CN106803214B

CN106803214B - Journey planning method and electronic device thereof

Info

Publication number: CN106803214B
Application number: CN201510843014.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨宗翰; 林建宏; 吴侑峻; 沈一真
Original assignee: Acer Inc
Current assignee: Acer Inc
Priority date: 2015-11-26
Filing date: 2015-11-26
Publication date: 2020-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 2035-11-26
Also published as: CN106803214A

Abstract

The invention provides a method for planning a journey and an electronic device thereof. First, an itinerary list including a plurality of travel itineraries is obtained, wherein the travel itineraries include a first travel itinerary and a second travel itinerary that follows the first travel itinerary. And then, acquiring at least one recommended travel itinerary in the uploaded travel itineraries from the server according to the first travel itinerary. Thereafter, a selection operation for the recommended travel itinerary is detected, and in response to detecting a selection operation for a third travel itinerary of the recommended travel itinerary, the third travel itinerary is interposed between the first travel itinerary and the second travel itinerary, according to which the itinerary is updated. The invention can make the journey planner convenient to arrange the collected data, so as to be beneficial to journey planning.

Description

Journey planning method and electronic device thereof

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a trip planning technology, and more particularly, to a trip planning method and an electronic device thereof.

Background

For the trip planner, the most burdensome task is to collect a large amount of data and arrange the data into a book, which requires collecting data with various formats such as screenshots, maps, train schedules, and station stay time, and arranging the collected data in chronological order.

However, the itinerary planning file organized as above is not easy to edit, add or delete on the itinerary, and the browsing interface and the presentation manner thereof are easy to be confused by the itinerary planner.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a method for planning a journey and an electronic device thereof, which enable a journey planner to conveniently collate collected data, so as to facilitate the journey planning.

The invention provides a method for planning a journey, which is suitable for an electronic device which can be connected to a server, wherein the server stores a plurality of uploaded journey tables, each uploaded journey table comprises a plurality of uploaded journey schedules, each uploaded journey schedule comprises at least one uploaded data card, and each uploaded data card corresponds to at least one piece of uploaded collected data. First, an itinerary list including a plurality of travel itineraries is obtained, wherein the travel itineraries include a first travel itinerary and a second travel itinerary that follows the first travel itinerary. And then, acquiring at least one recommended travel itinerary in the uploaded travel itineraries from the server according to the first travel itinerary. Thereafter, a selection operation for the recommended travel itinerary is detected, and in response to detecting a selection operation for a third travel itinerary of the recommended travel itinerary, the third travel itinerary is interposed between the first travel itinerary and the second travel itinerary, according to which the itinerary is updated.

The invention further provides an electronic device, which includes a screen, an input device, a communication circuit, a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is coupled to the screen, the input device, the communication circuit and the memory. The screen is used for displaying pictures. The input device is used for detecting the operation of the electronic device. The communication circuit is used for connecting to the server, wherein the server stores a plurality of uploaded travel schedules, each uploaded travel schedule comprises at least one uploaded data card, and each uploaded data card corresponds to at least one piece of uploaded collected data. The memory is used for recording a plurality of modules. The processor is used for accessing and executing the module recorded in the memory. Such modules include a trip list acquisition module, a trip recommendation module, and a trip list update module. The trip list acquisition module is used for acquiring a trip list comprising a plurality of trip trips, wherein the trip trips comprise a first trip and a second trip which is continued from the first trip, each trip comprises at least one data card, and each data card corresponds to at least one piece of collected data. The journey recommendation module obtains at least one recommended travel journey in the uploaded travel journeys from a server by utilizing the communication circuit according to the first travel journey, and detects selection operation of the recommended travel journey. The trip list updating module is used for inserting the third travel journey between the first travel journey and the second travel journey to update the trip list in response to the trip recommendation module detecting the selection operation of the third travel journey of the recommended travel journey.

Based on the above, the method for planning a trip and the electronic device thereof provided by the present invention can provide more travel itineraries to the user by combining data application according to the corresponding correlation between the travel itineraries in the trip list.

In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of trip planning according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3A is a schematic illustration of a segment of a trip planning file according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3B is a schematic illustration of a segment of the trip planning file of FIG. 3A converted into a data card;

FIG. 3C is a schematic view of the data card of FIG. 3B after sorting;

FIG. 3D is a schematic view of a travel itinerary and its data card, according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3E is a schematic view of a travel itinerary and its data card, according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method of trip planning according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram illustrating a manner of obtaining a recommended travel itinerary in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram illustrating a manner of obtaining a recommended travel itinerary according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

