DESC:FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a system enhanced heritage and cultural tourism experience. More specifically, the present invention is related to an XR, Geo Spatial and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled system for enhanced heritage and cultural tourism, promoting the tangible and intangible heritage of a region/s and also facilitate new age experiential learning experiences on the culture & heritage of a region/s for the academia.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The subject matter discussed in the background section should not be assumed to be prior art merely as a result of its mention in the background section. Similarly, a problem mentioned in the background section or associated with the subject matter of the background section should not be assumed to have been previously recognized in the prior art. The subject matter in the background section merely represents different approaches, which in and of themselves may also correspond to implementations of the claimed technology.

A few heritage sites have traditional hardware-based audio guides, which are limited in number and do not compare to the average footfall of tourists they intend to cater to, and therefore not scalable. Furthermore, most audio app based guides for heritage sites available in the market cater to a niche audience based on the complexity of language that they use for curating the content, and their content design and coverage also requires more to be done to make them more engaging and immersive for users. Despite huge footfall of tourists, the tourism dollars are not reaching the host communities of a region and their local businesses. Further, monuments and heritage sites have evolved merely as asocial media photo opportunity, or picnic spots for younger generations where the knowledge dissemination and learning for their heritage and culture is below par at school.
The prior art KR102346137B1 discusses about inclusion and promotion of local business in its specification and also solves the tourism related issues like the mobility issues and travel restrictions as during the covid-19 pandemic, but remains mute on offline content consumption of heritage sites, cultural circuits and museums. The application also remains mute on dynamic calendar events of a region and nearby points of interest (hidden gems) diagnosed by GPS. Further, the education related features are also not disclosed in the prior art. Furthermore, the prior art remains mute on the language translation and an intelligent itinerary builder and a curated ecommerce platform in the AR tour guide.
Another prior art KR102323880B1 remains mute on the involvement and promotion of local community businesses geo-tagged for users enroute a geo-location enabled cultural trail and a curated platform for local communities ‘culture haat’ and does not address the problem of tourism dollars not reaching the host community. The prior art also remains mute on the co-creation partnership model with local business partners which comes under the feature of inclusion of host communities and local businesses of the present invention. The prior art remains totally mute on the educational aspects dealing with inclusion of younger generation at schools and colleges.
Further, prior art KR102198280B1 has described about educational aspects and features but remains mute on the features related to vernacular languages, use of AR/VR/MR for solving mobility issues and remote exploration of heritage sites. The inclusion and preservation of local business and upliftment of host communities and local culture and heritage does not give an effective outcome.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
A general object of the present invention is to ensure accurate interpretation of information to be delivered on mobile phones and other devices, including wearables in vernacular languages.
Another object of the present disclosure is to use AR/VR/MR along with multimedia to help visitors with ‘Mobility issues’ in getting complete experiences at the monuments, heritage sites (natural and cultural), museums, etc.
Yet another object of present invention is to digitally interpret and adopt a new age technology to explore a Heritage, Cultural and Natural Sites and Museums from a remote location.
Yet another object of the present invention is to ensure reach of tourism dollars to host community and local small businesses and support them in their livelihoods as well as to promote and therefore preserve the tangible and intangible heritage of a region/s.
Yet another object of present invention is to perspective is to reduce load on existing popular tourist destinations and open up new trails on the platform.
Still another object of the present disclosure is to reach out to younger generations at schools and colleges to help them better appreciate rich history and culture in an engaging way and also to help them build similar experiences on their own on the platform.
Still another object of the present disclosure is to promote partner based SAAS module (B2B), where the partner businesses from the ecosystem can push specific ads and information of their products, services and experiences to app users based on User preferences.
Still another object of the present disclosure is to develop an Intelligent Itinerary Builder module recommended to users based on their preference which uses one or more smart algorithms.
An exemplary object of present invention is to evolve a Geo-spatial, AI and XR enabled Culture and Heritage based e-commerce platform.
Another object of the present disclosure is to develop a Heritage Interpretation layer for automobile and other modes of navigation platforms.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This summary is provided to introduce aspects related to an Extended Reality (XR), Geo-spatial and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled smart system for enhanced heritage and cultural tourism, promoting tangible and intangible heritage of a region, as well as evolving experiential learning experiences in the subject area of Culture and Heritage. This summary is not intended to identify essential features of the claimed subject matter nor is it intended for use in determining or limiting the scope of the claimed subject matter.

Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of example the principles of the invention.

In an aspect, a system for enhanced tourism experience using Artificial Intelligence (AI) is disclosed, the system comprising a front end module focusing on application and web based interface, wherein the frontend module includes an AI assistance for building a bespoke recommended itinerary, based on user preferences.

In another aspect, the frontend module uses AI assistance for building a bespoke recommended travel itinerary for a region/s.

In another aspect, the customized travel itinerary includes a list of sites, experiences, event calendars with real time localized recommendations and nearby hidden gems worth visiting.

In another aspect, AI assistance uses one or more algorithm to build a customized itenary, wherein one or more algorithm includes a distance algorithm for recommending most efficient route towards the selected monuments, heritage, cultural and Natural sites, museums, and other Points of Interests,a weather algorithm using a current weather condition to optimize the distance algorithm, and a culture algorithm to optimize the distance algorithm and the weather algorithm, wherein culture algorithm is based on dynamic cultural events happening scheduled to happen at a location on the user selected travel / visit date/s.

In another aspect, XR and Geo-spatial enabled games highlighting the culture and heritage of a region specific to the local point of interests.

In another aspect, Geo-spatial, Geo-location and Multimedia enabled location/ route specific heritage and cultural interpretation on an inbuilt, or a hand held transport navigation system, which integrates with the platform for enhanced hyper local user/visitor experiences.

In another aspect, a method of selecting one or more experiences from a list of AI generated recommendations of user experience, wherein AI generates experience depending on one or more predefined factors is disclosed

In another aspect, predefined factors are ratings, timings and geo locations.

In another aspect, the user experience includes a one or more of the monuments, a heritage walk, an augmented reality/virtual reality/XR game based activity and museums visit

In another aspect, a system for supporting the frontend module, wherein the system includes one or more stacked layer for managing one or more content of the frontend module is disclosed.

In another aspect, one layer of one or more stack layer is a bottom layer to create a user based content management system

In another aspect, the content management system enables development of a self-guided user experiences for a heritage, culture, natural site, or museums, or treasure hunt games.

In another aspect, content management system has one or more contents created by the subject matter experts, the subject matter experts get an auto-notification to create a specific content.

In another aspect, one layer of one or more stacked layer is an alpha layer, wherein the alpha layer uses an AI engine to develop an intelligent itinerary builder.

In another aspect, one layer of one or more layer stacked layer is a delta layer for enabling a linkage with local market for development of a multi-partner market place, which onboards local community businesses and partners.

In another aspect, one layer of one or more stacked layer is a crown layer to enable a user to view a user group based dashboard.

In another aspect, the group based dashboard displays status of one or more of a content, wherein one or more content is authoring for a heritage, cultural, natural site, museum, treasure hunt game, calendar events, and for B2B partners ads and licensing related information.

In another aspect, at one layer of one or more stacked layer is a delta layer stack to develop a curated culture and heritage experiences for automobile and generic navigation systems.

In still another aspect, the system for enhanced tourism experience using Artificial Intelligence (AI) further comprises a module for providing software as a service, wherein the module receives ads and push notification of local offerings for a user, and a school outreach and learning module to enhance learning of the user, wherein the school outreach/ learning module utilizes an Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality/XR devices, geo-spatial and AI technologies.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The accompanying drawings constitute a part of the description and are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention.

