User Interface Tools for Commute Assistant

• US 20140358410A1
• 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, Hagedorn, Joseph A., van Os, Marcel
• Granted Patent: US 9,530,316 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 receives a selection of a route from several different routes. Each route in the several different routes includes several stops. In response, the commute application also provides a dynamic focus table that includes a first portion for displaying a schedule of stops along the selected route and a second portion for displaying metadata regarding the selected route. The metadata presented in the second portion is automatically updated whenever a different schedule of stops is displayed in the first portion of the dynamic focus table.

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 trips along the routes, the commute application comprising sets of instructions for:

receiving a selection of a route from a plurality of different routes, each route in the plurality of different routes comprising a plurality of stops; and

in response, providing a dynamic focus table comprising a first portion for displaying a schedule of stops along the selected route and a second portion for displaying metadata regarding the selected route, wherein the metadata presented in the second portion is automatically updated whenever a different schedule of stops is displayed in the first portion of the dynamic focus table.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the commute application further comprises a set of instructions for transitioning from displaying a first trip along the selected route to displaying a second trip along the selected route by sliding the first trip out of view in the second portion of the dynamic focus table while sliding the second trip into view in the second portion of the dynamic focus table.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the set of instructions for transitioning from displaying the first trip along the selected route to displaying the second trip along the selected route comprises a set of instructions for sliding the first trip out of view in the second portion of the dynamic focus table in a manner such that the first trip appears to slide underneath the first portion of the dynamic focus table.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the commute application further comprises a set of instructions for displaying different metadata in the first portion of the dynamic focus table when displaying different trips along the selected route in the second portion of the dynamic focus table.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the commute application further comprises a set of instructions for identifying a time of the device, wherein the set of instructions for providing the dynamic focus table comprises a set of instructions for automatically displaying in the second portion of the dynamic focus table a particular trip along the selected route that is scheduled to run next after the identified time.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the set of instructions for automatically displaying in the second portion of the dynamic focus table the particular trip along the selected route that is scheduled to run next after the identified time comprises a set of instructions for displaying an animation that starts by displaying in the second portion of the dynamic focus table an initial trip along the selected route and ends by displaying in the second portion of the dynamic focus table the particular trip along the selected route.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the commute application further comprises sets of instructions for:

determining that a time of the device passes an arrival time of a stop in a particular trip along the selected route displayed in the dynamic focus table; and

in response to the determination, displaying in the dynamic focus table a graphical indicator indicating that the time of the device has passed the arrival time of the stop in the particular trip along the selected route.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit provides a dynamic focus table, the dynamic focus table comprising:

a first user-modifiable portion for displaying a schedule of stops along a route;

a second portion for displaying metadata regarding the stops along the route; and

a module for automatically modifying the metadata displayed in the second portion upon receiving modification of the schedule of stops displayed in the first user-modifiable portion of the dynamic focus table.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second portion is non-user-modifiable.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the schedule of stops is for a trip along the route.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the module receives modification of the schedule of stops displayed in the first portion of the dynamic focus table when the module receives scrolling input through the first portion of the dynamic focus table.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the scrolling input comprises a touch-based swipe gesture.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a commute application which when executed by at least one processing unit provides a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising:

a first user interface (UI) layout comprising a plurality of selectable routes, each route comprising a plurality of stops; and

a second UI layout for display upon selection of a route in the first UI layout, the second UI layout comprising a dynamic focus table for displaying in a first portion of the dynamic focus table the plurality of stops in the selected route and displaying in a second portion of the dynamic focus table schedules for different trips along the selected route.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the different trips along the selected route comprises a subset of the plurality of stops in the selected route.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein at least two different trips along the selected route each comprises different subsets of the plurality of stops in the selected route.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the schedule for each trip along the selected route comprises arrival times for the subset of the plurality of stops in the selected route.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the dynamic focus table is further for displaying in the first portion of the dynamic focus table a plurality of status indicators for the plurality of stops in the selected route, each status indicator having a first appearance for indicating that a corresponding stop is included in a particular trip along the selected route when the schedule for the particular trip is displayed in the second portion of the dynamic focus table, a second appearance for indicating that the corresponding stop is not included in the particular trip along the selected route when the schedule for the particular trip is displayed in the second portion of the dynamic focus table, and a third appearance for indicating that the corresponding stop is included in the particular trip along the selected route but is inactive, when the schedule for the particular trip is displayed in the second portion of the dynamic focus table.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the dynamic focus table comprises first and second modes,

the first mode of the dynamic focus table for displaying in the first portion of the dynamic focus table the plurality of stops in the selected route based on a first direction along the selected route and displaying in the second portion of the dynamic focus table schedules for different trips in the first direction along selected route,

the second mode of the dynamic focus table for displaying in the first portion of the dynamic focus table the plurality of stops in the selected route based on a second, opposite direction along the selected route and displaying in the second portion of the dynamic focus table schedules for different trips in the first direction along selected route,

wherein the dynamic focus table switches between operating in the first mode and operating in the second mode based on a set of heuristics.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the set of heuristics comprises a time of day at which the dynamic focus table is operating.

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

providing a display area for displaying a plurality of stops along a first route;

providing a set of user interface (UI) tools for selecting start and end stops along the first route; and

providing an affordance for storing a second route as a route that traverses along the first route between the start and end stops.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the second route is stored as a route that traverses along the first route but only traverses between the selected start and end stops.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the set of UI tools comprises first and second UI controls for selecting the start and end stops along the first route;

and

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the first UI control selects a particular stop in the route as the start stop for the saved route when the UI control superimposes the particular stop in the table displayed in the display area and the second UI control selects another particular stop in the route as the end stop for the saved route when the UI control superimposes the other particular stop in the table displayed in the display area, the method further comprising providing an effect that causes portions of the display area over which the first and second UI controls are superimposed to appear like the portions are underneath glass.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the affordance comprises a selectable UI item that when selected stores the second route.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the GUI includes a first UI layout comprising the display area, the set of UI tools, and the affordance, the method further comprising providing a second UI layout for display upon selection of the affordance in the first UI layout, the second UI layout for displaying the second route and a countdown for a trip that is scheduled to run next along the second route, wherein the countdown is to an arrival time at the start stop of the second route.

24. (canceled)

27. (canceled)