100. 400: electronic device

110. 410: screen

120. 420: input unit

125. 425: communication circuit

130. 430: memory device

131: file acquisition module

133: card management module

135: journey management module

S202 to S208, S502 to S508: method and flow for planning journey

300: segment of a trip planning file

310A, 320A, 330A: collecting data

330a, 331: table form

310B, 320B, 330C, 315C: data card

351. 352, 353, 361, 362, 363: data card

311. 321, 322: graphic hyperlink

331 b: unfolding article

431: trip list acquisition module

433: journey recommendation module

435: journey table updating module

T1-T5, T1': travel route

DT: display object

ADT, AC, AT: operation article

d. m: prompting object

480: server

A. B, a, B: geographic location

AB. AC, AD, AE: traffic route

A_C、B_C: range of distances

Detailed Description

Some embodiments of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or similar elements throughout the several views. These embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention and do not disclose all possible embodiments of the invention. Rather, these embodiments are merely exemplary of the methods and electronic devices claimed herein.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention, which is for convenience of illustration only and is not intended to limit the invention. First, fig. 1 first describes all the components and the configuration of the electronic device, and the detailed functions will be disclosed together with fig. 2.

Referring to fig. 1, the electronic device 100 includes a screen 110, an input device 120, a communication circuit 125, a memory 130, and a processor 140. In the embodiment, the electronic device 100 is, for example, an electronic device such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, and the like, which is not limited thereto.

The screen 110 is used for displaying the image outputted by the electronic device 100 for the user to watch. In the present embodiment, the screen 110 is, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Display, a Field Emission Display (FED), or other types of displays.

The input device 120 is used for providing a user with operations on the electronic device 100, and may be a keyboard, a mouse, a stylus pen, a touch pad, a track ball, or other devices externally connected to or built in the electronic device 100. In one embodiment, the screen 110 and the input device 120 may be integrated into a touch screen, such as a capacitive or resistive touch screen, for receiving a touch operation of a user.

The communication circuit 125 is used for accessing the internet through a communication network, and may be, for example, a component supporting a wireless network connection such as WiMAX communication protocol, Wi-Fi communication protocol, 3G communication protocol, 4G communication protocol, etc., or a wired network connection such as ADSL broadband or fiber network, etc., although the invention is not limited thereto. The communication circuit 125 is further used for providing file data transmission between the electronic device 100 and other devices, and may be a component supporting short-range wireless transmission or wired transmission, for example, although the invention is not limited thereto.

The Memory 130 is, for example, any type of fixed or removable Random Access Memory (RAM), Read-Only Memory (ROM), Flash Memory (Flash Memory), hard disk or the like or a combination thereof, and is used for storing file data. In addition, the memory 130 is further used for recording a plurality of modules executable by the processor 140, including a file acquiring module 131, a card managing module 133 and a trip managing module 135.

The Processor 140 may be, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), or other Programmable general purpose or special purpose Microprocessor (Microprocessor), Digital Signal Processor (DSP), Programmable controller, Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Programmable Logic Device (PLD), or other similar devices or combinations thereof. The processing unit 140 is coupled to the screen 110, the input device 120, the communication circuit 125 and the memory 130, and is used for accessing the modules in the memory 130 to perform the trip planning function.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a method of trip planning according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to fig. 2, the method of the present embodiment is applied to the electronic device 100 of fig. 1, and the following describes the detailed steps of the method for planning a travel itinerary according to the present invention with various elements in the electronic device 100.

First, the file acquiring module 131 of the electronic device 100 acquires a trip planning file including a plurality of collected data (step S202). In detail, the electronic device 100 may provide a document editor, and the user can input or attach a plurality of collected data by the input device 120 to generate the trip planning document. In addition, the electronic device 100 may also obtain the trip planning file from other electronic devices. Such collected pen data may include at least one data item, each data item having at least one data format. For example, the data items collected may be names of scenic spots, restaurant addresses, price points, riding information, photos, related website links, network evaluations, etc., and the data format may be texts, screenshots, pictures, hyperlinks, tables, etc., but the invention is not limited thereto.

In particular, fig. 3A is a schematic illustration of a segment of a trip planning file according to an embodiment of the invention.

Referring to fig. 3A, a segment 300 of the trip planning file includes three collected data about an accommodation. The collected data 310A and the collected data 320A are related information of two restaurants located in kyoto, respectively. The collected data 310A includes three data items, i.e., a restaurant name, a price, and a recommended sharing website, where the data format of the restaurant name and the price is text, and the data format of the recommended sharing website is a hyperlink. The collected data 320A includes four data items, i.e., a restaurant name, riding information, a recommended sharing website, and a restaurant address, wherein the data format of the restaurant name, the riding information, and the restaurant address is text, and the data format of the recommended sharing website is a hyperlink. The collected data 330A is a plurality of branch stores located in east-horizontal INN chain of osaka, wherein the listed branch stores and their associated information (price and ride information) are presented in a tabular data format.

