RECREATIONAL VEHICLE INTERACTIVE VEHICLE INFORMATION, TELEMETRY, MAPPING, AND TRIP PLANNING
First Claim
1. An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage, the system comprising:
- a server system including;
an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information;
a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, the trip mapping system allowing a rider to create a planned route based on the data in the off-road trip database and navigate the planned route;
a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit at least a portion of the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group;
a location data management system configured to receive location data, the location data management system allowing a rider to publish his or her location information to one or more other riders within the mapping system; and
a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication to one or more other riders using the interactive system, the trip data including information describing an actual route and user data associated with the actual route.
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Abstract
An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage includes a server system, including an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information, as well as a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, allowing a rider to create a route based on the data in the off-road trip database. The server system further includes a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group. The server system includes a location data management system configured to receive location data, allowing a rider to publish location information to one or more other riders, and a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication, including information describing an actual route and user data associated with that route.
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42 Claims
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1. An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage, the system comprising:
a server system including; an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information; a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, the trip mapping system allowing a rider to create a planned route based on the data in the off-road trip database and navigate the planned route; a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit at least a portion of the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group; a location data management system configured to receive location data, the location data management system allowing a rider to publish his or her location information to one or more other riders within the mapping system; and a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication to one or more other riders using the interactive system, the trip data including information describing an actual route and user data associated with the actual route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of facilitating usage of a recreational vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving, from users affiliated with a plurality of authorized groups, trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information from areas affiliated with the authorized groups, respectively; receiving a request from a user device to define a planned off-road route in one or more of the areas; generating a map associated with the planned off-road route, the map including trail condition information and points-of-interest information received; receiving location information from a communications device at a location of a recreational vehicle operated by the user during travel along the planned off-road route; publishing the location information to one or more other users based on permissions set by the user; and receiving user feedback information associated with the planned off-road route from the user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An application embodied on a computer-readable medium, the application executable on a computing device and including program instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause the computing device to:
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receive user input requesting an off-road route, the user input including one or more ride parameters; define an off-road route based at least in part on the one or more ride parameters and trail condition data received from one or more third-party sources; present the off-road route to the user via a map display, wherein presenting the off-road route to the user includes presenting a plurality of route variations to the user, the route variations including display of one or more ride parameters of the route variations compared to the off-road route; and receive user selection of a desired off-road route for traversal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method for integrating rider experience with recreational vehicle performance, the method comprising:
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receiving from a user a selection of a planned route for a recreational vehicle at a computing device associated with the recreational vehicle; receiving at the computing device, via a communication interface connected to a control unit of a recreational vehicle, data regarding operation of the recreational vehicle; displaying a user interface to a user, the user interface including information associated with the planned route and at least a portion of the data regarding operation of the recreational vehicle; communicating data to a remote system from the computing device, and at least a portion of the data regarding operation of the recreational vehicle; receiving from the remote system one or more instructions for display to the user regarding maintenance or repair tasks to be performed on the recreational vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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