PEDESTRIAN ROUTE PRODUCTION

• US 20090157302A1
• Filed: 12/14/2007
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Black, Neil W., Panabaker, Ruston, Krumm, John C., Couckuyt, Jeffrey D., Seltzer, Michael Lewis, Tashev, Ivan J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,090,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/206
• 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: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising

Abstract

As a pedestrian travels, various difficulties can be encountered, such as traveling through an unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures. A route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian. Moreover, the route can alter as a situation of a user changes; for instance, if a user wants to add a stop along a route.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a gather component that obtains information related to pedestrian travel; and

a generation component that produces a direction set for use by a pedestrian based at least part upon the obtained information.

2. The system of claim 1, a substantial portion of the directions set takes a user along a route that is not maneuverable by an automobile.

3. The system of claim 1, the produced direction set is based upon security information, weather information, terrain information, or a combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a disclosure component that provides the direction set to the pedestrian.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a metadata component that modifies information provided with the direction set based upon contextual information, pedestrian request, pedestrian history, or a combination thereof, the contextual information, pedestrian request, pedestrian history, or a combination thereof is obtained by the gather component, the disclosure component provides the direction set with modified information to the pedestrian.

6. 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 information obtainment or direction set production.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising an analysis component that evaluates the obtained information, the evaluation results are used by the generation component to produce the direction set.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a transaction component that performs a reward operation in relation to information obtainment or direction set production.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising an advertisement component that integrates a commercial detail with a direction set.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a search component that locates an information source, the gather component obtains information from the located source.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a resolution component that settles conflict between inconsistent obtained information, the settlement result of which is used by the generation component to produce a direction set.

12. A method, comprising:

collecting a request from a pedestrian that a route includes a waypoint to a general location; and

producing a pedestrian-based route that includes a waypoint to a specific location, based upon the collected request.

13. The method of claim 12, a considerable portion of the route takes the pedestrian along at least one path that is not maneuverable by an automobile.

14. The method of claim 12, the produced route is based upon security information, weather information, terrain information, or a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising evaluating the request from a pedestrian that a route include a waypoint to a general location.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising establishing at least one specific location.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising choosing at least one specific location for inclusion in the pedestrian based route from at least one established specific location.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising analyzing at least one available path, at least one analyzed path is at least part of the pedestrian-based route and takes the user to the specific location.

19. A system, comprising:

means for collecting information related to travel; and

means for outputting a direction set based upon at least part of the obtained information, the direction set includes a portion where a user travels in a natural manner and a portion where the user functions as a passenger.

20. The system of claim 19, at least part of the portion where the user functions as a passenger employs the user being a passenger upon public transportation.