Referring to fig. 2 again, after the file obtaining module 131 of the electronic device 100 obtains the trip planning file, the card management module 133 converts each collected data into a data card (step S204). Each data card herein includes collected data after being converted by a data format. The card management module 133 may process each collected data according to the data format of the data item of the collected data, and the processed collected data may make the browsing layout simpler. The card management module 133 may then segment the processed trip planning file of the collected data into a plurality of data segments. In other words, each data segment will correspond to a respective piece of collected data. Then, the card management module 133 converts the data fragment into the format of the data card.

The card managing module 133 may cut the trip planning file according to the user's general habit in editing the file. Generally, when a user plans a journey using a general document editor, blank lines are often used to separate multiple collected data. Thus, the card management module 133 may detect where the blank lines of the trip plan file are located and cut the trip plan file according to the blank lines. For example, if the user is used to separate different travel routes by two blank lines, the card management module 133 can cut the travel route planning file according to the positions of all the two blank lines. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the card management module 133 may also cut the trip plan file according to the separation lines, font sizes, specific symbols, or even text content in the trip plan file.

It should be noted that, in another embodiment, the card management module 133 may also cut the trip planning file into a plurality of data segments, process the collected data, and convert all the processed data segments into the format of the data card, which is not limited herein.

Three ways in which the card managing module 133 processes the collected data (hereinafter referred to as "first collected data", "second collected data", and "third collected data") will be listed below.

Assume that one of the data items of the first collected data (defined as "first data item") is a real address and its data format is text. The card management module 133 can obtain the network electronic map corresponding to the physical address through the network by using the communication circuit 125, and retrieve a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the network electronic map. In one embodiment, the card management module 133 may add the URL address of the network electronic map to the first collected data. In another embodiment, the card managing module 133 may convert the URL address newly added to the first collected data into a graphic hyperlink of the URL address of the network electronic map. In yet another embodiment, the card managing module 133 can further directly convert the data format of the first data item into a graphical hyperlink of the URL address of the network electronic map.

Assuming that one of the data items (defined as "second data item") of the second collected data is a related website, that is, the data format corresponding to the second collected data is a text hyperlink, the card managing module 133 may convert the data format of the second data item into a graphic hyperlink.

Assuming that the data format of one of the data items (defined as "third data item") of the third collected data is a table, the card management module 133 may shrink (collapse) the table to hide part of the third collected data, so as to save the space of the browsing layout.

For example, FIG. 3B is a schematic illustration of a fragment of the trip planning file of FIG. 3A converted to a data card.

Referring to fig. 3A and 3B, in this example, the hyperlink of the recommended sharing website in the collected data 310A of fig. 3A is converted into the hyperlink 311 shown in the data card 310B of fig. 3B, and the name and price of the restaurant are shown in the original text.

In this example, the hyperlink on the recommended sharing website in the collected data 320A of FIG. 3A is converted to the hyperlink 321 shown in the data card 310B of FIG. 3B, and the restaurant name and the riding information are presented in the original text. Notably, the restaurant address in the collected data 320B is directly translated into the graphical hyperlink 322 for the URL address of the network electronic map. That is, when the user clicks the icon hyperlink 322, the screen 110 of the electronic device 100 displays the network electronic map corresponding to the restaurant address in the collected data 320A.

In this example, the table 330A in the collected data 330A of fig. 3A is contracted to the table 331 of the data card 330B of fig. 3B, wherein the table 331 only displays the information in the first Row (Row) of the table 330A, and the rest of the table is hidden in the display area of the data card 330B. When the user clicks the expansion object 331b, the complete table is expanded (expanded).

In this embodiment, after the card management module 133 converts the itinerary planning file into a plurality of data cards, the input device 120 can be used to detect the user's operation of sorting the data cards, such as merging the data cards, exchanging the order of the data cards, and so on. For example, fig. 3C is a diagram of the data cards of fig. 3B after sorting.

Referring to fig. 3B and fig. 3C, in this example, the user can combine the

data cards

310B and 320B in fig. 3B by using the input device 20, and then exchange the data card 330C with the combined

data cards

310B and 320B to form the sorting manner of the data card 330C and the combined data cards 315C in fig. 3C.

In one embodiment, the collected data after the data format conversion in the data card may also include updatable real-time information (Live Content) for the user to perform subsequent query, and the real-time information may be weather information, map, etc. of a specific scenic spot. For example, when the data card includes weather information of a specific attraction, the card management module 133 of the electronic device 100 can periodically use the communication circuit 125 to continuously obtain the latest weather information from the weather website through the network to update the data card. Therefore, the user can still obtain local real-time weather information through the data card before the trip. When the data card includes a map of a specific attraction, the card management module 133 of the electronic device can update the map in the data card when the user changes the attraction of the travel itinerary.

