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Electronic navigation related technology

  • US 9,395,197 B1
  • Filed: 07/20/2015
  • Issued: 07/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing electronic navigation comprising:

  • identifying a first route to a destination, the first route including a first primary component that is part of the first route;

    providing, to a user using an electronic navigation device, electronic navigation along the first route to the destination including re-routing the user to the first primary component based on the user diverging from the first route and the first primary component remaining a part of a preferred route to the destination according to routing settings at the time of the rerouting;

    based on the electronic navigation, monitoring, using the electronic navigation device, whether the user is following directions to the first primary component in reaching the destination, wherein the monitoring comprises tracking times in which the user has followed a path other than a path included in directions to the first primary component provided in the electronic navigation and the re-routing of the user to the first primary component;

    based on the monitoring, computing a metric that measures the user'"'"'s avoidance of the first primary component in reaching the destination, wherein computing the metrics comprises;

    for each time in which the user has followed a path other than a path included in directions to the first primary component, determining a variable weighting that reflects an estimated degree of avoidance of the first primary component by the user following the path other than the path included in directions to the first primary component, wherein the variable weighting is determined based on an amount of time between when the directions to the first primary component were provided and when the user followed the path other than the path included in directions to the first primary component;

    and computing the metric based on the variable weightings;

    automatically, without user intervention, determining whether the user appears to be avoiding the first primary component in reaching the destination based on the computed metric that measures the user'"'"'s avoidance of the first primary component in reaching the destination; and

    in response to a determination that the user appears to be avoiding the first primary component in reaching the destination, automatically, without user intervention, controlling the electronic navigation device to perform an operation directed to using a second primary component in identifying a second route to the destination despite the first primary component remaining a part of a preferred route to the destination according to routing settings at the time of the controlling.

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