RECREATIONAL VEHICLE INTERACTIVE TELEMETRY, MAPPING, AND TRIP PLANNING SYSTEM
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Abstract
An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage includes a server system, including an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information, as well as a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, allowing a rider to create a route based on the data in the off-road trip database. The server system further includes a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group. The server system includes a location data management system configured to receive location data, allowing a rider to publish location information to one or more other riders, and a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication, including information describing an actual route and user data associated with that route.
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23 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method of facilitating usage of a recreational vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving, from users affiliated with a plurality of authorized groups, trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information from areas affiliated with the authorized groups, respectively; receiving a request from a user device to define a planned off-road route in one or more of the areas; generating a map associated with the planned off-road route, the map including trail condition information and points-of-interest information received; receiving location information from a communications device at a location of a recreational vehicle operated by the user during travel along the planned off-road route; publishing the location information to one or more other users based on permissions set by the user; and receiving user feedback information associated with the planned off-road route from the user. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An application embodied on a computer-readable medium, the application executable on a computing device and including program instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause the computing device to:
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receive user input requesting an off-road route, the user input including one or more ride parameters; define an off-road route based at least in part on the one or more ride parameters and trail condition data received from one or more third-party sources; present the off-road route to the user via a map display, wherein presenting the off-road route to the user includes presenting a plurality of route variations to the user, the route variations including display of one or more ride parameters of the route variations compared to the off-road route; and receive user selection of a desired off-road route for traversal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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