Fig. 1 illustrates a block diagram depicting an overview of the frontend module of an Extended Reality (XR), Geospatial and an Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled smart system for enhanced heritage and cultural tourism experience, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram depicting a functioning of AI assistance for building an intelligent itinerary on the front end module, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention

Fig.3 illustrates a block diagram depicting the functioning of gamification feature, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig.4 illustrates a block diagram depicting the functioning of an Automobile/ transport navigation system as an alternate to radio channel, in accordance with a in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention

Fig. 5 illustrates a block diagram depicting a first level in a process of selection of an experience from a list of experience, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 illustrates a block diagram depicting a list of dynamic calendar events for a location/s for user and booking the same, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 illustrates a block diagram depicting a search for nearby hyper local and selecting the same, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 illustrates a block diagram depicting an online culture haat and creating a revenue generation model for the local business communities, and promotion and therefore preservation of the tangible and intangible heritage of a region/s in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 illustrates a block diagram depicting a B2B SAAS based Tech Stack- Custom and Intelligent Ads and Push notification on local offerings to user (based on their preference), in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 illustrates a block diagram depicting a school outreach module for enhancing a learning experience, in accordance an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 illustrates a block diagram depicting an overview of the backend module of an Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled smart system for enhanced heritage and cultural tourism experience at/for a location/s, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of various embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to represent the only embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced. Each embodiment described in this disclosure is provided merely as an example or illustration of the present invention, and should not necessarily be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details.

The present invention pertains to an XR, Geospatial and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled smart system for enhanced heritage and cultural tourism and learning experience.

Fig. 1 illustrates a block diagram depicting an overview of the frontend module of an XR, Geo-spatial and an Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled smart system for enhanced heritage and cultural tourism and learning experience, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
In one embodiment, a user logs on to the platform, wherein the user is assisted by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) for a customized itinerary building. The customized itinerary building may be done with the help of a plurality of factors, the factors including a list of heritage and cultural site and experiences, dynamic event calendar, nearby-hyper local speciality, culture haat online aligned with local related community businesses enroute a heritage / cultural/ natural / museum trail. The AI assistance may further include/ recommend a gamification feature to enhance the tourism / learning experience

Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram depicting a functioning of AI assistance of the front end module, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the AI assistance may prompt the user on a kind of itinerary from a plurality of available options, wherein the user may select one option from the plurality of available options. The AI assistance may use one or more algorithms to generate the most efficient itinerary of a region/regions. The algorithms may be a distance algorithm, a weather algorithm and a culture algorithm. The distance algorithm may recommend a most efficient route to be taken based on a location of stay of the user. The weather algorithm may recommend an optimization of itinerary based on if the identified location may get rainfall, or if it may be too hot or too cold based on dynamic weather related data. The culture algorithm based on dynamic events may recommend the user about a one or more cultural event happening at that locality which could be recommended to be added to the bespoke itinerary.

Fig. 3 illustrates a block diagram depicting the functioning of gamification feature, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment, a feature may include usage of geo-location, Augmented Reality (AR). VR, MR; multimedia enabled treasure/scavenger hunt games to discover the culture and heritage of a region at monuments/ heritage sites/ museums/ Heritage, cultural, spiritual, natural walks and trails. B2B partner ads may get geo-triggered at the location which link back to business partner platforms.

Fig. 4 illustrates a block diagram depicting the functioning of an Automobile/ other transport/ handheld navigation system as an alternate to radio channel, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the user may select a heritage tour/ route/ destination channel on the Auto/ other transport navigation/ entertainment systems. The channel may be an alternative to radio channel which provides a curated interpretation of a selected route/ destination which then hands over to the platform for hyper local experiences when the users reach their destination.

Fig. 5 illustrates a block diagram depicting a first level in a process of selection of an experience from a list of experience, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the user may select an experience from a list of one or more experiences based on a plurality of factors. The factors may include a trip advisor rating, timing, time to explore, nearest public transport station, nearest parking etc. The user may select from an already subscribed experience or go for a new paid experience bought on app stores, or bought online.

Fig. 6 illustrates a block diagram depicting a list of calendar events for user and booking the same, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
In one embodiment, the list of calendar events (dynamic in nature) may allow a user to check current date and allow bookings for the event at a location/s (hyper local), event reviews, and guidance to reach the event by using a map guidance.

