SYSTEM, APPARATUS, OR METHOD FOR ENHANCED ROUTE DIRECTIONS
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method comprising:
- generating from stored geographic information a textual explanation of route directions that includes point of interest information, wherein said point of interest information includes at least one of the following;
specifying the number of potential turns between two actual turns;
landmark information based at least in part on proximity to an actual turn;
or one or more political boundaries.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with generating a textual explanation of a route including POI information are disclosed.
-
Citations
31 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
generating from stored geographic information a textual explanation of route directions that includes point of interest information, wherein said point of interest information includes at least one of the following;
specifying the number of potential turns between two actual turns;
landmark information based at least in part on proximity to an actual turn;
or one or more political boundaries.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
10. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein said instructions, if executed by a computing platform, enable said computing platform to;
generate from stored geographic information a textual explanation of route directions that includes point of interest information, wherein said point of interest information includes at least one of the following;
specifying the number of potential turns between two actual turns;
landmark information based at least in part on proximity to an actual turn;
or one or more political boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein said instructions, if executed by a computing platform, enable said computing platform to;
-
19. A system comprising:
-
a computing platform; wherein said computing platform is adapted to generate from stored geographic information a textual explanation of route directions that includes point of interest information, wherein said point of interest information includes at least one of the following;
specifying the number of potential turns between two actual turns;
landmark information based at least in part on proximity to an actual turn;
or one or more political boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
-
-
28. A system comprising:
-
means for generating a structured representation of a route from stored geographic information; means for associating point of interest information with one or more portions of the structured representation of a route; and means for generating a textual explanation of route directions that includes point of interest information based at least in part on the structured representation of a route and the associated point of interest information. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
-
Specification