PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR A CURRENT LOCATION OR TIME

• US 20130344899A1
• Filed: 07/26/2013
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Stamm, Tom Carl, Hawkins, Dale Kris, Guggemos, James A., Udeshi, Tushar, Bellver, Pablo, Praun, Emil, Yang, Guang, Kirmse, Andrew, Gultekin, Gokay Baris, Connor, Bill, Mierle, Keir Banks
• Application Number:
  US13/952,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20130344899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and further obtains information associated with an event which is associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and further obtains, based at least in part on the duration of time, a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time that is determined based at least in part on the future time. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of the departure time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a computing system and based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time;

obtaining, by the computing system, information associated with an event, the event being associated with the future location and the future time;

obtaining, by the computing system, a duration of time for the user of the computing device to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location;

obtaining, by the computing system, based at least in part on the duration of time, a departure time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to depart from the current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time, the arrival time being determined based at least in part on the future time; and

outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of the departure time.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event for output by a computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the indication of the credential associated with the event is output, for transmission to the computing device, responsive to an indication that the current location of the computing device is within a threshold distance of the future location.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the indication of the credential associated with the event is output, for transmission to the computing device, responsive to an indication that a current time is within a threshold time of the future time.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the indication of the credential associated with the event is outputted for transmission in response to receiving, by the computing system, from the computing device, a request for a credential associated with the event.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to obtaining an indication that the current location of the computing device is within a threshold distance of the future location, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to obtaining an indication that a current time is within a threshold time of the departure time, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication that the user of the computing device needs to depart from the current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by the arrival time.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the computing system and based at least in part on traffic conditions along a travel route from the current location of the computing device to the future location, the departure time.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

classifying, by the computing system, the information included in the at least one previous communication by at least applying one or more location tags and one or more time tags to the information, wherein obtaining the indication of the future location and the future time comprises determining that a location value of at least one of the one or more location tags is associated with the current location of the computing device and that a time value of at least one of the one or more time tags is associated with a current time.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein determining that the location value of at least one of the one or more location tags is associated with the current location of the computing device and that the time value of at least one of the one or more time tags is associated with the current time comprises obtaining, by the computing system, an indication that the location value is within a threshold distance of the current location of the computing device and that the time value is within a threshold time of the current time.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the information associated with the event comprises identifying, by the computing system, at least one keyword associated with the event within a portion of the information included in the one or more previous communications.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the arrival time corresponds to a time of day that occurs prior to the future time.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the arrival time indicates a time of day that corresponds to the future time.

14. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to;

obtain, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time;

obtain information associated with an event, the event being associated with the future location and the future time;

obtain a duration of time for the user of the computing device to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location;

obtain, based at least in part on the duration of time, a departure time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to depart from the current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time, the arrival time being determined based at least in part on the future time; and

output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of the departure time.

15. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to:

output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event for output by a computing device.

16. The computing system of claim 15, wherein the indication of the credential is output, for transmission to the computing device, in response to an indication that the current location of the computing device is within a threshold distance of the future location.

17. The computing system of claim 15, wherein the indication of the credential is output, for transmission to the computing device, in response to an indication that a current time is within a threshold time of the future time.

18. The computing system of claim 15, wherein the indication of the credential associated with the event is outputted for transmission to the computing device in response to receiving a request for the credential associated with the event.

19. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to:

responsive to obtaining an indication that the current location of the computing device is within a threshold distance of the future location, output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event.

20. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to:

responsive to obtaining an indication that a current time is within a threshold time of the departure time, output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication that the user of the computing device needs to depart from the current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by the arrival time.

21. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine the departure time based at least in part on traffic conditions along a travel route from the current location of the computing device to the future location.

22. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to classify the information included in the at least one previous communication by at least applying one or more location tags and one or more time tags to the information included in the at least one previous communication, wherein the indication of the future location and the future time is obtained in response to a determination that a location value of at least one of the one or more location tags is within a threshold distance of the current location of the computing device and a time value of at least one of the one or more time tags is within a threshold time of a current time.

23. The computing system of claim 22, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine that the location value of at least one of the one or more location tags is associated with the current location of the computing device and that the time value of at least one of the one or more time tags is associated with the current time by at least obtaining an indication that the location value is within a threshold distance of the current location of the computing device and that the time value is within a threshold time of the current time.

24. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to obtain the information associated with the event based on an identification of at least one keyword associated with the event within a portion of the information included in the at least one previous communication.

25. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the arrival time corresponds to a time of day that occurs prior to the future time.

26. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the arrival time indicates a time of day that corresponds to the future time.