Personalized navigation information based on user behavior

• US 9,256,615 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Rados, Steven R.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/796,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20140274107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• Field of Search: 715/816, 715/771
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming

Abstract

A user device may be configured to receive information regarding a set of points of interest that have been determined based on behavior information associated with a user of the user device. The information regarding the set of points of interest may indicate geographical locations associated with one or more of the points of interest, of the set of points of interest. The user device may determine a present geographical location associated with the user device; compare the geographical locations associated with the one or more points of interest to the present geographical location associated with the user device; identify, based on the comparing, a particular point of interest, of the set of points of interest, that is within a particular distance of the present geographical location of the user device; and output, via a display device, information regarding the identified particular point of interest.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a user device, information regarding a set of points of interest that have been determined based on behavior information associated with a user of the user device,

the behavior information including information identifying a particular type of product or service that the user purchases greater than a threshold quantity of times during a particular time period,

the set of points of interest including businesses that offer the particular type of product or service for sale,

wherein the information regarding the set of points of interest indicates geographical locations associated with one or more of the points of interest, of the set of points of interest;

determining, by the user device, a present geographical location associated with the user device;

comparing, by the user device, the geographical locations associated with the one or more points of interest to the present geographical location associated with the user device;

identifying, by the user device and based on the comparing, a particular point of interest, of the set of points of interest, that is within a particular distance of the present geographical location of the user device; and

outputting, via a display device associated with the user device, information regarding the identified particular point of interest, wherein outputting the information, regarding the identified particular point of interest, includes;

presenting the information, regarding the identified particular point of interest, via a pop-up notification on the display device associated with the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the present geographical location associated with the user device includes:

determining the present geographical location using a global positioning system (“

GPS”

) device associated with the user device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the present geographical location associated with the user device includes:

receiving information, that is based on a triangulation technique, regarding the geographical location from a device associated with a wireless telecommunications system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular distance is based on a user preference previously set by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the information regarding the identified particular point of interest further includes:

modifying an original navigation route based on the particular point of interest, to generate a modified navigation route, and

visually displaying the modified navigation route in lieu of displaying the original navigation route.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the information regarding the identified particular point of interest further includes:

visually displaying a listing of at least one of;

goods offered for sale by a business associated with the particular point of interest,

services offered for sale by the business, and

coupons associated with the goods or the services.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the behavior information is based on at least one of:

geographical locations visited by the user, or

businesses from which the user has previously purchased goods or services.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the behavior information is based on a web browsing history associated with the user.

9. A user device, comprising:

a memory device to store a set of computer-executable instructions; and

one or more processors to execute the computer-executable instructions, to;

receive information regarding a set of points of interest that have been determined based on behavior information associated with a user of the user device,

the behavior information including information identifying a particular type of product or service that the user purchases greater than a threshold quantity of times during a particular time period,

the set of points of interest including businesses that offer the particular type of product or service for sale,

wherein the information regarding the set of points of interest indicates geographical locations associated with one or more of the points of interest, of the set of points of interest;

determine a present geographical location associated with the user device;

compare the geographical locations associated with the one or more points of interest to the present geographical location associated with the user device;

identify, based on the comparing, a particular point of interest, of the set of points of interest, that is within a particular distance of the present geographical location of the user device; and

output, via a display device associated with the user device, a pop-up notification that includes information regarding the identified particular point of interest.

10. The user device of claim 9, wherein when determining the present geographical location associated with the user device, the one or more processors are to:

determine the present geographical location using a global positioning system (“

GPS”

) device associated with the user device.

11. The user device of claim 9, wherein when determining the present geographical location associated with the user device, the one or more processors are to:

receive information, that is based on a triangulation technique, regarding the geographical location from a device associated with a wireless telecommunications system.

12. The user device of claim 9, wherein the particular distance is based on a user preference previously set by the user.

13. The user device of claim 9, wherein when outputting the information regarding the identified particular point of interest, the one or more processors are to:

modify an original navigation route based on the particular point of interest, to generate a modified navigation route, and

visually display the modified navigation route in lieu of displaying the original navigation route.

14. The user device of claim 9, wherein when outputting the information regarding the identified particular point of interest, the one or more processors are to:

visually display a listing of at least one of;

goods offered for sale by a business associated with the particular point of interest,

services offered for sale by the business, and

coupons associated with the goods or the services.

15. The user device of claim 9, wherein the behavior information is based on user history information that includes at least one of:

geographical locations visited by the user, or

businesses from which the user has purchased goods or services at a prior time.

16. The user device of claim 9, wherein the behavior information is based on a web browsing history associated with the user.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server device, information regarding behavior of a user associated with a user device;

determining, by the server device, one or more trends associated with the user, based on the received information regarding the behavior of the user, wherein determining the one or more trends includes;

identifying a particular type of product or service that the user purchases greater than a threshold quantity of times during a particular time period;

identifying, by the server device, one or more geographical locations, based on the determined one or more trends, wherein identifying the one or more geographical locations includes;

identifying a particular geographical location of a business that offers the particular type of product or service for sale,

wherein the one or more geographical locations correspond to one or more points of interest that are potentially relevant to the user; and

outputting, by the server device and to the user device, information regarding the identified set of geographical locations.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein determining the one or more trends further includes:

identifying a particular geographical location that the user visits greater than a threshold quantity of times during a particular time period.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the information regarding the behavior of the user is further based on one or more of:

geographical locations visited by the user, or

purchase information associated with the user, the purchase information indicating businesses from which the user has purchased goods or services at a prior time.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving information regarding a present location of the user device,

wherein identifying the one or more geographical locations based includes identifying that the one or more geographical locations are within a threshold distance of the present location of the user device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the particular distance is based on a user preference previously set by the user.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the user device presents the information, regarding the identified set of geographical locations, via a pop-up notification on a display device associated with the user device.