OPTIMIZATION OF MAP VIEWS BASED ON REAL-TIME DATA

• US 20100179756A1
• Filed: 01/13/2009
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, Marc E., O'Sullivan, Joseph, Kalaboukis, Chris, Martinez, Ronald, Athsani, Athellina, Paretti, Christopher, Higgins, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 10,209,079 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/210
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3641 Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes

Abstract

Routing information (e.g., routing information displayed in an electronic map or provided as verbal travel directions) is generated and presented to a user in a tailored manner. A request for routing information is received from a user. Spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data is retrieved that is related to the user and/or to a location or change of location of the user. Based on the retrieved data and the routing information, information display data is generated, and is provided to an electronic device of the user to generate an information display. An attribute of the information display is configured/modified based on the location information and/or on the spatial data, temporal data, social data, and/or topical data. For example, a display attribute and/or an audio attribute of the information display may be modified.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving first information that includes an identification of a user and an indication of a first location associated with the user;

generating first information display data representative of a first information display that indicates the first location associated with the user;

providing the first information display data to enable the first information display to be displayed to the user;

receiving second information that includes the identification of the user and an indication of a change of location associated with the user;

receiving at least one of spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data related to at least one of the user and the change of location;

generating second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data; and

providing the second information display data to enable the second information display to be displayed to the user;

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a rate of the change of location associated with the user; and

wherein said generating second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data comprises;

modifying the information display attribute based on the determined rate of the change of location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a change in a mode of transportation of the user at the second location relative to the first location; and

wherein said generating second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data comprises;

modifying the information display attribute based on the determined change in the mode of transportation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving first information that includes an identification of a user and an indication of a first location associated with the user;

comprises;

receiving first information that includes the identification of the user, the indication of the first location associated with the user, and an indication of a destination location;

the method further comprising;

determining a route between the first location and the destination location; and

wherein said generating first information display data representative of a first information display that indicates the first location associated with the user;

comprises;

generating the first information display data representative of the first information display such that the first information display indicates the determined route.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

modifying the determined route based at least on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data; and

wherein said generating second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data comprises;

generating the second information display data representative of the second information display such that the second information display indicates the modified route.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a second destination location based on the at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data, and

determining a second route between the first location and the second destination location; and

wherein said generating second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data comprises;

generating the second information display data representative of the second information display such that the second information display indicates the determined second route.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second information displays include a map, wherein said generating second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data comprises:

changing a zoom level at which the map is displayed in the second information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second information displays include a map, wherein said generating second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data comprises:

changing at least one of a resolution at which the map is displayed in the second information display, a navigational control element, or a display space associated with sponsored content based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information display includes an auditory signal, wherein said generating second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data comprises:

changing at least one of a rate at which the auditory signal is provided to the user or a volume of the auditory signal based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data.

10. A routing engine, comprising:

an information display generator configured to receive first information that includes an identification of a user and an indication of a first location associated with the user, to generate an information display that indicates the first location associated with the user, and to receive second information that includes the identification of the user and an indication of a change of location associated with the user; and

a related data retriever configured to receive at least one of spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data related to at least one of the user and the change of location; and

wherein the information display generator is configured to modify an attribute of the generated information display based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data.

11. The routing engine of claim 10, wherein the information display generator is configured to determine a rate of the change of location associated with the user, and to modify the attribute of the information display based on the determined rate of the change of location.

12. The routing engine of claim 10, wherein the information display generator is configured to determine a change in a mode of transportation of the user at the second location relative to the first location, and to modify the attribute of the information display based on the determined change in the mode of transportation.

13. The routing engine of claim 10, further comprising:

a routing determiner configured to receive the first information that includes the identification of the user, the indication of the first location associated with the user, and an indication of a destination location, and to determine a route between the first location and the destination location; and

wherein the information display generator is configured to indicate the determined route in the generated information display.

14. The routing engine of claim 13, wherein the information display generator is configured to modify the determined route based at least on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data.

15. The routing engine of claim 13, wherein the information display generator is configured to determine a second destination location based on the at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data;

wherein the routing determiner is configured to determine a second route between the first location and the second destination location; and

wherein the information display generator is configure to indicate the determined second route in the generated information display.

16. The routing engine of claim 10, wherein the information display includes a map;

and

wherein the information display generator is configured to change a zoom level at which the map is displayed based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data.

17. The routing engine of claim 10, wherein the information display includes a map;

and

wherein the information display generator is configured to change at least one of a resolution at which the map is displayed, a displayed navigational control element, or a display space associated with sponsored content based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data.

18. The routing engine of claim 10, wherein the information display includes an auditory signal;

and

wherein the information display generator is configured to change at least one of a rate at which the auditory signal is provided to the user or a volume of the auditory signal based on at least one of the change of location or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data.

19. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processing unit to generate location information, comprising:

first means for enabling the processing unit generate first information display data representative of a first information display that indicates a first location associated with a user; and

second means for enabling the processing unit to generate second information display data representative of a second information display that includes an information display attribute modified relative to the first information display based on at least one of a change of location of the user or the received at least one of the spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data related to at least one of the user or the change of location.