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Route guidance using text

  • US 10,066,957 B2
  • Filed: 06/23/2015
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for performing route guidance using text, the method comprising:

  • obtaining an optimal route that connects a start point and an end point of a route input by a user;

    creating a route guidance for the optimal route comprising one or more new text indications that specify directions along the optimal route;

    identifying one or more preferred routes along the optimal route from a route history stored in a memory, wherein the one or more preferred routes are routes indicated by the user as being a favorite route, andwherein the one or more preferred routes includes a user-created label for at least one of the one or more preferred routes;

    creating a preferred route guidance for the one or more preferred routes comprising one or more known text indications that specify directions along the one or more preferred routes, wherein the preferred route guidance includes one or more text indications for alternate routes that connects the start point and the end point of the route input by the user;

    comparing the route guidance for the optimal route with the preferred route guidance for the one or more preferred routes;

    creating a consolidated route guidance by replacing a subset of the one or more new text indications with the one or more known text indications based upon the comparison of the route guidance for the optimal route with the preferred route guidance for the one or more preferred routes, wherein the one or more known text indications utilize fewer characters of text than the one or more new text indications, andwherein the creating the consolidated route guidance includes the user-created label for at least one of the one or more preferred routes;

    transmitting the consolidated route guidance to a terminal operable by the user, wherein the terminal includes a display screen operable to display the consolidated route guidance.

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