Referring back to fig. 2, after the card managing module 133 converts the trip planning file into a plurality of data cards, the trip managing module 135 detects a designated operation on the data cards by using the input device 120 to group the data cards into a plurality of travel itineraries (step S206). In detail, the trip management module 135 may establish a plurality of travel trips, wherein each travel trip may be divided into an attraction trip or a traffic trip from a departure location to a destination. Then, the trip management module 135 adds the data cards to the designated travel itinerary according to the user's designated operation using the input device 120.

For example, FIG. 3D is a schematic diagram of a travel itinerary and its data card according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the travel itinerary is an attraction itinerary in an example.

Referring to fig. 3D, it is assumed that the user sets the travel itinerary T1 to "junior corps". In this embodiment, the card detection module 135 detects that the user drags the data card 351, the data card 352 and the data card 353 to the subset of the travel itinerary T1 by using the input device 120, wherein the data card 351 is a restaurant that can be considered to be at the neighborhood of the kennel society, the data card 352 is a network electronic map of the kennel society, and the data card 353 is the weather in the region to which the kennel society belongs. Incidentally, the content of the data card 351 is the collected data 320A collected by the user in fig. 3A, and the content of the data card 352 and the data card 353 is the dynamic real-time information periodically acquired by the card management module 133 through the network by using the communication circuit 125. In addition, the travel itinerary T1 may further include a prompt item d, so that the user can know that a plurality of data cards are included in the subset of the travel itinerary T1 when browsing the travel itinerary.

In this example, the user may also set the dwell time for each travel trip. Taking travel journey T1 as an example, the stay time is set to 1 hour. The user can also click the operation object AT to add a new travel route or click the operation object AC to add a new data card. Of course, the user can also choose to delete the travel itinerary or the data card. In addition, the display object DT displays this as a travel itinerary for the first day. When the user has scheduled the travel itinerary of the first day or wants to add another travel itinerary to other days, the user can click the operation object ADT to add another days to schedule the travel itinerary of other days.

FIG. 3E is a schematic view of a travel itinerary and its data card according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the travel itinerary is a transportation itinerary.

Referring to fig. 3E, suppose that the user sets the journey T2 as a traffic route between journey T1' and journey T3, that is, journey T2 is a traffic route with "mosque in clear water" as the departure place and "osaka station" as the destination. In this example, the trip management module 135 detects that the user drags the data card 361, the data card 362 and the data card 363 to a subset of the travel route T2 using the input device 120, wherein the data card 361 is a network electronic map including a clear water temple and an osaka station, the data card 362 is three transportation modes of the clear water temple and the osaka station, and the data card 363 is a schedule of the east ocean coast line of the JR train close to 9:30 am to better meet the user's requirement. The schedule may be in a pure tabular form, a screenshot, a graphical hyperlink of a URL address, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the travel itineraries T1', T2, T3, and T1 may further include a prompt object d, so that the user can know that the subsets include a plurality of data cards when browsing the travel itineraries. The travel itineraries T4 and T5 may further include a prompt item m, so that the user can know that the subsets include the network electronic map respectively when browsing the travel itineraries.

In one embodiment, the user can also adjust the sequence of all travel trips at any time. In another aspect, the trip management module 135 detects the user's movement of the travel itinerary using the input device 120 to reorder the itineraries. In addition, the trip management module 135 may integrate the sorted travel itineraries into a trip list in units of days.

The trip list integrated by the trip management module 135 can provide the user with any travel itinerary at any time. When the user selects any travel itinerary, the itinerary management module 135 displays the data card in the selected travel itinerary to facilitate the user to browse the related information collected in the selected travel itinerary. In addition, the trip management module 135 can automatically display the travel itinerary according to the current time and/or the current location of the electronic device 100 located by the Global Positioning System (GPS) to provide a more convenient query for the user while the user is traveling.

In the foregoing embodiment, the electronic device may convert the data collected in the trip planning file edited by the user using the file editor into the data card, and place the data card in the corresponding trip and sequence the trip according to the operation of the user, so as to generate the trip list convenient for the user to arrange and browse. In addition, since the data is converted into the format of the data card, the electronic device 100 can apply the trip chart to a specific typesetting format, and then output the trip chart into a display format suitable for different electronic devices. In other embodiments, during the planning of the travel itinerary by the user, the electronic device may provide the relevant recommended scenic spot itinerary and recommended traffic itinerary, and may further schedule the itinerary according to the user's travel preference to further enhance the user's experience.

In detail, fig. 4 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the invention, but this is for convenience of illustration only and is not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to fig. 4, the electronic device 400 includes a screen 410, an input device 420, a communication circuit 425, a memory 430 and a processor 440, which are similar to the screen 110, the input device 120, the communication circuit 125, the memory 130 and the processor 140 in fig. 1. The difference between the electronic device 400 and the electronic device 100 is that the memory 430 is used for recording the trip list obtaining module 431, the trip recommendation module 433 and the trip list updating module 435 which can be executed by the processor 440.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of a method of trip planning according to another embodiment of the invention. Referring to fig. 5, the method of the present embodiment is applied to the electronic device 400 of fig. 4, and the following describes the detailed steps of the method for planning a travel itinerary according to the present invention with various elements in the electronic device 400.

