Navigation personalization through analysis of present and historical user data

• US 10,415,989 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2016
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bansal, Rinkesh I., Panchal, Sanjay B., Thaker, Chintan, Valecha, Vinod A.
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Tuan C
• Application Number:
  US15/257,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20180066952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3641 Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for personalizing a navigation route. The method includes receiving a request from a user for a navigation route between two or more points. The method further includes accessing navigation data and services, creating a generic navigation route, accessing route history and related data for the user, creating a personalized navigation route for the user, and displaying the personalized navigation route.

Claims

1. A method for personalizing a navigation route, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a request from a user for a navigation route between two or more points;

accessing, by one or more processors, navigation data and services;

creating, by one or more processors, a generic navigation route based, at least in part, on the request from the user and the navigation data and services;

accessing, by one or more processors, route history and related data for the user;

modifying the generic navigation route by creating, by one or more processors, a personalized navigation route for the user based, at least in part, on the generic navigation route and the route history and related data for the user,

wherein the personalized navigation route includes a user display interface that, in response to reaching a respective point along the personalized route, depicts user captured images and audio for each respective point along the personalized navigation route, and

wherein the related data for the user includes user created or user captured digital images by any device or sensor, user created or user captured videos by any device or sensor relating to the requested navigation route, and social media from the user about locations along the requested navigation route;

displaying, by one or more processors, the personalized navigation route for the user; and

navigating, by one or more processors, the user to the request using the personalized navigation route.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating, by one or more processors, a set of directions based on the personalized navigation route for the user.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

comparing, by one or more processors, the set of directions with the accessed related data for the user;

creating, by one or more processors, a set of personalized directions based on the comparison of the directions and accessed related data for the user, and including in the set of personalized directions at least part of the accessed related data for the user.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

creating, by one or more processors, a personalized interactive navigation map based, at least in part, on the personalized navigation route, wherein the user may interact with the included accessed related data for the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating, by one or more processors, two or more generic routes based on the request from the user;

accessing, by one or more processors, the route history and related data for the user; and

creating, by one or more processors, two or more personalized navigation routes for the user based, at least in part, on the two or more generic navigation route and the route history and related data for the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation data and services include at least one of:

GPS satellites;

cloud or web based GPS software;

cloud or web based maps and mapping software; and

cloud or web based navigation software.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the related data accessed includes one or more contacts for the user, and address information for the one or more contacts;

and emails, texts, or SMS about locations along the requested navigation route.

8. A computer program product for personalizing a navigation route, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive a request from a user for a navigation route between two or more points;

program instructions to access navigation data and services;

program instructions to create a generic navigation route based, at least in part, on the request from the user and the navigation data and services;

program instructions to access route history and related data for the user;

program instructions to modify the generic navigation route using program instructions to create a personalized navigation route for the user based, at least in part, on the generic navigation route and the route history and related data for the user,

wherein the personalized navigation route includes a user display interface that, in response to reaching a respective point along the personalized route, depicts user captured images and audio for each respective point along the personalized navigation route, and

wherein the related data for the user includes user created or user captured digital images by any device or sensor, user created or user captured videos by any device or sensor relating to the requested navigation route, and social media from the user about locations along the requested navigation route;

program instructions to display the personalized navigation route for the user; and

program instructions to navigate the user to the request using the personalized navigation route.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium further comprise:

program instructions to create a set of directions based on the personalized navigation route for the user.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium further comprise:

program instructions to compare the set of directions with the accessed related data for the user;

program instructions to create a set of personalized directions based on the comparison of the directions and accessed related data for the user, and including in the set of personalized directions at least part of the accessed related data for the user.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium further comprise:

program instructions to create a personalized interactive navigation map based, at least in part, on the personalized navigation route, wherein the user may interact with the included accessed related data for the user.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium further comprise:

program instructions to create two or more generic routes based on the request from the user;

program instructions to access the route history and related data for the user; and

program instructions to create two or more personalized navigation routes for the user based, at least in part, on the two or more generic navigation route and the route history and related data for the user.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the navigation data and services include at least one of:

GPS satellites;

cloud or web based GPS software;

cloud or web based maps and mapping software; and

cloud or web based navigation software.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the related data accessed includes one or more contacts for the user, and address information for the one or more contacts;

and emails, texts, or SMS about locations along the requested navigation route.

15. A computer system for personalizing a navigation route, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive a request from a user for a navigation route between two or more points;

program instructions to access navigation data and services;

program instructions to create a generic navigation route based, at least in part, on the request from the user and the navigation data and services;

program instructions to access route history and related data for the user;

program instructions to modify the generic navigation route using program instructions to create a personalized navigation route for the user based, at least in part, on the generic navigation route and the route history and related data for the user,

wherein the personalized navigation route includes a user display interface that, in response to reaching a respective point along the personalized route, depicts user captured images and audio for each respective point along the personalized navigation route, and

wherein the related data for the user includes user created or user captured digital images by any device or sensor, user created or user captured videos by any device or sensor relating to the requested navigation route, and social media from the user about locations along the requested navigation route;

program instructions to display the personalized navigation route for the user; and

program instructions to navigate the user to the request using the personalized navigation route.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium further comprise:

program instructions to create a set of directions based on the personalized navigation route for the user.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium further comprise:

program instructions to compare the set of directions with the accessed related data for the user;

program instructions to create a set of personalized directions based on the comparison of the directions and accessed related data for the user, and including in the set of personalized directions at least part of the accessed related data for the user.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium further comprise:

program instructions to create a personalized interactive navigation map based, at least in part, on the personalized navigation route, wherein the user may interact with the included accessed related data for the user.

19. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium further comprise:

program instructions to create two or more generic routes based on the request from the user;

program instructions to access the route history and related data for the user; and

program instructions to create two or more personalized navigation routes for the user based, at least in part, on the two or more generic navigation route and the route history and related data for the user.

20. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the related data accessed includes one or more contacts for the user, and address information for the one or more contacts;

and emails, texts, or SMS about locations along the requested navigation route.