SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE NAVIGATION BY A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS

• US 20160187141A1
• Filed: 12/10/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Original Assignee: McAfee, Inc. (McAfee, LLC)
• Inventors: Kulkarni, Dattatraya, Nalluri, Srikanth, Sinha, Raja, Nayak, Susmita, Venkatasubrahmanyam, Krishnapur, Nayak, Anjan, Songhela, Raghuvir, Panjwani, Bhaavika
• Granted Patent: US 11,182,870 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A technique includes providing real-time collective and collaborative navigation for one or more users to navigate to a destination. Each computing device associated with a member includes navigation objects that is pooled in a server and updated on each client device of users as one or more users navigate to a destination. A set of navigation objects may be created and distributed to the members within the group for the session, whereby the navigation objects are data structures that may be managed by a server. Based on a contextual trigger, the navigation object may be created or modified and used to provide a context to the navigation session. Navigation objects may continuously analyze user context and user situations to detect anomalies for one or more members in the group.

Claims

1. A machine readable medium, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause a machine to:

receive information from a first client device that is related to navigating to a destination, the first client device being associated with a first member;

transmit an invitation to one or more other client devices that is related to participating in a navigation session with the first member;

receive an acceptance to the invitation from a second client device of the one or more other client devices responsive to transmitting the invitation, the second client device being associated with a second member;

receive a first navigation object from the first client device related to the navigation session;

select one of the first and second members as a group leader for the navigation session;

transmit the first navigation object to the second client device to create a second navigation object on the second client device responsive to receiving the first navigation object; and

receive updated navigation objects to the first and the second navigation objects from each of the first and second client devices as the first and second members navigate to the destination.

2. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the machine to monitor device activity for each of the first and second navigation objects responsive to receiving the updated navigation objects from the first and the second client devices.

3. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the machine to determine the presence of an anomaly in each of the first and second navigation objects responsive to receiving the updated navigation objects from each of the first and the second client devices.

4. The machine readable medium of claim 3, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the machine to determine whether each of the first and second members have one or more of a deviation in navigation, an unexpected stop during navigation, or a mishap during navigation responsive to determining the presence of the anomaly in each of the first and the second client devices.

5. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the machine to determine a presence of a trigger event in each of the first and the second navigation objects.

6. The machine readable medium of claim 5, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the machine to create a navigation trigger responsive to a positive determination of the presence of a trigger event.

7. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions that when executed cause the machine to transmit information in each of the first and the second navigation objects to the other client devices in the first and second client devices responsive to receiving the updated navigation objects from each of the first and second client devices.

8. A computer system for collaborative navigation within a group, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause one or more of the processors to;

receive information from a first client device that is related to navigating to a destination, the first client device being associated with a first member;

transmit an invitation to one or more other client devices that is related to participating in a navigation session with the first member;

receive an acceptance to the invitation from a second client device of the one or more other client devices responsive to transmitting the invitation, the second client device being associated with a second member;

receive a first navigation object from the first client device related to the navigation session;

select one of the first and second members as a group leader for the navigation session;

transmit the first navigation object to the second client device to create a second navigation object on the second client device responsive to receiving the first navigation object; and

receive updated navigation objects to the first and the second navigation objects from each of the first and second client devices as the first and second members navigate to the destination.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to monitor device activity for each of the first and second navigation objects responsive to receiving the updated navigation objects from the first and the second client devices.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to determine the presence of an anomaly in each of the first and second navigation objects responsive to receiving the updated navigation objects from each of the first and the second client devices.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to determine whether each of the first and second members have one or more of a deviation in navigation, an unexpected stop during navigation, or a mishap during navigation responsive to determining the presence of the anomaly in each of the first and the second client devices.

12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to determine whether a trigger event is present in each of the first and the second navigation objects.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to create a navigation trigger responsive to a positive determination of the presence of a trigger event.

14. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to transmit information in each of the first and the second navigation objects to the other client devices in the first and second client devices responsive to receiving the updated navigation objects from each of the first and second client devices.

15. A method for collaborative shadowme navigation, comprising:

receiving with an intelligence engine information from a first client device that is related to navigating to a destination, the first client device being associated with a first member;

receiving with the intelligence engine information from a second client device that is related to participating in a navigation session with the first member, the second client device being associated with a second member;

receiving with the intelligence engine a navigation object from the second client device that includes information for navigating to the destination by the first member;

updating with the intelligence engine the navigation object as the first member navigates to the destination;

determining with the intelligence engine whether the second member is actively monitoring the navigation session; and

receiving with the intelligence engine a request for a third member to participate in the navigation session responsive to determining that the second member is not actively monitoring the navigation session.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising transmitting information related to audio, video, or textual messages to the first client device responsive to the first member navigating to the destination.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining a presence of a trigger event responsive to receiving the information from the first client device that is related to navigating to the destination; and

transmitting an invitation to one or more client devices that is related to participating in the navigation session with the first member responsive to a positive determination of the presence of the trigger event.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising determining whether at least one other client has accepted the invitation responsive to transmitting the invitation.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining whether the first member has reached the destination.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising terminating the navigation session responsive to determining that the first member has reached the destination.

21. A computer system for collaborative shadowme navigation within a group, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause one or more of the processors to;

receive information from a first client device that is related to navigating to a destination, the first client device being associated with a first member;

receive information from a second client device that is related to participating in a navigation session with the first member, the second client device being associated with a second member;

receive a navigation object from the second client device that includes information for navigating to the destination by the first member;

update the navigation object as the first member navigates to the destination;

determine whether the second member is actively monitoring the navigation session; and

receive a request for a third member to participate in the navigation session responsive to determining that the second member is not actively monitoring the navigation session.

22. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to transmit information related to audio, video, or textual messages to the first client device responsive to the first member navigating to the destination.

23. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to:

determine a presence of a trigger event responsive to receiving the information from the first client device that is related to navigating to the destination; and

transmit an invitation to one or more client devices that is related to participating in the navigation session with the first member.

24. The computer system of claim 23, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to determine whether at least one other client has accepted the invitation responsive to transmitting the invitation.

25. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to determine whether the first member has reached the destination.