First, the trip list obtaining module 431 of the electronic device 400 obtains a trip list including a plurality of travel trips (step S502). The trip list is the trip list integrated by the trip management module 135 in the above embodiment; that is, each travel itinerary includes at least one data card, and each data card corresponds to at least one collected data.

In this embodiment, the electronic device 400 can be connected to the server 480 by the communication circuit 425 during the user's planning of the travel itinerary. The server 480 may be an application server (application server), a cloud server (cloud server), etc., which stores a plurality of trip lists (defined as "uploaded trip lists") uploaded from other electronic devices in advance. Similarly, each uploaded itinerary list includes a plurality of travel itineraries (defined herein as "uploaded travel itineraries"), each uploaded travel itinerary includes at least one data card (defined herein as "uploaded data card"), and each uploaded data card corresponds to at least one piece of collected data (i.e., collected data converted in data format in the aforementioned embodiment, defined herein as "uploaded collected data"). The server 480 may further provide suggestions on more attractions or traffic routes for the electronic device 400 based on the current itinerary schedule of the electronic device 400.

Specifically, the server 480 may explore the uploaded travel schedules and the uploaded travel schedules to obtain the correlation between the uploaded travel schedules, and timely recommend other travel schedules to the electronic device 400 according to the current travel schedule of the electronic device 400. The following description will be made in terms of a first travel itinerary in the itinerary chart of the electronic device 400 and a second travel itinerary continuing from the first travel itinerary, while the other travel itineraries in the itinerary chart may be analogized in the same manner.

Here, the trip recommendation module 433 of the electronic device 400 will obtain at least one recommended travel trip from the uploaded travel trips from the server 480 according to the first travel trip (step S504). The recommended travel itineraries herein can also be divided into two broad categories: an attraction trip, which may be, for example, a sightseeing spot, a street-strolling trip, a restaurant, an accommodation, etc., at a particular location, and a traffic trip, which is a manner of transportation from the origin to the destination. In one embodiment, the trip recommendation module 433 may provide the user with a recommended travel itinerary for selecting sights or traffic. In another embodiment, the journey recommendation module 433 may automatically provide recommended travel itineraries for all attractions and traffic, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Assuming that the travel itinerary to be recommended by the itinerary recommendation module 433 is an attraction itinerary, the itinerary recommendation module 433 first obtains the geographic location (defined herein as "first geographic location") associated with the first travel itinerary according to the collected data of the data card of the first travel itinerary. Since the data cards in each travel itinerary do not have specific data items, the itinerary recommendation module 433 needs to analyze the data cards of the first travel itinerary to obtain the first geographic location, and then obtain at least one travel itinerary closest to the first geographic location from the uploaded travel itineraries of the server 480 as the recommended travel itinerary.

In one embodiment, the journey recommendation module 433 can use EXIF information of network electronic map, address, photo in the data card as the basis for analysis. For example, assuming that the data card for the first travel itinerary includes multiple merchant addresses for "Boudo canal City", the itinerary recommendation module 433 may infer that the destination location of interest for this travel itinerary is "Boudo canal City". The tour recommendation module 433 may then retrieve from the server 480 the travel itineraries associated with the attractions near Boudou canal City as recommended travel itineraries.

In one embodiment, if the text information (e.g., the title field or the location field) of the first travel itinerary has the actual location information, the itinerary recommendation module 433 can compare the concerned target location with the actual location information to confirm the correctness of the actual location information of the first travel itinerary.

In another embodiment, the journey recommendation module 433 may set the target location of interest as the virtual location information of the first travel itinerary, assuming that the text information of the first travel itinerary does not have any actual location information. For example, assume that the title field of the first travel itinerary is the non-actual location information such as "eat dinner". The trip recommendation module 433 would give the first tour an additional virtual location information of "Boudou canal City". Thereafter, when the first travel itinerary is uploaded to the server 480 to become one of the uploaded travel itineraries, if another user has a scenic spot itinerary that needs to be recommended near Boudo at the dinner time, the first travel itinerary will also be recommended to another user, and the other user will see a travel itinerary named "eat dinner" and have the residences of a plurality of merchants in the Boudo canal city. In this embodiment, the accuracy of the virtual location information can be determined by the current position of the user located by the GPS of the electronic device 400 while the user is using the first travel route.

As an extension of the above-described embodiment, in one embodiment, the trip recommendation module 433 may obtain at least one travel trip from the server 480 that is closest to the first geographic location and that matches the time point associated with the first travel trip as the recommended travel trip. For example, the time point may be a specific time interval of a day, such as "dinner time" in the above example, or may be extended to a specific time period, such as "cherry blossom season" or "maple leaf season", which is not limited herein.

