Route Reference

• US 20090005978A1
• Filed: 02/06/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Christie, Gregory N., Forstall, Scott, Tiene, Kevin, Borchers, Robert E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,762,056 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/210
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3407 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236

Abstract

A user input is received on a wireless device specifying a starting location. The position of the wireless device is tracked from the starting location in response to the user input. A user input is received on the wireless device specifying an ending location, and a route is generated from the tracking of the wireless device from the starting location to the ending location. A first reference is associated with the route, wherein the route is retrievable by a selection of the first reference.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a user input on a wireless device specifying a starting location;

tracking a position of the wireless device from the starting location in response to the user input;

receiving a user input on the wireless device specifying an ending location;

generating a route from the tracking of the wireless device from the starting location to the ending location; and

associating a first reference with the route, wherein the route is retrievable by a selection of the first reference.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user input specifying the first reference; and

displaying the route on the wireless device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a user input specifying an edit location indicator; and

editing the route by tracking the position of the wireless device to the ending location.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

associating the route with a second reference.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information indicative of real-time traffic information.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a user input specifying an edit location indicator;

displaying the real-time traffic information; and

editing the route based on the real-time traffic.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reference is associated with one or more names.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is GPS-enabled.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is adapted to communicate with a vehicular on-board navigation system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the starting location is determined automatically.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the first reference and the second reference comprise one or more parameters associated with the route.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

overlaying the route and first reference on a map displayed on the wireless device.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving an input specifying a first location;

receiving input specifying a second location;

computing a travel route between the first and second locations;

receiving an edit associated with the travel route; and

editing the travel route on a wireless device in accordance with the edit.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining a first location of a portable device.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining a second location of a portable device.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the portable device includes telephony.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

presenting the travel route with a map.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the travel route is computed based on real-time traffic information.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

associating a reference with the travel route.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving an edit location indicator; and

editing the travel route in accordance with the edit location indicator.

21. A computer-implemented navigation system, comprising:

a location engine for a wireless device that produces information indicative of a plurality of locations; and

a route engine that receives information indicative of a first location, tracks a position of the wireless device from the first location in response to the information, receives information indicative of a second location, generates a route from the first location to the second location in accordance with the tracking of the wireless device, receives information indicative of en edit, and edits the route by tracking the position of the wireless device to the second location, wherein the route is associated with a reference.

22. The computer-implemented navigation system of claim 21, wherein the route engine receives an input specifying the first location.

23. The computer-implemented navigation system of claim 21, wherein the route engine:

receives an input specifying the second location.

24. One or more computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by a processing device, and upon such execution cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an input specifying a first location;

receiving input specifying a second location;

computing a travel route between the first and second locations;

receiving an edit associated with the travel route; and

editing the travel route on a wireless device in accordance with the edit.

25. A method, comprising:

receiving a user input on a wireless device specifying a starting location;

tracking a position of the wireless device from the starting location in response to the user input;

receiving a user input on the wireless device specifying an ending location;

generating one or more routes from the starting location to the ending location;

receiving user input on the wireless device selecting one or the one or more routes; and

associating a first reference with the selected route, wherein the selected route is retrievable by a selection of the first reference.