Location-Based Features for Commute Assistant

• US 20140358409A1
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Khoe, May-Li, van Os, Marcel, Hagedorn, Joseph A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,215,586 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/117
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3423 Multimodal routing, i.e. combining two or more modes of transportation, where the modes can be any of, e.g. driving, walking, cycling, public transport
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3661 Guidance output on an external device, e.g. car radio
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3694 Output thereof on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/13 the indicator being in the form of a map

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a commute application that provides a first presentation of several stops along a route. The commute application also receives a selection of a stop from the several stops along the route. The commute application further provides a second presentation for displaying several different routes that traverse through the selected stop.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a commute application which when executed by at least one processing unit of a device provides routes and schedules for routes, the commute application comprising sets of instructions for:

providing a first presentation of a plurality of stops along a route;

receiving a selection of a stop from the plurality of stops along the route; and

providing a second presentation for displaying a plurality of different routes that traverse through the selected stop.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the route is a first route, wherein the second presentation is further for pivoting from the first route to a second route in the plurality of different routes.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second presentation is further for displaying different trips along the plurality of different routes that include the selected stop.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second presentation comprises a map for displaying the plurality of different routes.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second presentation comprises a table for displaying the plurality of different routes.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the different trips are traveled along the different routes using a plurality of different modes of transit.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the different trips along the different routes are a first set of different trips along a first set of different routes, wherein the second presentation is further for pivoting through a second set of different trips along a second set of different routes that include stops that are near the selected stop.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the commute application further comprises a set of instructions for providing a selectable option in the second presentation, that when selected, toggles between pivoting through the first set of different trips along the first set of different routes and pivoting through the second set of different trips along the second set of different routes.

9. A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) of a commute application, the method comprising:

providing a user interface (UI) layout for presenting a plurality of stops of a trip along a route; and

providing an affordance for presenting different trips along different routes that traverse through a particular stop of the trip along the route.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the affordance comprises a selectable UI item that represents the particular stop along the route upon selection of the UI item.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the affordance comprises a set of tools for specifying the particular stop on the route and for requesting the presentation of the different trips through the particular stop.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the affordance is a first affordance, the method further comprising providing a second affordance for specifying a time, wherein the first affordance is further for presenting a particular trip in the different trips along a particular route in the different routes that is scheduled to run next based on the specified time.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second affordance comprises a slider control.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the affordance is a first affordance, the method further comprising providing a second affordance for specifying a set of routes in the different routes to include in the presentation of trips while excluding unspecified routes in the different routes from the presentation of trips.

15. For a commute application that provides routes and trips along the routes, a method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:

providing a display area for (1) displaying a map of a geographical area and (2) receiving input specifying a portion of the geographical area; and

providing a user interface (UI) tool for pivoting through different trips along different routes that have stops located within the specified portion of the geographical area.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the portion of the geographical area is a predefined region of the geographical area, wherein the received input comprises a selection of the predefined region of the geographical area.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the portion of the geographical area is a manually specified region of the geographical area.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the input comprises touch input.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the portion of the geographical area is a first portion of the geographical area that is a predefined region of the geographical area, wherein the received input comprises a manual specification of a second portion of the geographical area, wherein upon receiving the input, the commute application automatically selects the first portion of the geographical area as the specified portion of the geographical area that the UI tool uses for pivoting through the different trips along the different routes.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the display area is further for shifting the portion of the geographical area towards a center of the map upon receiving input specifying the portion of the geographical area.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the UI tool comprises a slider control for specifying a time, wherein the display area is further for displaying a particular trip along a particular route that has at least one stop located within the specified portion of the geographical area and that is scheduled to run next based on the specified time.