DETERMINING LOCATION OF A CALENDAR EVENT

• US 20160357804A1
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Wagner, Thomas, McGavran, Christine B., Adler, Scott, Miladinov, Viktor, Ball, Matthew B.
• Application Number:
  US14/869,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20160357804A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method of determining a location of an event stored on a calendar application of a device is provided. The method sends a location string associated with the event from the calendar application to a geo coder. The method receives a handle that includes a set of data items that uniquely identifies the location of the event. The data items in the handle are not accessed or individually utilized by the calendar application. Prior to the start of the event, the method requests travel updates to the location of event from a navigation application. The request includes the handle and the start time of the event. The method receives periodic routing updates to the location of the event from the navigation application.

Claims

1. A method of determining a location of an event stored on a calendar application of a device, the method comprising:

sending a location string associated with the event from the calendar application to a geo coder;

receiving a handle comprising a plurality of location data items associated with the location of the event from the geo coder, wherein the calendar application does not access the individual location data items in the plurality of data items of the handle;

prior to an start time of the event, requesting travel updates to the location of event from a navigation application, the request comprising the handle and the start time of the event; and

receiving periodic travel updates to the location of the event from the navigation application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the travel updates comprise a time to leave a current location of the device in order to get to the event location on time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the travel updates further comprise at least one of traffic information and traffic incidents on a route from a current location of the device to the location of the event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the handle is a binary large object (blob) comprising data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of location data items in the handle comprises geographical coordinates of the event location.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the geographical coordinates of the event location comprise a latitude and a longitude associated with the event location.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending a request for individual location data items to the geo coder, the request comprising the handle; and

receiving a set of location data items at the calendar application from the navigation application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of location data items comprise a latitude and a longitude associated with the event location.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of location data items comprises a set of entry points to the event location.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of location data items comprises a set of photos associated with the event location.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of location data items comprises at least one of an street address, a telephone number, a website, and hours of operation associated with the event location.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of location data items comprises at least one of a set of reviews, a business category, and a set of applications associated with the event location.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the handle items unambiguously identifies the location of the event.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the handle is synchronized across a plurality of devices.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for determining a location of an event stored on a calendar application of a device, the program executable by at least one processing unit, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

sending a location string associated with the event from the calendar application to a geo coder;

receiving a handle comprising a plurality of location data items associated with the location of the event from the geo coder, wherein the calendar application does not access the individual location data items in the plurality of data items of the handle;

requesting travel updates to the location of event from a navigation application prior to an start time of the event, the request comprising the handle and the start time of the event; and

receiving periodic travel updates to the location of the event from the navigation application.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the travel updates comprise a time to leave a current location of the device in order to get to the event location on time.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of location data items in the handle comprises geographical coordinates of the event location.

17. (canceled)

19-22. -22. (canceled)

23. A device comprising:

a set of processing units; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for determining a location of an event stored on a calendar application of a device, the program executable by at least one processing unit, the program comprising sets of instructions for;

sending a location string associated with the event from the calendar application to a geo coder;

receiving a handle comprising a plurality of location data items associated with the location of the event from the geo coder, wherein the calendar application does not access the individual location data items in the plurality of data items of the handle;

requesting travel updates to the location of event from a navigation application prior to an start time of the event, the request comprising the handle and the start time of the event; and

receiving periodic travel updates to the location of the event from the navigation application.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein the travel updates comprise a time to leave a current location of the device in order to get to the event location on time.

25-27. -27. (canceled)