User interface for displaying predicted destinations

• US 10,655,979 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Vulcano, Emanuele, Moore, Bradford A., Fino, Jorge
• Primary Examiner(s): Brushaber, Frederick M
• Application Number:
  US14/081,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20140365125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,377 Days
• Field of Search: 701533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/265 constructional aspects of navigation devices, e.g. housings, mountings, displays G01C21/3688 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3611 using character input or menus, e.g. menus of POIs character input methods in general G06F3/0233
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method for an application that operates on a mobile device. The method predicts several likely destinations for a vehicle to which the mobile device is connected based on data from a several different sources. The method generates, for a display screen of the vehicle, a display that includes the several likely destinations. In some embodiments, the method receives a first type of input through a control of the vehicle to select one of the likely destinations, and enters a turn-by-turn navigation mode to the selected destination in response to the received input. In some embodiments, the display is for a first destination of the several likely destinations. The method receives a second type of input through a control of the vehicle to step through the set of likely destinations, and generates a display for a second destination in response to the input.

Claims

1. For an application that operates on a mobile device, a method comprising:

determining, using a GPS sensor, a current location of the mobile device;

while the mobile device is connected to a vehicle, predicting a plurality of likely destinations for the vehicle based on data from a plurality of different sources, each likely destination predicted to be a next likely destination of the vehicle based on a current location;

generating, for a display screen of the vehicle separate from the mobile device, a user interface (UI) that displays at least a portion of different, separate informational display areas for each of a plurality of predicted destinations, the informational display areas for each of the plurality of predicted destinations comprising (i) a portion of a map including a route from the current location of the vehicle to the destination, and (ii) additional metadata corresponding to the destination; and

outputting the generated UI to an interactive vehicle system for display on the vehicle display screen.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, at the mobile device, a command from the interactive vehicle system selecting one of the likely destinations from the interactive vehicle system, said command based on a particular type of input received through a control of the vehicle; and

entering a turn-by-turn navigation mode to the selected destination in response to the received input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the portions of the map for the informational display areas for each of the plurality of predicted comprises a different map area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the different, separate informational display areas are displayed in a filmstrip view.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata corresponding to a particular destination comprises at least one of a name for the particular destination, a source of the particular destination, an estimated travel time to the particular destination, and frequency information indicating how often the mobile device travels to the particular destination.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the different, separate informational display areas are displayed as a set of stackable cards.

4. For an application that operates on a mobile device, a method comprising:

predicting a plurality of likely destinations for a vehicle to which the mobile device is connected based on data from a plurality of different sources, each destination predicted to be a next likely destination of the vehicle based on a current location of the vehicle;

generating, for a display screen of the vehicle, a user interface (UI) that comprises a filmstrip view of the plurality of destinations, the filmstrip view comprising, for each of the plurality of likely destinations, (i) a portion of a map including a route from the current location of the vehicle to the destination, and (ii) additional metadata corresponding to the destination, wherein the plurality of destinations are for viewing one at a time on the vehicle display screen; and

outputting the generated UI to an interactive vehicle system for display on the vehicle display screen.

8. For an application that operates on a mobile device, a method comprising:

determining, using a GPS sensor, a current location of the mobile device;

predicting a plurality of likely destinations for a vehicle to which the mobile device is connected based on data from a plurality of different sources, each likely destination predicted to be a next likely destination of the vehicle based on a current location;

generating, for a display screen of the vehicle, a user interface (UI) that comprises a set of stackable cards for the plurality of likely destinations, each stackable card for a particular likely destination comprising (i) a portion of a map including a route from the current location of the vehicle to the likely destination, and (ii) additional metadata corresponding to the likely destination; and

outputting the generated UI to an interactive vehicle system for display on the vehicle display screen.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the metadata corresponding to a particular destination comprises at least one of a name for the particular destination, a source of the particular destination, an estimated travel time to the particular destination, and frequency information indicating how often the mobile device travels to the particular destination.

10. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for execution by at least one processing unit of a mobile device, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

determining, using a GPS sensor, a current location of the mobile device;

while the mobile device is connected to a vehicle, predicting a plurality of likely destinations for the vehicle based on data from a plurality of different sources, each likely destination predicted to be a next likely destination of the vehicle based on a current location of the vehicle; and

generating, for a display screen of the vehicle separate from the mobile device, a user interface (UI) that displays at least a portion of different, separate informational display areas for each of a plurality of predicted likely destinations, the informational display area for each of the plurality of predicted likely destinations comprising (i) a portion of a map including a route from the current location of the vehicle to the likely destination, and (ii) additional metadata corresponding to the likely destination;

outputting the generated UI to an interactive vehicle system for display on the vehicle display screen;

receiving, at the mobile device, a command from the interactive vehicle system selecting one of the likely destinations from the interactive vehicle system, said command based on a particular type of input at a control of the vehicle; and

entering a turn-by-turn navigation mode to the selected destination in response to the received input.

11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the set of instructions for generating the UI comprises a set of instructions for generating a filmstrip view of the plurality of destinations, wherein the plurality of destinations are for viewing one at a time on the vehicle display screen.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein for each destination, the portion of the map and the metadata are displayed in two separate panels that are located next to each other.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the metadata corresponding to a particular destination comprises at least one of a name for the particular destination, a source of the particular destination, an estimated travel time to the particular destination, and frequency information indicating how often the mobile device travels to the particular destination.

14. For an application that operates on a mobile device, a method comprising:

determining using a GPS sensor, a current location of the mobile device;

predicting a plurality of likely destinations for a vehicle to which the mobile device is connected based on data from a plurality of different sources, each likely destination predicted to be a likely next destination of the vehicle based on the current location;

generating, for a display screen of the vehicle, a user interface (UI) that comprises a set of stackable cards for the plurality of likely destinations, each stackable card for a particular likely destination comprising (i) a portion of a map including a route from the current location to the likely destination, and (ii) additional metadata corresponding to the likely destination; and

outputting the generated UI to an interactive vehicle system for display on the vehicle display screen.