Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for a Social Route Planner

• US 20080293430A1
• Filed: 05/23/2007
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Belzer, Rosalinde, Blom, Jan, Chichase, Jan, Boaitey, Nana Yaw O, March, Wendy
• Application Number:
  US11/752,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20080293430A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles

Abstract

An apparatus for a social route planner may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to generate social information classifications with respect to other devices, request routing information from a server, receive routing information including at least one candidate route associated with social information provided at least in part based on the social information classifications, and generate a display based on the candidate route and the social information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving social information associated with a particular area;

associating the social information with a candidate route through the particular area; and

generating a display based on the social information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the display comprises generating a list of candidate routes with corresponding social information for each of the candidate routes.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein generating the display further comprises generating a map view of one of the candidate routes including social entity indicia indicative of devices along the one of the candidate routes.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection of one of a plurality of candidate routes and displaying a map view of the selected candidate route.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically selecting one of a plurality of candidate routes based on a user preference and displaying a map view of the selected candidate route.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the social information with the candidate route comprises determining the candidate route through the particular area based on the social information and wherein generating the display comprises generating a map view of the candidate route.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving social information comprises receiving data indicative of devices currently located in the particular area and classifying each of the devices based on a relationship between a user of each corresponding device and a user of a device generating the display.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving safety information associated with the particular area.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein generating the display comprises generating indicia of the safety information in association with a candidate route.

10. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion for receiving social information associated with a particular area;

a second executable portion for associating the social information with a candidate route through the particular area; and

a third executable portion for generating a display based on the social information.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the third executable portion includes instructions for generating a list of candidate routes with corresponding social information for each of the candidate routes.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the third executable portion includes instructions for generating a map view of one of the candidate routes including social entity indicia indicative of devices along the one of the candidate routes.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising a fourth executable portion for receiving a selection of one of a plurality of candidate routes and displaying a map view of the selected candidate route.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising a fourth executable portion for automatically selecting one of a plurality of candidate routes based on a user preference and displaying a map view of the selected candidate route.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the second executable portion includes instructions for determining a candidate route through the particular area based on the social information and wherein generating the display comprises generating a map view of the candidate route.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first executable portion includes instructions for receiving data indicative of devices currently located in the particular area and classifying each of the devices based on a relationship between a user of each corresponding device and a user of a device generating the display.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising a fourth executable portion for receiving safety information associated with the particular area.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the third executable portion includes instructions for generating indicia of the safety information in association with a candidate route.

19. An apparatus comprising a processing element configured to:

receive social information associated with a particular area;

associate the social information with a candidate route through the particular area; and

generate a display based on the social information.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing element is further configured to generate a list of candidate routes with corresponding social information for each of the candidate routes.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the processing element is further configured to generate a map view of one of the candidate routes including social entity indicia indicative of devices along the one of the candidate routes.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing element is further configured to receive a selection of one of a plurality of candidate routes and to display a map view of the selected candidate route.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing element is further configured to automatically select one of a plurality of candidate routes based on a user preference and to display a map view of the selected candidate route.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing element is further configured to determine a candidate route through the particular area based on the social information and to generate a map view of the candidate route.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing element is further configured to receive data indicative of devices currently located in the particular area and to classify each of the devices based on a relationship between a user of each corresponding device and a user of a device generating the display.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing element is further configured to receive safety information associated with the particular area.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the processing element is further configured to generate indicia of the safety information in association with a candidate route.

28. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving social information associated with a particular area;

means for associating the social information with a candidate route through the particular area; and

means for generating a display based on the social information.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein means for receiving social information comprises means for receiving data indicative of devices currently located in the particular area and classifying each of the devices based on a relationship between a user of each corresponding device and a user of a device generating the display.

30. An apparatus comprising a processing element configured to:

generate social information classifications with respect to other devices;

request routing information from a server;

receive routing information including at least one candidate route associated with social information provided at least in part based on the social information classifications; and

generate a display based on the candidate route and the social information.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the processing element is further configured to generate the social information classifications based at least in part upon a history of devices that have been proximate to the apparatus within a threshold distance.