ROUTE GENERATION BASED UPON ACTIVITY CRITERIA

• US 20080097688A1
• Filed: 12/14/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Black, Neil, Couckuyt, Jeffrey, Panabaker, Ruston, Seltzer, Michael, Tashev, Ivan, Krumm, John
• Application Number:
  US11/957,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20080097688A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance

Abstract

A route can be optimized according to various constraints, specifically towards non-travel constraints. A number of community activities can take place such that the activities impact traffic. Thus, a route can be produces that lowers an influence the activities have upon a route. Moreover, a route can be produced that improves signal strength, such as strength of a signal used to communicate with a cellular telephone. In addition, a route can be enhanced by taking into account weather conditions, including real-time weather in addition to weather predictions.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a recognition component that identifies at least one activity with a potential to affect a user; and

a fabrication component that enhances a route as a function of at least one identified activity.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an analysis component that evaluates information, a result of the evaluation is used to identify at least one activity or enhance a route.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a collection component that obtains at least a portion of information used for evaluation.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a disclosure component that presents the enhanced route to the user.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a transaction component that performs a reward operation in relation to the activity identification or the route enhancement.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an interaction component that obtains a request from a user for enhancement of the route.

7. The system of claim 1, the fabrication component generates the enhanced route.

8. The system of claim 1, the fabrication component alters a route in existence to enhance the route.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising an artificial intelligence component that makes at least one inference or at least one determination in relation to the activity identification or the route enhancement.

10. A method, comprising:

obtaining a notice to enhance a direction set according to a radio signal; and

determining a manner in which to enhance the direction set according to the radio signal.

11. The method of claim 10, evaluating the notice to enhance the direction set, a result of the notice evaluation is used in determining the manner in which to enhance the direction set.

12. The method of claim 11, collecting information based upon the notice, determining the manner is based at least in part off collected information.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising searching for at least one data source, information is collected from at least one data source discovered through searching.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising generating a route according to the determined manner in which to enhance the direction set.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising altering an existing direction set according to the determined manner in which to enhance the direction set.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising appraising the existing direction set, the appraisal result is used in altering the existing direction set.

17. A system, comprising,

means for evaluating a notice to enhance a direction set according to weather;

and

means for determining a manner in which to enhance the direction set according to weather based at least in part off a result of the evaluation.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising means for predicting at least one weather condition or means for evaluating a weather condition.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising means for altering an existing direction set according to the determined manner in which to enhance the direction set based upon at least one predicted weather condition or at least one evaluated weather condition.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising means for generating a route according to the determined manner in which to enhance the direction set based upon at least one predicted weather condition or at least one evaluated weather condition.