METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR TO-DO-LIST BASED NAVIGATION

• US 20140046590A1
• Filed: 12/27/2011
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Needham, Brad H., Jordan, Robin L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,488,479 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/522
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/38 Electronic maps specially adapted for navigation; Updating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method, system, and device for to-do-list based navigation includes identifying a selection of tasks to be completed from the to-do-list. The selected tasks may be prioritized or ordered based on navigation data and context data associated with each of the selected tasks to develop a trip plan for completing the selected tasks. The context data may include attributes, such as constraint data, associated with one or more of the selected tasks. In some embodiments, a status update for the current task may be periodically or occasionally communicated to one or more mobile computing devices to inform a user of the mobile computing device of the status of completion of the current task.

Claims

1-47. -47. (canceled)

48. A method comprising:

receiving a selection of tasks from a to-do-list maintained by an in-vehicle computing system, the to-do-list comprising a plurality of tasks;

determining, with the in-vehicle computing system, navigation data for a location associated with each of the selected tasks;

retrieving context data associated with each of the selected tasks from a data storage of the in-vehicle computing system, the context data defining an attribute of the selected task;

determining, with the in-vehicle computing system, an order of priority of the selected tasks based on the navigation data and the context data; and

providing navigation information on the in-vehicle computing system for the selected tasks.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein retrieving context data comprises retrieving context data that identifies:

a due date for completing at least one of the selected tasks;

a requirement to return to the home of a user of the in-vehicle computing system prior to beginning subsequent tasks; and

a window of time during which a task of the selected task can be completed.

50. The method of claim 48, wherein determining the order of priority of the selected tasks comprises determining an order of priority of the selected tasks to minimize at least one of the total travel time required to complete the selected tasks or the total distance traveled to complete the selected tasks.

51. The method of claim 48, further comprising:

determining, with the in-vehicle computing system, an estimated time of arrival to a destination location; and

communicating the estimated time of arrival to the mobile computing device.

52. The method of claim 48, further comprising:

determining, with the in-vehicle computing system, that the current task is completed; and

communicating that the current task is completed to the mobile computing device.

53. The method of claim 52, wherein determining that the current task is completed comprises:

communicating with a second mobile computing device to determine a location of the second mobile computing device; and

verifying that the location of the second mobile computing device is within a reference proximity to the in-vehicle computing system.

54. The method of claim 52, wherein determining that the current task is completed comprises:

determining, with the in-vehicle computing system, a current location of a vehicle in which the in-vehicle computing system is included; and

verifying that the current location of the vehicle is equal to a destination location associated with the current task.

55. An in-vehicle computing device comprising:

a processor, and

a memory having stored therein a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor, results in the in-vehicle computing system;

displaying a to-do-list on a display, the to-do-list comprising a plurality of tasks;

receiving a user'"'"'s selection of the tasks to be completed;

determining navigation data for a destination location associated with each of the selected tasks;

retrieving constraint data associated with each of the selected tasks;

determining an order of completion for the selected tasks based on the navigation data and the constraint data; and

providing navigation information on the display for a first task of the selected tasks; and

communicating, to a mobile computing device, a plurality of status updates regarding the progress of completion of the first task.

56. The in-vehicle computing device of claim 55, wherein the constraint data identifies a due date or time for completing at least one of the selected tasks.

57. The in-vehicle computing device of claim 55, wherein the constraint data identifies a requirement to return to the home of a user of the in-vehicle computing system prior to beginning subsequent tasks.

58. The in-vehicle computing device of claim 55, wherein the constraint data identifies a window of time during which a task of the selected task can be completed.

59. The in-vehicle computing device of claim 55, wherein communicating the plurality of status updates comprises:

determining, for each status update, an estimated time of arrival to a destination location; and

communicating the estimated time of arrival to the mobile computing device.

60. The in-vehicle computing device of claim 55, wherein communicating the plurality of status updates comprises:

determining that the first task is completed; and

communicating that the first task is completed to the mobile computing device.

61. The in-vehicle computing device of claim 60, wherein determining that the first task is completed comprises:

communicating with a second mobile computing device to determine a location of the second mobile computing device; and

verifying that the location of the second mobile computing device is within a reference proximity to the in-vehicle computing system.

62. The in-vehicle computing device of claim 60, wherein determining that the first task is completed comprises:

determining a current location of a vehicle in which the in-vehicle computing system is included; and

verifying that the current location of the vehicle is equal to a destination location associated with the first task.

63. The in-vehicle computing device of claim 60, wherein determining that the first task is completed comprises:

receiving confirmation of a credit card purchase; and

receiving sensor data from a sensor of the vehicle that a passenger seat is occupied.

64. One or more machine readable media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed result in an in-vehicle computing system:

determining a selection of tasks from a to-do-list maintained by the in-vehicle computing system, the to-do-list comprising a plurality of tasks;

determining navigation data for a destination location associated with each of the selected tasks;

retrieving context data associated with each of the selected tasks from a data storage of the in-vehicle computing system, the context data defining an attribute of the selected task;

providing navigation information on the in-vehicle computing system for a first task of the selected tasks;

communicating, to a mobile computing device, a plurality of status updates regarding the progress of completion of the first task.

65. The one or more machine readable media of claim 64, wherein communicating the status update comprises communicating a current location of a vehicle in which the in-vehicle computing system is incorporated to the mobile computing device.

66. The one or more machine readable media of claim 64, wherein communicating the status update comprises communicating an estimated time of arrival to a destination location to the mobile computing device.

67. The one or more machine readable media of claim 64, wherein communicating the status update comprises:

determining, with the in-vehicle computing system, that the first task is completed; and

communicating that the first task is completed to the mobile computing device.

68. The one or more machine readable media of claim 67, wherein determining that the first task is completed comprises:

communicating with a second mobile computing device to determine a location of the second mobile computing device; and

verifying that the location of the second mobile computing device is within a reference proximity to the in-vehicle computing system.

69. The one or more machine readable media of claim 67, wherein determining that the first task is completed comprises:

determining a current location of a vehicle in which the in-vehicle computing system is included; and

verifying that the current location of the vehicle is equal to a destination location associated with the first task.

70. The one or more machine readable media of claim 67, wherein determining that the first task is completed comprises receiving confirmation of a credit card purchase.

71. The one or more machine readable media of claim 67, wherein determining that the first task is completed comprises receiving sensor data from a sensor of the vehicle that a passenger seat is occupied.

72. The one or more machine readable media of claim 64, wherein the first task comprises meeting a user of a mobile computing device, and further comprising:

communicating with the mobile computing device using the in-vehicle computing system to determine a current location of the user of the mobile computing device; and

determining a destination location based on the location of the user of the mobile computing device, the navigation data and the context data.