns of other users. If a match is found, at least one match based on the journey patterns is sent to the single user. These features enable the carpool service to find a match which takes into account the regularity across a period of days. By identifying the regularity, a better match can be made with users which travel the same route, as also the days on which the users travel are taken into account.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110125794A1 METHOD OF PROVIDING A CAR POOLING ASSISTANCE THROUGH A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-05-26
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