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Passive crowd-sourced map updates and alternative route recommendations

  • US 9,140,566 B1
  • Filed: 12/20/2013
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • tracking locations of a plurality of users of a plurality of mobile location-aware devices over time;

    receiving an alternate route request from a requestor, the alternate route request identifying a desired start location and a desired stop location; and

    determining, by a hardware processor, at least one of one or more different routes taken by one or more users from the desired start location to the desired stop location to the requestor as at least one recommended alternate route based on the tracked locations of the plurality of users of the plurality of mobile location aware devices, wherein the one or more users of the plurality of users includes users other than the requestor.

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