MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531129678 A) filed by Guru Nanak Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on Dec. 20, 2025, for 'tourism connect - an ai-enabled offline-first progressive web application (pwa) for resilient, community-centred tourism services for msmes in remote coastal and hilly regions.'
Inventor(s) include Miss. Saptadipa Mazumder; Mr. Tridib Chakraborty; Dr. Soma Mukherjee; Mr. Arya Rakshit; Mr. Anirban Singha; Mr. Adrish Sarkar; Mr. Aritra Basu; and Mr. Anushil Maiti.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An AI-enabled, offline-first Progressive Web Application (PWA) called TourismConnect provides resilient tourism support for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in remote coastal and hilly regions. The platform stores tours, safety alerts, itineraries and pending bookings locally for offline use, synchronizes securely when connectivity is available, and runs an AI engine that combines weather, crowd and community-sourced reports to generate predictive hazard alerts, weather-based activity recommendations and emergency coordination guidance. Features include a community hazard reporting interface, multilingual voice-guided tours for offline playback, secure booking and payment routing to local enterprises (including UPI integration), a sustainability module for eco-friendly recommendations and a safety dashboard showing real-time risks and crowd density. The platform is designed for low-cost, rapid deployment to improve traveller safety, reduce cancellations and increase MSME revenues in low-connectivity environments."
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