BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION VIA ALTERED MAP ROUTES BASED ON USER PROFILE INFORMATION

• US 20140309927A1
• Filed: 04/15/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AutoConnect Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Flextronics America LLC (Flextronics International Limited)
• Inventors: Ricci, Christopher P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,147,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/424
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/52 for indicating emergencies
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1004 Alarm systems characterised by the type of sensor, e.g. current sensing means using door lock sensors B60R25/1001
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
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• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
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• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/012 Providing warranty services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0265 Vehicular advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0645 : Rental transactions; Leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 : Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/59 : inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/15 : Biometric patterns based on physiological signals, e.g. heartbeat, blood flow
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• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 : Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/06 : indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 : Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/188 : Data fusion; cooperative systems, e.g. voting among different detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 : where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 : where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 : where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 : in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 : specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 : located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/088 : using filters or firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 : Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/34 : Reselection control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 : Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 : for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 : based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 : Moving wireless networks

Abstract

Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data.

Claims

1. A method for providing navigation information for a conveyance, comprising:

a vehicle control system, including a processor, receiving route information for two or more routes;

the vehicle control system determining the context associated with route information;

the vehicle control system storing the route information and the context;

the vehicle control system identifying a pattern associated with the route information and context; and

the vehicle control system providing pattern information to plan a next route.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the route information includes at least an origin location and a destination.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one route was generated by a navigation system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the context includes information indicating a reason why a driver followed the route.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein two or more drivers in two or more conveyances provided the route information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the pattern information includes one or more of destinations arrived at certain time periods, routes driven on certain days, or often-traveled routes.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the pattern information is provided to a third driver to plan a route.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third driver is unfamiliar with an area surrounding the planned route.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the route information and context are stored remotely.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the planned route is associated with information in a user profile of the third driver.

11. A conveyance comprising:

a processor operable to execute one or more modules, the modules comprising;

a route integration module operable to;

receive route information for two or more routes;

determine the context associated with route information;

store the route information and the context;

a pattern recognition module operable to identify a pattern associated with the route information and context; and

a route suggestion module operable to provide a next route based on pattern information.

12. The conveyance of claim 11, wherein the route information includes at least an origin location and a destination, wherein at least one route was generated by a navigation system, and wherein the context includes information indicating a reason why a driver followed the route.

13. The conveyance of claim 12, wherein two or more drivers in two or more conveyances provided the route information.

14. The conveyance of claim 13, wherein the pattern information includes one or more of destinations arrived at certain time periods, routes driven on certain days, or often-traveled routes.

15. The conveyance of claim 14, wherein the pattern information is provided to a third driver to plan a route, and wherein the third driver is unfamiliar with an area surrounding the planned route.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium stored on a storage medium and having instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method, the instructions comprising:

instructions to receive route information for two or more routes;

instructions to determine the context associated with route information;

instructions to store the route information and the context;

instructions to identify a pattern associated with the route information and context; and

instructions to provide a next route based on pattern information.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the route information includes at least an origin location and a destination, wherein at least one route was generated by a navigation system, and wherein the context includes information indicating a reason why a driver followed the route.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein two or more drivers in two or more conveyances provided the route information.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the pattern information includes one or more of destinations arrived at at certain time periods, routes driven on certain days, or often-traveled routes.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the pattern information is provided to a third driver to plan a route, and wherein the third driver is unfamiliar with an area surrounding the planned route.