| 摘要 |
A computer program product for planning of, and executing a travel itinerary—while traveling to and while at the destination—is stored on tangible computer readable storage medium as computer readable program code. The code causes a P.C./Smartphone to: permit making online reservations (airline, hotel, rental car, event tickets . . . ), and to provide access via a planning screen to a database of destination-specific information, to permit selection from among a plurality of templates to begin planning a personalized scheme for exploring the destination. Selected templates, representing categories of interest, are weighted to adjust relative number of sites/specialty tours extracted therefrom for placement into available tour time periods determined from entry of: arrival/departure cities, number of days, daily touring start-times/end-times, and a tour intensity level, to personally maximize touring in those periods. An algorithm permits adjustments to site selection/sequencing in the itinerary for in-country weather detours, and re-weighting/re-selection of templates of interest. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer program product for a method of planning a travel itinerary for use at a destination and for executing the planned travel itinerary at the destination, the computer program product comprising: a tangible computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied thereon, the computer readable program code, when executed by a processor, configured for:
storing a database of travel information about the destination in said storage medium, said database of travel information comprising tour sites at the destination; creating a respective indoor-outdoor rating for each said tour site by assessing the type and nature of each of said tour sites, including assessing exterior and interior architecture and articles contained therein, and storing said ratings in said storage medium, each said indoor-outdoor rating comprising a percentage of said respective tour site being preferentially, experienced as an indoor site or preferentially experienced as an outdoor site; providing access to said database of travel information by displaying a planning screen configured for selecting of a first itinerary template, and selecting of one or more additional itinerary templates from a plurality of said additional itinerary templates, each said plurality of additional itinerary templates comprising a plurality of said tour sites listed therein and relating to a category of said additional template, said first itinerary template configured for entering of:
a number of days for said itinerary,an arrival city and a departure city at the destination,a start-time and an end-time for a number of desired touring hours for each said number of days, anda tour intensity level for touring for each of said number of days at the destination; providing a sequence of tour sites forming a complete travel itinerary for said number of days, using a portion of said tour sites listed in each said selected one or more additional itinerary templates, said complete travel itinerary comprising said sequence of tour sites being optimized to include as many said tour sites as possible in said touring hours, for each of said number of days; wherein said complete travel itinerary is configured for selecting one or more blocks of time being affected by inclement weather, during said desired touring hours of said number of days; reforming said complete travel itinerary for detouring from at least a portion of said sequence of tour sites, including at least during said one or more blocks of time effected by inclement weather, according to said respective indoor-outdoor rating; and communicating with a GPS receiver for receiving directions to any of said tour sites of said reformed travel itinerary during executing of said reformed travel itinerary at the destination. |