In one embodiment, the trip recommendation module 433 may obtain at least one travel trip having the largest occurrence number and being counted as a continuation of the first travel trip from the server 480 as the recommended travel trip. For example, assume that the first travel itinerary is "Boudo canal City". The server 480 may analyze the travel itinerary that the user mostly uses the "fuggang tower" after using the travel itinerary of the "bodoyu river city" from the uploaded itinerary table, and the itinerary recommendation module 433 may obtain the travel itinerary of the "fuggang tower" from the server 480 as the recommended travel itinerary continuing to the "bodoyu river city".

On the other hand, assume that the recommended travel route is a traffic route between two places, that is, the recommended travel route includes information of the departure place and the destination. The trip recommendation module 433 obtains the geographic location (i.e., "the first geographic location") associated with the first trip according to the collected data of the data card of the first trip, and obtains the geographic location (defined as "the second geographic location") associated with the second trip according to the collected data of the data card of the second trip, wherein the manner of obtaining the second geographic location by the trip recommendation module 433 is similar to the manner of obtaining the first geographic location, and is not repeated herein.

In one embodiment, the journey recommendation module 433 may obtain at least one journey counted as occurring most times from the first geographic location to the second geographic location as the recommended journey from the server 480. In other words, the recommended travel routes are the transportation modes with the first geographical location and the second geographical location as the departure point and the destination, respectively, and the occurrence times are the most (the most users use) in the server 480. For example, if the first geographic location and the second geographic location are "temple in clear water" and "osaka", respectively, the recommended travel route provided by the journey recommendation module 433 may be a travel route passing through kyoto station.

In another embodiment, the journey recommendation module 433 may further obtain a recommended travel itinerary for the first geographic location to travel to the second geographic location according to the time point of the first travel itinerary. For example, in general, the number of travel trips of the subway in the day is larger, and the number of travel trips of the new mainline in the evening is larger, so that the travel trips recommended by the journey recommendation module 433 in the day and the evening are different with the same departure place and destination.

However, if there is no correlation between the first geographic location and the second geographic location, that is, the uploaded travel itinerary of the server 480 does not have a travel itinerary from the first geographic location to the second geographic location, the itinerary recommendation module 433 can obtain a recommended travel itinerary, for example, according to the following examples.

In one embodiment, the journey recommendation module 433 may obtain a travel itinerary from the server 480 that originates at a first geographic location and that is destined for another geographic location as the recommended travel itinerary, wherein the distance between the first geographic location and the other geographic location is not greater than the distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location.

For example, fig. 6A is a schematic diagram illustrating an obtaining manner of the recommended travel route according to an embodiment of the invention.

Referring to fig. 6A, assume that the departure location and the destination location are geographic location a and geographic location B, respectively, but no traffic route AB exists in the server 480. Assume that traffic trip AC, traffic trip AD, and traffic trip AE all use geographic location a as the starting point. In this example, the journey recommendation module 433 would not classify the transit trips AC and AD as recommended travel trips because the distance between the transit trips is greater than the distance between geographic location A (origin) and geographic location B (destination). On the other hand, since the travel itinerary for the traffic route AE is less than the distance AB, the trip recommendation module 433 would classify the traffic route AE as one of the recommended travel itineraries. In one embodiment, the journey recommendation module 433 may further query whether there is a traffic route between geo-location E and geo-location B; if yes, the recommended travel itinerary can be further listed to inform the user of the travel way of the geographic position E to the geographic position B, and the user can go from the geographic position A to the geographic position B through the geographic position E.

In another example, the journey recommendation module 433 may obtain at least one travel journey counted as occurring most times from the first geographic location to the alternate second geographic location from the server 480 as the recommended travel journey. The alternative second geographic location is a geographic location near the second geographic location, i.e., the second geographic location is elevated to a high-level geographic location. For example, the distance between the second geographic location and the alternative second geographic location is not greater than the distance threshold, or the second geographic location and the alternative second geographic location belong to the same administrative district, and so on.

For example, FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram illustrating a manner of obtaining a recommended travel itinerary according to another embodiment of the invention.

Referring to fig. 6B, assume that the departure location and the destination location are geographic location a and geographic location B, respectively, but no traffic route AB exists in the server 480. The trip recommendation module 433 may retrieve from the server 480 a geo-location B heading from geo-location A to an alternative geo-location B, where geo-location B belongs to a particular distance range B of geo-location B_CAnd (4) the following steps.

