SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND USING USER-CONTRIBUTED MAP DATA

• US 20130317746A1
• Filed: 08/02/2013
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MapQuest, Inc. (System1 LLC)
• Inventors: Babetski, Joshua J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,568,324 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/537
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3641 Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3644 Landmark guidance, e.g. using POIs or conspicuous other objects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for collecting and using user-contributed map data. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for collecting maneuver-specific annotations. According to the method, a user is presented with a set of computer-generated driving directions comprising a plurality of maneuvers. In association with presenting to the user the set of driving directions, the method presents to the user an option to submit an annotation for one of the plurality of maneuvers. In response to presenting the option to the user, the annotation is received from the user and stored in association with an identification of the one of the plurality of maneuvers. The stored annotation may be incorporated in the set of computer-generated driving directions.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

generating, with at least one processor, a set of driving directions including a plurality of maneuvers;

receiving, based on input from a user, an annotation for one of the plurality of maneuvers;

storing, in a data storage, the user-submitted annotation in association with an identification of the one of the plurality of maneuvers; and

determining, with the at least one processor, a reliability of the user-submitted annotation based on feedback from other users who have used directions that included the user-submitted annotation.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, further comprising:

augmenting, based on the determined reliability of the user-submitted annotation, the one of the plurality of maneuvers with the user-submitted annotation.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein presenting the set of computer-generated driving directions comprises electronically transmitting the set of directions.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, further comprising:

presenting, to the user, an option to submit at least one annotation to the plurality of maneuvers.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 24, wherein presenting the option to submit the annotation comprises providing a link or a button that is presented to the user.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving a request to display the set of computer-generated driving directions including the annotation.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving a revision of the annotation from the user; and

storing the revision of the annotation with the set of computer-generated directions.

28. A system for generating driving directions augmented by maneuver-specific annotations, the system comprising:

a data storage; and

a server that includes at least one processor, the server configured to;

generate a set of driving directions including a plurality of maneuvers;

receive, based on input from a user, an annotation for one of the plurality of maneuvers;

store, in the data storage, the user-submitted annotation in association with an identification of the one of the plurality of maneuvers; and

determine a reliability of the user-submitted annotation based on feedback from other users who have used directions that included the user-submitted annotation.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the server is further configured to:

augment, based on the determined reliability of the user-submitted annotation, the one of the plurality of maneuvers with the user-submitted annotation

30. The system of claim 28, wherein presenting the set of computer-generated driving directions comprises electronically transmitting the set of directions.

31. The system of claim 28, wherein the server is further configured to:

present, to the user, an option to submit at least one annotation to the plurality of maneuvers.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein presenting the option to submit the annotation comprises providing a link or a button that is presented to the user.

33. The system of claim 28, wherein the server is further configured to:

receive a request to display the set of computer-generated driving directions including the annotation.

34. The system of claim 28, wherein the server is further configured to:

receive a revision of the annotation from the user; and

store, in the data storage, the revision of the annotation with the set of computer-generated directions.

35. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions executable by one or more processors to:

generate a set of driving directions including a plurality of maneuvers;

receive, based on input from a user, an annotation for one of the plurality of maneuvers;

store the user-submitted annotation in association with an identification of the one of the plurality of maneuvers; and

determine a reliability of the user-submitted annotation based on feedback from other users who have used directions that included the user-submitted annotation.

36. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, the instructions further executable by the one or more processors to:

augment, based on the determined reliability of the user-submitted annotation, the one of the plurality of maneuvers with the user-submitted annotation

37. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein presenting the set of computer-generated driving directions comprises electronically transmitting the set of directions.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, the instructions further executable by the one or more processors to:

present, to the user, an option to submit at least one annotation to the plurality of maneuvers.

39. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 38, wherein presenting the option to submit the annotation comprises providing a link or a button that is presented to the user.

40. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, the instructions further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive a request to display the set of computer-generated driving directions including the annotation.

41. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, the instructions further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive a revision of the annotation from the user; and

store the revision of the annotation with the set of computer-generated directions.