METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTO PREDICTING USING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM

• US 20150149068A1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: CHAU, JARVIS, MANICKARAJ, MARK A., RITCHIE, GEORGE
• Application Number:
  US14/089,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149068A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/400
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for communicating navigation information to a user. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a trip that is performed by a vehicle; determining a time and a route associated with the trip; and sending the time and the route associated with the trip from the vehicle to a wireless electronic device.

Claims

1. A method of communicating navigation information to a user, comprising:

determining a trip that is performed by a vehicle;

determining a time and a route associated with the trip; and

sending the time and the route associated with the trip from the vehicle to a wireless electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a user of the vehicle; and

associating the time and the route of the trip with the user of the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining the user of the vehicle is based on an identifier of the wireless electronic device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining the user of the vehicle is based on the wireless electronic device being in proximity to the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the trip is based on a calendar event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the trip is based on a searched destination.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the trip is based on a frequency of the trip.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a notification by the wireless electronic device to a user based on the time and the route associated with the trip.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification comprises a time delay associated with the trip.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification comprises traffic activity associated with the trip.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification comprises an alternate route associated with the trip.

12. A method of communicating navigation information to a user, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless electronic device, a time and a route that is associated with a trip that has been performed by a vehicle; and

generating by the wireless electronic device, a notification to a user based on the time and the route that is associated with the trip.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining a current traffic activity associated with the trip, wherein the notification comprises a current traffic activity associated with the trip.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining the current traffic activity is based on the time associated with the trip.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining the current traffic activity associated with the trip comprises determining the current traffic activity at a predetermined time before the time that is associated with the trip.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining the current traffic activity is based on the route associated with the trip.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining a current time delay associated with the trip, and wherein the notification comprises the current time delay associated with the trip.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the determining the current time delay is based on the time associated with the trip.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the determining the current time delay associated with the trip comprises determining the current time delay at a predetermined time before the time that is associated with the trip.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining the current time delay is based on the route that is associated with the trip.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising determining a current traffic activity along the route that is associated with the trip and wherein the determining the current time delay is based on the current traffic activity along the route that is associated with the trip.

22. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining an alternate route associated with the trip, and wherein the notification comprises the alternate route associated with the trip.