Fig. 7 illustrates a block diagram depicting a search for nearby hyper local and selecting the same, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment, a city location via phone device/manual may be obtained. A plurality of categories may be displayed. The categories may be food, attractions, charging points, experiences, etc. A one or more option from a plurality of categories may be selected and ‘hidden gems’ (unexplored points of interest) of nearby area/s may be searched for. The map guidance for accessing the location may be used.

Fig. 8 illustrates a block diagram depicting an online culture haat and creating a revenue generation model for the local community, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a culture haat online and local community may also be connected to the platform for an enhanced user experience. The platform may include local artisans, developers of culture based products, services, cultural and heritage based experiences, etc. A curated content may be provided to the user leading to a boost up in the business of local community at the location/s. Onboarding of local community on the platform for enhancement of tourism experience for a user may create a revenue generation model for the local community.

Fig. 9 illustrates a block diagram depicting a B2B SAAS based Tech Stack- Intelligent Ads and Push notification on local product and service offerings to users based on their preference, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a subscription may allow B2B ecosystem partners to publish ads and push notifications on the platform for the users. The user may select a one or more options to be accessed from a plurality of options within a specific distance radius at a location. Ads may be pushed by B2B partners via the CMS (AR, text, video, audio)on their products, experiences, services etc. A number of ads and format to be pushed on the platform may depend on subscription plan opted by B2B partners. The plans may be platinum, gold or titanium plans depending on the number of ads which can be pushed to the platform on a monthly basis.

Fig. 10 illustrates a block diagram depicting a school outreach/ learning module for enhancing a learning experience, in accordance an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the platform includes a school outreach module to compliment a user with a multidisciplinary grade wise activity books and videos in line with school curriculum. A license based model for schools may be provided for experiential immersive study labs. The platform may also utilize a gamification led immersive knowledge delivery on a culture and heritage of a region. Further the platform may allow the students of schools and colleges to build the cultural and monument experiences of a region on it via the backend module.

Fig. 11 illustrates a block diagram depicting an overview of the backend module of an Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled smart system for enhanced heritage and cultural tourism experience, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the platform may include a backend module for supporting the front end module. The backend module may include a one or more stacked layer. A bottom layer of the one or more stacked layer may include a user login based access to workflow for authoring contents of the platform. A sequential workflow and milestone based process may be utilized for content authoring. A sequential workflow comprising of review status, creation status, publish status etc. may be included for authoring of content for monuments, sites, heritage, walks, museums etc. A team may be allocated on platform for content authoring. A prompt based system to initiate and inform team on the process task completion status may be used.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the backend module may use an AI engine as an intelligent itinerary builder. The AI engine may recommend itinerary based on user preferences. The AI engine may use a distance algorithm, a weather algorithm for checking of dynamic weather conditions, and a culture algorithm, in-order to generate an intelligent hour and day-wise itinerary. The AI engine may evolve from reactive to proactive for a user profile, based on recommendations.

In one embodiment of the present invention, one layer of the one or more stacked is a delta layer. The delta layer performs a linkage with culture haat and generate location specific listings accordingly. B2B partner onboarding including local communities to bring-forth their local products, experiences and services may be used for creation of a revenue generation model for the local communities.

In one embodiment of the present invention mid layer and a top layer for user log in based access to workspace and collaboration for building user experience, is disclosed. An admin panel provides a work space view based on user login id as allocated by super admin to populate all sections in the top layer (author, designer, reviewer, translator, B2B partners, etc). The top layers are linked with scripts for sites/locations. The top layer may further be linked to images, video, audio. The top layer may further be linked to AR/VR/MR models and media assets. The top layer may further be linked to translation of languages for enhancement of user experience. Furthermore, the top layer may be linked to calendar events and hidden gems nearby. Furthermore, the top layer may be linked to design and authoring of full banner ads by B2B partners. The B2B may have the capability to author, design and push their own banner ads on the platform.

