AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION TO A PRIOR KNOWN LOCATION

• US 20120316774A1
• Filed: 06/09/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Yariv, Eran, Geva, Yair E., Haik, Fadi
• Application Number:
  US13/156,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20120316774A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/423
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities

Abstract

The disclosed architecture facilitates the capture of data associated with a specific geographic location, as captured by a mobile device of a user at the geographic location, for the purpose of guiding the user back to that specific geographic location. When applied to vehicles or other types of user mobility (e.g., walking) the architecture automatically detects that a user has controlled a means of transportation to a stationary (or parked) state, such as associated with a parked car. When the stationary state is reached, the location is detected (e.g., using user device sensing systems). Detection can include recording images, sounds, speech, geolocation data, etc., associated with the location and/or means of transportation. The user can configure a reminder to activate at the location to assist in the user recalling the location when returning to the means of transportation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

a detection component of a user mobile device that detects parameters associated with a specific geographic location of the user mobile device, the parameters representative of attributes of the geographic location;

a presentation component of the user mobile device that enables viewing of the specific geographic location as presented graphically relative to a virtual geographical map in which the specific geographic location resides and facilitates navigation back to the specific geographic location; and

a processor that executes computer-executable instructions associated with at least one of the detection component or the presentation component.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the presentation component includes a user interface that enables configuration of a reminder to capture the attributes of the specific geographic location to facilitate navigation back to the specific geographic location.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the parameters include at least one of audio information, image information, geolocation information, device communications status information, or motion information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the parameters include external information received from external systems related to the specific geographic location.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a notification component that enables a user of the user mobile device to initiate self-notification to facilitate recall of the specific geographic location by capturing the attributes of the specific geographic location.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a management component that facilitates determination of which parameters are relevant and selected for the specific geographic location, and settings for the selected parameters.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the detection component includes an application that automatically runs on the user mobile device, which is a mobile phone, to detect the parameters.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the specific geographic location is a parking location of a means of transportation, the detection component detects parameters and captures attributes associated with parking the means of transportation and the parking location, the presentation component presents the parking location on the virtual map, which enables navigation of a user back to the parking location.

9. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

a detection component of a mobile device that detects parameters of the mobile device suitable for capturing attributes of a specific geographic location;

a notification component that enables a user of the mobile device to set a reminder to enable capture of the attributes at the specific geographic location when the user is detected to be leaving the specific geographic location;

a presentation component that enables viewing of the specific geographic location as presented graphically relative to a virtual map in which the specific geographic location is located; and

a processor that executes computer-executable instructions associated with at least one of the detection component, notification component, or the presentation component.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a management component enables selection of one or more of the parameters which are relevant to specific geographic location, and settings of the selected parameters.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the detection component includes an application that runs in a background environment of an operating system of the mobile device to automatically receive attribute data which when processed is associated with the specific geographic location and facilitate navigation back thereto.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the parameters are related to and include at least one of audio information associated with mechanical sounds and an audio profile of a vehicle at the specific geographic location, image information associated with a camera shot of a scene at the specific geographic location, or geolocation information associated with geographical coordinates of the specific geographic location.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the parameters include at least one of device communications status information of the mobile device at the specific geographic location, or motion information related to dwell time of the mobile device at the specific geographic location.

14. A computer-implemented method, comprising acts of:

capturing sensor data of a mobile device of a user, the sensor data related to a specific geographic location;

storing the captured sensor data in association with the specific geographic location;

selecting the specific geographic location to which to return;

presenting the specific geographic location on a virtual geographic map;

guiding the user back to the specific geographic location via the mobile device based on captured sensor data and the virtual map; and

utilizing a processor that executes instructions stored in memory to perform at least one of the acts of capturing, storing, selecting, presenting, or guiding.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising notifying the user via the mobile device to capture the sensor data for subsequent navigation back to the specific geographic location.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing a user interface via which a reminder is configured to notify the user to facilitate recall of the specific geographic location by capturing and storing the sensor data.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising computing a reduction in speed of the user device and time duration at the specific geolocation location as a trigger to capturing and storing the sensor data of the specific geographic location.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising configuring parameters relevant to capturing attributes of the specific geographic location, the attributes related to environmental conditions that include sounds, weather conditions, and directional information.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining the mobile device is entering or at a stationary state based on proximity of the mobile device to a location associated with a parking lot.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising performing the acts of capturing the sensor data, storing, selecting, presenting and guiding, via the mobile device, which is a mobile phone.