Presenting information for a current location or time

• US 8,831,879 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2013
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Stamm, Tom Carl, Hawkins, Dale Kris, Guggemos, James A., Udeshi, Tushar, Bellver, Pablo, Praun, Emil, Yang, Guang, Kirmse, Andrew, Gultekin, Gokay Baris, Connor, Bill, Mierle, Keir Banks
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Mary
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sweeney, Brian P
• Application Number:
  US13/952,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20130345971A1
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 701/465, 701/408
• US Class Current: 701/465
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• 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 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and event information associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and, based at least in part on the duration of time, obtains a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time based on the event. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event and including information indicative of the departure time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a computing system and based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time;

obtaining, by the computing system, information associated with an event, the event being associated with the future location and the future time;

determining, by the computing system, based at least in part on a type of the event, an amount of time prior to the future time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to arrive at the future location in order to attend the event;

obtaining, by the computing system, a duration of time for the user of the computing device to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location;

obtaining, by the computing system, based at least in part on the duration of time, a departure time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to depart from the current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time, wherein the arrival time is prior to the future time by the amount of time; and

prior to the departure time, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event, the indication including information indicative of the departure time.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event, wherein the indication of the credential is based at least in part on the type of the event.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to obtaining an indication that the current location of the computing device is within a distance threshold of the future location, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of the credential associated with the event.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to obtaining an indication that a current time is within a threshold duration of time of the future time, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to obtaining an indication that a current time is within a threshold duration of time of the arrival time, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication associated with the event is outputted for transmission to the computing device in response to obtaining, by the computing system, an indication that a current time is within a threshold duration of time of the departure time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the departure time further comprises determining, by the computing system, based at least in part on traffic conditions along a travel route from the current location of the computing device to the future location, the departure time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting, for transmission to the computing device, the indication associated with the event further comprises responsive to receiving, from the computing device, a request for a credential associated with the event, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, the indication associated with the event, wherein the indication associated with the event comprises information indicative of the credential.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

classifying, by the computing system, the information included in the at least one previous communication by at least applying one or more location tags and one or more time tags to the information, wherein obtaining the indication of the future location and the future time comprises determining that a location value of at least one of the one or more location tags is associated with the current location of the computing device and that a time value of at least one of the one or more time tags is associated with a current time.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein determining that the location value of at least one of the one or more location tags is associated with the current location of the computing device and that the time value of at least one of the one or more time tags is associated with the current time comprises obtaining, by the computing system, an indication that the location value is within a threshold distance of the current location of the computing device and that the time value is within a threshold time of the current time.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the information associated with the event comprises identifying, by the computing system, at least one keyword associated with the event within a portion of the information included in the one or more previous communications, wherein the at least one keyword is based on a type of the event.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises an airplane flight that is scheduled to depart from an airport location, wherein the future location comprises the airport location, wherein the future time comprises a boarding time of the airplane flight, and wherein the arrival time is at least one half hour prior to the boarding time of the airplane flight.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a movie showing that is scheduled to play at a movie theatre, wherein the future location comprises the movie theatre location, wherein the future time comprises a start time of the movie showing, and wherein the arrival time is at least one minute prior to the start time of the movie showing.

14. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to;

obtain, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time;

obtain information associated with an event, the event being associated with the future location and the future time;

determine, based at least in part on a type of the event, an amount of time prior to the future time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to arrive at the future location in order to attend the event;

obtain a duration of time for the user of the computing device to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location;

obtain, based at least in part on the duration of time, a departure time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to depart from the current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time, wherein the arrival time is prior to the future time by the amount of time; and

output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event, the indication including information indicative of the departure time.

15. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event, wherein the indication of the credential is based at least in part on the type of the event.

16. The computing system of claim 14, wherein responsive to obtaining an indication that the current location of the computing device is within a distance threshold of the future location, the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of the credential associated with the event.

17. The computing system of claim 14, wherein responsive to obtaining an indication that a current time is within a threshold duration of time of the future time, the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event.

18. The computing system of claim 14, wherein responsive to obtaining an indication that a current time is within a threshold duration of time of the arrival time, the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event.

19. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the indication associated with the event for transmission in response to an indication obtained by the at least one module that a current time is within a threshold duration of time of the departure time.

20. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to obtain the departure time by determining, based at least in part on traffic conditions along a travel route from the current location of the computing device to the future location, the departure time.

21. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output, for transmission to the computing device, the indication associated with the event by at least:

responsive to receiving, from the computing device, a request for a credential associated with the event, outputting, for transmission to the computing device, the indication associated with the event, wherein the indication associated with the event comprises information indicative of the credential.

22. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to classify the information included in the at least one previous communication by at least applying one or more location tags and one or more time tags to the information, and wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to obtain the indication of the future location and the future time by determining that a location value of at least one of the one or more location tags is associated with the current location of the computing device and that a time value of at least one of the one or more time tags is associated with a current time.

23. The computing system of claim 22, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine that the location value of at least one of the one or more location tags is associated with the current location of the computing device and that the time value of at least one of the one or more time tags is associated with the current time by obtaining an indication that the location value is within a threshold distance of the current location of the computing device and that the time value is within a threshold time of the current time.

24. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to obtain the information associated with the event by identifying at least one keyword associated with the event within a portion of the information included in the one or more previous communications, wherein the at least one keyword is based on a type of the event.

25. The system of claim 14, wherein the event comprises an airplane flight that is scheduled to depart from an airport location, wherein the future location comprises the airport location, wherein the future time comprises a boarding time of the airplane flight, and wherein the arrival time is at least one half hour prior to the boarding time of the airplane flight.

26. The system of claim 14, wherein the event comprises a movie showing that is scheduled to play at a movie theatre, wherein the future location comprises the movie theatre location, wherein the future time comprises a start time of the movie showing, and wherein the arrival time is at least one minute prior to the start time of the movie showing.