In another example, assuming that there are no traffic trips corresponding to the first geographical location and the second geographical location respectively in the server 480, the trip recommendation module 433 may obtain at least one counted maximum number of trips from the alternative first geographical location to the alternative second geographical location from the server 480 as the recommended trip. The alternative first geographic location and the alternative second geographic location are geographic locations near the first geographic location and the second geographic location, respectively, that is, the first geographic location and the second geographic location are simultaneously increased to a geographic location of a high geographic level. Similarly, the distance between the actual geographic location and the alternative geographic location is not greater than the distance threshold, or the actual geographic location and the alternative geographic location belong to the same administrative district, and so on.

Also in fig. 6B, assume that the departure location and the destination are geographic location a and geographic location B, respectively, but no traffic route AB exists in the server 480. The journey recommendation module 433 may obtain from the server 480 a geographic location a to a geographic location b, where the geographic location a belongs to a specific distance range A of the geographic location A_CWithin, geographic location B belongs to a specific distance range B of geographic location B_CAnd (4) the following steps.

Referring back to FIG. 5, after obtaining the recommended travel route, the trip recommendation module 433 will detect the selection operation of the user for the recommended travel route by using the input device 420 (step S506). In response to detecting a user selection operation for a third one of the recommended travel itineraries, the itinerary update module 435 inserts the third travel itinerary between the first travel itinerary and the second travel itinerary to update the itinerary (step S508). In other words, after the user of the electronic device 400 selects a specific recommended travel itinerary (i.e., the third travel itinerary) using the input device 420, the itinerary update module 435 can insert the specific recommended travel itinerary into the itinerary to update the itinerary.

In one embodiment, the trip list update module 435 may update the trip list by sorting the trip list according to the past usage experience of the user to enhance the planning of the travel itinerary. In detail, the trip list update module 435 may obtain the old schedule of the user from the memory 430 or the server 480, and then calculate a plurality of preference parameters of the user's schedule according to the old schedule. The preference parameters may be, for example, the number of days of the journey, the number of scenic spots scheduled in a day, the eating habits of the lodging, etc., and the schedule is re-ordered in a quantitative manner according to the preference parameters to be closer to the traveling habits of the user.

In one embodiment, the electronic device 400 may also automatically or ask the user whether to upload the completed trip list to the server 480 as one of the uploaded trip lists for other users to refer to after the user completes the trip planning.

It should be noted that, in an embodiment, the electronic device 400 may be integrated with the electronic device 100 into a same device, and the memory of the integrated electronic device may include the file acquiring module 131, the card managing module 133, the trip management module 135, the trip list acquiring module 431, the trip recommendation module 433, and the trip list updating module 435, which may execute the method steps of the trip planning of fig. 2 and 5.

In summary, the method for planning a trip, the electronic device and the computer program product thereof according to the present invention can convert the data collected in the trip planning file edited by the user using the file editor into the data card, and arrange the data card in the corresponding trip journey and sequence the trip journey according to the operation of the user, so as to generate a trip list convenient for the user to arrange and browse. Because the data are converted into the format of the data card, the electronic device can apply the trip list to a specific typesetting format, and the display format which can accord with different electronic devices can be output. In addition, the invention can provide more travel itinerary suggestions for the user by combining data applications such as cloud computing, data exploration and the like according to the corresponding relevance among the travel itineraries, and can exert development flexibility and commercial effect of the travel itineraries in addition to improving the experience of the user.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A method for trip planning, adapted to an electronic device connectable to a server, wherein the server stores a plurality of uploaded trip lists, each uploaded trip list comprising a plurality of uploaded travel itineraries, each uploaded travel itinerary comprising at least one uploaded data card, each uploaded data card corresponding to at least one uploaded collected data, the method comprising:

obtaining an itinerary list comprising a plurality of travel itineraries, wherein the travel itineraries comprise a first travel itinerary and a second travel itinerary continuing to the first travel itinerary, each travel itinerary comprises at least one data card, each data card corresponds to at least one piece of collected data, the travel itinerary comprises a sight spot itinerary and a traffic itinerary from a departure place to a destination, and the first travel itinerary and the second travel itinerary are respectively associated with a first geographic location and a second geographic location;

obtaining at least one recommended travel itinerary in the uploaded travel itineraries from the server according to the first travel itinerary, wherein:

when the recommended travel itinerary is the sight spot itinerary, the recommended travel itinerary is at least one uploaded travel itinerary associated with the first geographic location; and

when the recommended travel trip is the traffic trip, the recommended travel trip is at least one uploaded travel trip related to the traffic mode from the first geographic position to the second geographic position; detecting a selection operation for the recommended travel itinerary; and

in response to detecting the selection operation of a third travel itinerary of the recommended travel itineraries, interposing the third travel itinerary between the first travel itinerary and the second travel itinerary, thereby updating the itinerary table.

