Global Positioning System Routing Based On Altering Arrival Time
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a desired arrival time, based on expected completion time of an in-vehicle activity and a destination, for a trip being made by a vehicle; and
performing GPS routing to determine a first route so that a first arrival time corresponding to the first route will be substantially the same as the desired arrival time;
wherein;
at least the performance of GPS routing is performed by a computer.
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Abstract
GPS routing that: (i) determines a desired arrival time, based on expected completion time of an in-vehicle activity and a destination, for a trip being made by a vehicle; and (ii) performs GPS routing to determine a first route so that a first arrival time corresponding to the first route will be substantially the same as the desired arrival time. When the vehicle travels the first route to reach the destination the in-vehicle will generally be completed at about the same time the trip is completed. In many cases, the first route will not correspond to any of the following: (i) a shortest distance route, (ii) a least fuel consumptive route; and/or (iii) a quickest route.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a desired arrival time, based on expected completion time of an in-vehicle activity and a destination, for a trip being made by a vehicle; and performing GPS routing to determine a first route so that a first arrival time corresponding to the first route will be substantially the same as the desired arrival time; wherein; at least the performance of GPS routing is performed by a computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:
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first program instructions programmed to determine a desired arrival time, based on expected completion time of an in-vehicle activity and a destination, for a trip being made by a vehicle; and second program instructions programmed to perform GPS routing to determine a first route so that a first arrival time corresponding to the first route will be substantially the same as the desired arrival time. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer system comprising:
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a processor(s) set; and a computer readable storage medium; wherein; the processor set is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium; and the program instructions include; first program instructions programmed to determine a desired arrival time, based on expected completion time of an in-vehicle activity and a destination, for a trip being made by a vehicle; and second program instructions programmed to perform GPS routing to determine a first route so that a first arrival time corresponding to the first route will be substantially the same as the desired arrival time. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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