Meeting Coordinator Minimizing Joint Driving Time

摘要

The present invention provides a mechanism that not only creates the quickest route for a group of people to a common location, but also selects the location for which the individual's longest driving time (between all parties) will be the shortest overall. This system is designed to automatically optimize meeting locations for a group of geographically separated members comprising a communication mechanism for transmitting the location of each member to a processor, a processor including a database containing the members of the meeting, a road network, and a list of possible locations to meet, as well as an optimization algorithm that computes the location of the meeting to accommodate one or more variety of utility functions (minimum overall time, least fuel, least wear and tear, minimum tolls/fares as well as minimum time including waiting time at the meeting location.