Apparatus and associated methods

• US 9,002,640 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2012
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Beaurepaire, Jerome, Beaurepaire, Philippe
• Primary Examiner(s): EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A
• Application Number:
  US13/709,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20140163861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 701/400, 701/409, 701/429, 701/465
• US Class Current: 701/465
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/38 Electronic maps specially adapted for navigation; Updating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/091 Traffic information broadcasting broadcasting communication H04H

Abstract

An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: provide at least one marker to indicate the required current position in a planned journey to reach a destination of the planned journey according to a predetermined time criterion.

Claims

1. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

provide at least one marker to indicate the required current position in a planned journey to reach a destination of the planned journey according to a predetermined time criterion, wherein the predetermined time criterion is based on a time a user wishes to reach the destination.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the predetermined time criterion is at least one of:

a discrete time which is set to reach the destination by the set discrete time; and

a time range which is set to reach the destination within the set time range.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the destination is at least one of the ultimate destination of the planned journey and an intermediate destination of the planned journey.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the predetermined time criterion is set to allow the destination to be reached within an originally calculated estimated time of arrival at the destination.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the predetermined time criterion is set to allow for a predetermined travel connection to be made within the planned journey.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the predetermined travel connection is a connection with at least one of public and private transport connections.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that at least one of:

the predetermined time criterion;

the destination; and

the planned journey,

is based on received time and/or location indications from a calendar application.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the predetermined time criterion is set by at least one of a user, and an automatic calculation by an apparatus to reach the destination by a required time.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one marker is:

a point marker;

a line marker;

a zone marker;

or

a text marker

the marker providing the indication of the required current position in the planned journey to reach the destination according to the predetermined time criterion.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one marker provides one or more lines, each line providing an indication of the likelihood of reaching the destination according to the predetermined time criterion.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one marker provides one or more zones, each zone providing an indication of the likelihood of reaching the destination according to the predetermined time criterion.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the zones are color coordinated with at least one color from the group:

red, amber, and green;

red indicating a strong likelihood of reaching the destination outside the predetermined time criterion;

amber indicating an intermediate likelihood of reaching the destination within the predetermined time criterion; and

green indicating a strong likelihood of reaching the destination within the predetermined time criterion.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to provide the at least one marker by calculating the required current position in a planned journey to reach the destination of the planned journey according to the predetermined time criterion.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to provide the at least one marker by outputting for display the required current position in a planned journey to reach the destination of the planned journey according to the predetermined time criterion.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the predetermined time criterion is at least one of:

set at the outset of the planned journey; and

updatable during the planned journey.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to dynamically update the one or more markers during the planned journey based on one or more of:

a current speed of the traveler;

the cumulative distance travelled by the traveler;

the travel distance left for the traveler to reach the destination;

current traffic messaging for the planned journey;

delay messaging for the planned journey;

received messaging concerning changes in the predetermined time criterion; and

received public transport messaging concerning changes in the predetermined time criterion.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the planned journey is one of:

variable during travel along the planned journey; and

fixed after the start of travel along the planned journey.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to update the planned journey based on at least one of:

traveller deviations from the planned journey; and

current traffic messaging for the planned journey.

19. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:

provide at least one marker to indicate the required current position in a planned journey to reach a destination of the planned journey according to a predetermined time criterion, wherein the predetermined time criterion is based on a time a user wishes to reach the destination.

20. A method comprising:

with a processor of a device, providing at least one marker to indicate the required current position in a planned journey to reach a destination of the planned journey according to a predetermined time criterion, wherein the predetermined time criterion is based on a time a user wishes to reach the destination.