In one embodiment, one layer of the one or more stacked layers is a crown layer. The crown layer includes a user group based dashboard view on content progress, reporting, licensing. An enablement for renewal of platform licenses on a need basis is done in this layer.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a delta layer is included in the one or more stacked layer. The delta layer performs creation of a curating experience for automobile and generic navigation system. The feature may be used on cars, two-wheelers, cycles, buses, trains, boats etc. A channel on automobile entertainment navigation systems to provide a curated tourism circuit. The tourism circuit may be based on an intercity or an intra-city itinerary. For a selected circuit story-telling and interpretation enroute the circuit.

The present invention has a plurality of advantages. The offline multimedia content download feature with AR model generation using SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) methodology allows the application to view the complete experience without accurate GPS location triggers and even for users who would wish to consume the experiences on the application from a remote location. The self-guided heritage walks and cultural trails including culture based games also provide offline content (of the heritage and culture of region/s) option besides an onsite GPS facilitated route with narration for guiding the users enroute a trail/ walk. The experiences for monuments can be downloaded for offline use later which can allow them user to consume the experiences seamlessly at a monument or a heritage site even without internet connection. The online marketplace integration can be accessed remotely on the app, or the website which geotags local community businesses and highlight their arts, crafts, cathartic practices, cuisines, etc. and also gets tagged with a conventional e-commerce interface for more product/ service/ experience options that the users can purchase while at that region. The users can buy products, services/ experiences directly from communities, or via the conventional ecommerce site with additional AR and AI capability for ease of adoption by the users across audience age groups.
,CLAIMS:WE CLAIM:
1. A system for enhanced tourism experience using XR, Geo-spatial and Artificial Intelligence (AI), the system comprising:
a front end module focusing on application and web based interface, wherein the frontend module includes an AI assistance for assisting, guiding or aiding traveller.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frontend module uses AI assistance for building a customized travel itinerary..

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the customized travel itinerary includes a list of experience, dynamic event calendars and real time localized recommendations nearby.

4. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein AI assistance uses one or more algorithm to build a customized itinerary, wherein one or more algorithm includes :
a distance algorithm for recommending most efficient route towards heritage site;
a weather algorithm using a current weather condition to optimize the distance algorithm; and
a culture algorithm to optimize the distance algorithm and the weather algorithm, wherein culture algorithm is based on cultural events happening at a local point of interest.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein XR, geo-spatial and AI enabled Cultural treasure hunt games specific to the local point of interests.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein XR, Geo-spatial and AI enabled location specific culture and heritage experiences on transport / other navigation systems.

7. A method of selecting one or more experience from a list of AI assisted recommendations of user experience, wherein AI recommends experiences depending on one or more predefined factors.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the predefined factors are ratings, timings and geolocations.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the user experience includes a one or more of the monuments, a heritage and cultural walk, nature trek (natural sites), an augmented reality/virtual reality/MR game/activity and museum visits.

10. A system for supporting the frontend module, wherein the system includes one or more stacked layer for managing one or more content of the frontend module.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein one layer of one or more stack layer is a bottom layer to create a user based content management system.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the content management system enables a self-guided user experiences to explore the heritage and culture of a region/s.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein content management system has one or more contents created by the subject matter experts, the subject matter experts get an auto-notification to create a specific content and milestone based sign offs.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein one layer of one or more stacked layer is an alpha layer, wherein the alpha layer uses an AI engine to develop an intelligent itinerary builder.

15. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein one layer of one or more layer stacked layer is a delta layer for enabling a linkage with local market for development of a multi-partner market place getting linked to a local geo-spatial attributes enroute a heritage/ cultural/ nature / museum based trails for users.

16. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein one layer of one or more stacked layer is a crown layer to enable a user to view a group based dashboard.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein, the group based dashboard displays status of one or more of a content, wherein one or more content is authoring, calendar events and booking, B2B ads and licensing.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein at one layer of one or more stacked layer is a delta layer stack to develop a curated experience for automobile and generic navigation system.

19. The system (100) for enhanced tourism experience using XR, Geo-spatial and Artificial Intelligence (AI) further comprises:
a module for providing software as a service, wherein the module receives custom ads and push notification of local offerings for a user; and
a school outreach module to enhance learning of the user, wherein the school outreach module utilizes an Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality/XR devices.