Method, system and device for determining a shared journey

1. A computer implemented method of determining that at least two members of a subscription group shared a journey from an origin to a destination over a period of time, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining location and time data defining a first plurality of journey positions from the origin to the destination of a first mobile electronic device associated with a first member;

segmenting the plurality of journey positions into a plurality of journey segments;

forming an acceptable geographical-time zone around each journey segment;

obtaining location and time data defining a second plurality of journey positions from the origin to the destination of a second mobile electronic device associated with a second member; determining whether each second mobile electronic device journey position falls within the acceptable geographical-time zone around each journey segment to determine a positive result or a negative result for each acceptable geographical-time zone;

a driver recorded the journey and a passenger recorded journey are compared, If the passenger recorded journey matches then there is a positive result, and if the passenger journey does not match, then there is a negative result;

determining a rate of positive results for said acceptable geographical-time zones to thereby provide an indication the first and second mobile electronic devices shared a journey when the rate of positive results for said acceptable geographical-time zones is greater than a predetermined rate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the location and time data of the first mobile electronic device is triggered upon the first mobile electronic device reaching the destination.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the location and time data of the first mobile electronic device is triggered at predetermined times during the journey.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the location and time data of the first mobile electronic device is triggered periodically during the journey.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein segmenting the plurality of journey positions comprises segmenting the plurality of journey positions into equal period of time segments.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein segmenting the plurality of journey positions comprises segmenting the plurality of journey positions for predetermine periods of time.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising re-segmenting a journey segment into sub-segments where a journey position of the first mobile electronic device falls outside of the acceptable geographical-time zone of the journey segment; and forming an acceptable geographical-time zone around each journey sub-segment.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising re-segmenting a journey segment into sub-segments when the change of direction is greater than 40 degrees.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first mobile electronic device is associated with an object; and the method further comprises enabling access to the object to a third party asset upon an indication of a shared journey.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein method is performed in a processor that forms part of the mobile electronic device and/or a server.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein forming an acceptable geographical-time zone around each journey segment comprises forming contiguous acceptable geographical-time zones.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the members is a person member in the subscription group.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein a member is a person member in the subscription group, and another member is a transport vehicle.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the transport vehicle is a car, truck, bicycle, or public transport.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the location data obtained for the mobile electronic device comprises location data derived from a global positioning satellite system.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile electronic communication device.

17. The method claim 1 , wherein a subscription group comprises a group of two or persons who have signed up to a service provided by an application service provider.

18. A mobile electronic device for determining that at least two members of a subscription group shared a journey from an origin to a destination over a period of time, the device comprising: a memory storing machine readable instructions;

a processor configured to execute said machine readable instructions to implement the steps of:

obtaining location and time data defining a first plurality of journey positions from the origin to the destination of a first mobile electronic device associated with a first member; segmenting the plurality of journey positions into a plurality of journey segments;

forming an acceptable geographical-time zone around each journey segment;

obtaining location and time data defining a second plurality of journey positions from the origin to the destination of a second mobile electronic device associated with a second member;

determining whether each second mobile electronic device journey position falls within the acceptable geographical-time zone around each journey segment to determine a positive result or a negative result for each acceptable geographical-time zone;

a driver recorded the journey and a passenger recorded journey are compared, If the passenger recorded journey matches then there is a positive result, and if the passenger journey does not match, then there is a negative result;

determining a rate of positive results for said acceptable geographical-time zones to thereby provide an indication the first and second mobile electronic devices shared a journey when the rate of positive results for said acceptable geographical-time zones is greater than a predetermined rate.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine readable instructions executable by a processor of an electronic device for implementing the steps of:

obtaining location and time data defining a first plurality of journey positions from the origin to the destination of a first mobile electronic device associated with a first member; segmenting the plurality of journey positions into a plurality of journey segments;

forming an acceptable geographical-time zone around each journey segment;

obtaining location and time data defining a second plurality of journey positions from the origin to the destination of a second mobile electronic device associated with a second member; determining whether each second mobile electronic device journey position falls within the acceptable geographical-time zone around each journey segment to determine a positive result or a negative result for each acceptable geographical-time zone;

a driver recorded the journey and a passenger recorded journey are compared, If the passenger recorded journey matches then there is a positive result, and if the passenger journey does not match, then there is a negative result;

determining a rate of positive results for said acceptable geographical-time zones to thereby provide an indication the first and second mobile electronic devices shared a journey when the rate of positive results for said acceptable geographical-time zones is greater than a predetermined rate.