A multimodal transportation system includes a creation unit that creates an itinerary including a movement route and a plurality of types of moving bodies moving along the movement route, and a proposal unit that outputs the itinerary to an external terminal. Based on the movement situation of the user and traffic information related to the movement by a first moving body, the creation unit changes a part of the itinerary that is related to the movement by a second moving body scheduled to be used by the user before the first moving body, and the proposal unit outputs the itinerary that has been modified to the external terminal.

Technologies disclosed herein facilitate identification of a trip route from an origin of a user to a desired destination of the user, wherein the trip route includes multiple transportation modalities, at least one of which is an autonomous vehicle (AV), and dispatching of the AV to a pickup location for the user in connection with providing transportation to the user along a portion of the identified trip route.

A system and method for order retrieval is provided. In some embodiments, the system may comprise a mobile computing device associated with a customer and a computing device associated with a business, such as a restaurant or retail store. The customer mobile computing device may receive identity information associated with the customer, generate a menu, receive an order, provide navigational directions to a delivery zone, receive a preparation timeframe notification, and detect and transmit a preparation timeframe arrival and subsequently, a delivery zone arrival and location of the customer. The business computing device may receive the identity information and the order, adjust a preparation timeframe and the delivery zone, transmit the preparation timeframe notification, receive and display the preparation timeframe arrival and the delivery zone arrival, and complete the order. In further exemplary embodiments, the system may also comprise a printer connected to the business computing device. The printer may receive the identity information and the order and print at least one ticket.

Disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and methods to present an option to visit an attraction and to present information about the attraction. In an illustrative embodiment, a computing system operates according to instructions that cause the computing system to: monitor a position of the computing system; present via a visual interface a map including at least one first route; identify via the visual interface at least one attraction situated within a range of the at least one first route; in response to a request to add a visit to the at least one attraction, determine at least one second route from the position to the at least one attraction; present the at least one second route on the map; generate navigational information according to the at least one second route; and when within a predetermined vicinity of the at least one attraction, present information about the at least one attraction.

Systems and methods of managing the collection and delivery of goods using mobile computing devices included a management system hosted on a server receiving a request from a first user through an application on a computing device for a pick-up of an item from a first location. A second user capable of fulfilling the pick-up request is identified. Details of the pick-up request are transmitted to an application on a second user computing device, wherein a visual map of the first location is displayed on the user computing device. At least one time-stamped, geo-located photograph of the item is uploaded to the application of the second user computing device. Delivery of the item to a second location is validated through at least one code identifier, wherein the code identifier is transmitted from the management system to the first user computing device.

Systems and methods for optimizing delivery vehicle resources (e.g. a plurality of vehicles) are described herein. Available time slots for the plurality of vehicles are determined and presented to a user. In response to receiving a delivery order indicating a selected time slot, the delivery order is assigned to a vehicle from the plurality of vehicles based on a time slot indicated in the delivery order and a set of delivery parameters. A delivery route is calculated for each vehicle having a delivery order based on the set of delivery parameters. An optimized delivery route is calculated for each vehicle having a delivery order based on the set of delivery parameters.

Method and systems for scheduling tasks to field professionals include: receiving a request to book a new appointment for a service, wherein the service is expected to be completed within a time period; identifying a first possible time slot and a subsequent second possible time slot for the new appointment within the time period; calculating a first scheduling cost associated with the first possible time slot and a second scheduling cost associated with the second possible time slot; enabling selection of the second possible time slot when it is determined that both the first scheduling cost and the second scheduling cost are below a scheduling cost threshold; and outputting a no-available-time-slot notification when is determined that both the first scheduling cost and the second scheduling cost are above the scheduling cost threshold.

An apparatus and a method for searching for a route to a navigation are provided. The apparatus includes a communication device to receive probe data from a plurality of probe vehicles, and a controller to generate traffic information for each link based on the probe data, to calculate the reliability of the traffic information for the link, calculate a cost for the link based on the reliability, and search for a route to a destination, which has the minimum cost, based on the cost for the link.

A server apparatus and the like that improve operation efficiency of a marketplace for trading products are provided. The server apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to transmit and receive information to and from another apparatus via the communication interface. The controller calculates a time required until sale of a product at a display position based on a temporal change in captured images of the display position where the product is displayed until the product is sold, determines an exhibition fee for the display position based on the time required, informs a terminal apparatus of an exhibitor of the exhibition fee, and urges the exhibitor to exhibit the product for sale at the display position.

Disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and methods for receiving inputs indicative of a destination and a potential intermediate destination and determining a time potentially available at the intermediate destination. In an illustrative embodiment, a system includes a computing device having computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions configured to cause the computing device to receive a first input indicative of a destination. A second input is received that is indicative of a desired arrival time at the destination. A third input is received that is indicative of an intermediate destination to be visited before traveling to the destination. A first travel time to the intermediate destination, a second travel time to the destination, and a time available at the intermediate destination are determined. The time available at the intermediate destination is communicated to a user.