2. The method of trip planning according to claim 1 wherein the step of obtaining the recommended travel itinerary from the server in the uploaded travel itineraries according to the first travel itinerary when the recommended travel itinerary is the attraction itinerary comprises:

obtaining the first geographic position associated with the first travel itinerary according to the collected data of the data card of the first travel itinerary, and obtaining the recommended travel itinerary from the server, wherein the recommended travel itinerary is at least one uploaded travel itinerary that is closest to the first geographic position, at least one uploaded travel itinerary that is closest to the first geographic position and corresponds to the time point associated with the first travel itinerary, or at least one uploaded travel itinerary that is counted as continuing to the first travel itinerary and occurring at most times.

3. The method of trip planning according to claim 1 wherein when the recommended travel itinerary is the traffic itinerary, the method further comprises, prior to the step of obtaining the recommended travel itinerary from the uploaded travel itinerary from the server according to the first travel itinerary:

obtaining a first geographic location associated with the first travel itinerary based on the collected data of the data card for the first travel itinerary; and

and acquiring a second geographic position associated with the second travel itinerary according to the collected data of the data card of the second travel itinerary.

4. The method of trip planning according to claim 3 wherein the step of retrieving from the server the recommended one of the uploaded travel itineraries when there is a means of transportation in the uploaded travel itinerary from the first geographic location to the second geographic location comprises:

and obtaining and setting at least one uploaded travel itinerary which is counted out to have the most occurrence times from the first geographic position to the second geographic position from the server as the recommended travel itinerary.

5. The method of trip planning according to claim 3 wherein the step of retrieving the recommended one of the uploaded travel itineraries from the server when there is no means of transportation for the uploaded travel itinerary from the first geographic location to the second geographic location comprises:

and obtaining and setting at least one uploaded travel itinerary from the first geographic location to at least one other geographic location with the maximum occurrence number as the recommended travel itinerary from the server, wherein the distance between the first geographic location and each other geographic location is not greater than the distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location.

6. The method of trip planning according to claim 3 wherein the step of retrieving the recommended one of the uploaded travel itineraries from the server when there is no means of transportation for the uploaded travel itinerary from the first geographic location to the second geographic location comprises:

obtaining and setting at least one uploaded travel route counted from the first geographic position to an alternative second geographic position as the recommended travel route from the server, wherein the distance between the alternative second geographic position and the second geographic position is not greater than a distance threshold value.

7. The method of trip planning according to claim 3 wherein the step of retrieving the recommended one of the uploaded travel itineraries from the server when there is no means of transportation for the uploaded travel itinerary from the first geographic location to the second geographic location comprises:

obtaining and setting at least one uploaded travel route counted from an alternative first geographic position to an alternative second geographic position from the server as the recommended travel route, wherein the distance between the alternative first geographic position and the first geographic position is not greater than a distance threshold value, and the distance between the alternative second geographic position and the second geographic position is not greater than the distance threshold value.

8. The method of trip planning according to claim 3 wherein the step of obtaining the recommended travel itinerary from the server based on the first travel itinerary comprises:

and obtaining and setting at least one uploaded travel itinerary which is counted to be the most times from the first geographic position to the second geographic position and accords with the time point associated with the first travel itinerary as the recommended travel itinerary from the server.

9. The method of trip planning according to claim 1 wherein the step of updating the trip list further comprises:

obtaining a plurality of old itinerary lists having the same user as the itinerary list;

calculating a plurality of preference parameters of the user for planning the trip list according to the old trip list;

and sorting the itinerary table according to the preference parameter so as to update the itinerary table.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a screen for displaying a picture;

a communication circuit for connecting to a server, wherein the server stores a plurality of uploaded travel schedules, each uploaded travel schedule comprises at least one uploaded data card, and each uploaded data card corresponds to at least one uploaded collected data;

an input to detect an operation on the electronic device;

a memory for recording a plurality of modules;

a processor, coupled to the screen, the input, the communication circuit, and the memory, for accessing and executing the module recorded in the memory, the module comprising:

the journey table acquisition module is used for acquiring a journey table comprising a plurality of journey schedules, wherein the journey schedules comprise a first journey schedule and a second journey schedule which is continued to the first journey schedule, each journey schedule comprises at least one data card, each data card corresponds to at least one piece of collected data, the journey schedules comprise scenic spot schedules and traffic schedules for starting to go to destination, and the first journey schedule and the second journey schedule are respectively associated with a first geographic position and a second geographic position;

a trip recommendation module, for obtaining at least one recommended travel trip in the uploaded travel trips from the server by using the communication circuit according to the first travel trip, and detecting a selection operation for the recommended travel trip, wherein when the recommended travel trip is the sight spot trip, the recommended travel trip is at least one uploaded travel trip related to the first geographic location, and when the recommended travel trip is the traffic trip, the recommended travel trip is at least one uploaded travel trip related to a traffic manner from the first geographic location to the second geographic location; and

and the trip list updating module is used for responding to the selection operation of the third travel journey of the recommended travel journey detected by the trip recommending module, inserting the third travel journey between the first travel journey and the second travel journey, and updating the trip list.