Method for generating a path in an arbitrary physical structure

Details Method for generating a path in an arbitrary physical structure Method for generating a path in an arbitrary physical structure

1996-11-15

1999-10-05

Kulik, Paul V.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707 3, 707 4, 707 1, 340995, 701200, 701207, 701209, G06F 1730

Patent

active

059639482

ABSTRACT:
An item locating and path generating computer system creates personalized paths through structures by converting each of a set of items, objects, or locations of particular interest to a user to a corresponding set of destinations within the structure, and creating a path which includes each element in the set of destinations. The generated path may start at a structure entrance and end at a structure exit. The generated path may also reflect user desired characteristics such as least distance, least time, being at a specific point at a specific time, etc. In structures with multiple entrances or exits, multiple paths can be created and evaluated by above user criteria to find the best fit. The personalized paths can be stored, and automatically searched and queried in a variety of ways, such as aggregation. The invention includes a number of methods for creating a set of desired items, objects or locations of particular interest to a user. This includes storing elements of this set, along with a desired frequency or another condition (including price). The invention also converts between the units in which an object may be measured (as in, for example, a recipe) and the units in which that object actually occurs in the structure.

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