Linear route progress interface

• US 9,482,550 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inrix Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Inrix Incorporated
• Inventors: Van Wieringen, Brent Michael, Hurr, John Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafi, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US14/527,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20160123761A1
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 701400-541, 340988-996
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• 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: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing linear route progress. For example, a linear route progress interface, comprising a linear route representation of a route from a starting location to a destination location, may be displayed. The linear route representation may linearly represent a progress of the user along the route (e.g., as opposed to directions on a map that may otherwise visually overwhelm a user merely interested in traffic flow and/or incident information that may affect an arrival time of the user). The linear route progress interface may be populated with traffic flow indicators (e.g., traffic flow speed) and/or incident indictors (e.g., indicating accidents, construction, etc.). A user indicator, corresponding to a current position of the user, may be populated within the linear route progress interface. The user indicator and/or the linear route representation may be modified to illustrate user progress along the route.

Claims

1. A method for providing linear route progress, the method involving a computing device comprising a processor, and the method comprising:

executing, on the processor, instructions that cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising;

displaying a linear route progress interface comprising a linear route representation of a route from a starting location to a destination location;

populating the linear route progress interface with a user indicator corresponding to a current position of a user;

populating the linear route progress interface with at least one of a traffic flow indicator or an incident indicator; and

responsive to identifying user progress along the route, modifying a display location of the user indicator with respect to the linear route representation to indicate the user progress.

2. The method of claim 1, the displaying a linear route progress interface comprising:

formatting the liner route representation according to a linear non-map configuration.

3. The method of claim 1, the displaying a linear route progress interface comprising:

positioning the linear route representation at a fixed position within the linear route progress interface.

4. The method of claim 1, the displaying a linear route progress interface comprising:

displaying a time remaining until route completion indicator; and

responsive to identifying at least one of the user progress, a current travel condition change, or an estimated travel condition change, updating the time remaining until route completion indicator.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

populating the linear route progress interface with an alternative linear route representation of an alternative route from a start detour location to the destination location.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising:

responsive to the user indicator corresponding to a segment of the linear route representation, expanding a view of the segment to an expanded view, the expanded view having an increased level of granularity for at least one of traffic flow information or incident information.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

responsive to the user progress indicating that the user traveled from a first route segment to a second route segment, modifying the linear route representation with respect to the user indicator to indicate that the first route segment has been traveled and that the second route segment is currently being traveled by the user.

8. The method of claim 1, the populating the linear route progress interface with at least one of a traffic flow indicator or an incident indicator comprising:

generating a predicted state of the route corresponding to a time at which the user is predicted to traverse the route; and

populating the linear route progress interface with at least one of a predicted traffic flow indicator or a predicted incident indicator based upon the predicted state.

9. The method of claim 8, the generating a predicted state comprising:

obtaining a current state of the route;

identifying traffic flow and incident information for the route; and

generating the predicted state based upon the current state and the traffic flow and incident information.

10. The method of claim 8, the generating a predicted state comprising:

obtaining a current state of the route;

identifying historical traffic flow conditions and incident resolution information for the route; and

generating the predicted state based upon the current state and the historical traffic flow conditions and incident resolution information.

11. The method of claim 1, the populating the linear route progress interface with at least one of a traffic flow indicator or an incident indicator comprising:

obtaining a current state of the route; and

populating the linear route progress interface with at least one of a current traffic flow indicator or a current incident indicator based upon the current state.

12. The method of claim 1, the displaying a linear route progress interface comprising:

displaying the linear route representation as a vertical progress bar.

13. The method of claim 1, comprising:

exposing a route creation interface to the user, the route creation interface comprising at least one of a route departure time specification interface or a destination arrival time specification interface;

receiving a generate route request from the user through the route creation interface, the generate route request comprising at least one of the starting location, the destination location, a specified route departure time, or a specified destination arrival time; and

generating the linear route progress interface based upon the generate route request.

14. The method of claim 13, at least one of the route departure time specification interface or the destination arrival time specification interface comprising a slider interface element.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed perform a method for providing linear route progress, comprising:

displaying a linear route progress interface comprising a linear route representation of a route from a starting location to a destination location;

populating the linear route progress interface with a user indicator corresponding to a current position of a user;

populating the linear route progress interface with at least one of a traffic flow indicator or an incident indicator; and

responsive to identifying user progress along the route, modifying a display location of the user indicator with respect to the linear route representation to indicate the user progress.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, the populating the linear route progress interface with at least one of a traffic flow indicator or an incident indicator comprising:

generating a predicted state of the route corresponding to a time at which the user is predicted to traverse the route; and

populating the linear route progress interface with at least one of a predicted traffic flow indicator or a predicted incident indicator based upon the predicted state.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, the method comprising:

responsive to the user indicator corresponding to a segment of the linear route representation, expanding a view of the segment to an expanded view, the expanded view having an increased level of granularity for at least one of traffic flow information or incident information.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, the method comprising:

populating the linear route progress interface with an alternative linear route representation of an alternative route from a start detour location to the destination location.

19. A system for providing linear route progress, comprising:

a linear route provider component configured to;

display a linear route progress interface comprising a linear route representation of a route from a starting location to a destination location;

populate the linear route progress interface with a user indicator corresponding to a current position of a user;

populate the linear route progress interface with at least one of a traffic flow indicator or an incident indicator; and

responsive to identifying user progress along the route, modify a display location of the user indicator with respect to the linear route representation to indicate the user progress.

20. The system of claim 19, the linear route provider component configured to:

generate a predicted state of the route corresponding to a time at which the user is predicted to traverse the route; and

populate the linear route progress interface with at least one of a predicted traffic flow indicator or a predicted incident indicator based upon the predicted state.

21. A method for providing linear route progress, the method involving a computing device comprising a processor, and the method comprising:

executing, on the processor, instructions that cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising;

displaying a linear route progress interface comprising a linear route representation of a portion of a route;

populating the linear route progress interface with a user indicator with respect to the linear route representation, the user indicator corresponding to a current position of a user along the portion of the route;

populating the linear route progress interface with a traffic flow indicator with respect to the linear route representation, the traffic flow indicator corresponding to traffic flow along at least some of the portion of the route; and

responsive to identifying user progress along the portion of the route, modifying a display location of the user indicator with respect to the linear route representation to indicate the user progress.

22. The method of claim 21, the traffic flow indicator corresponding to a color applied to a segment of the linear route representation.

23. A method for displaying a linear route progress interface, the method involving a computing device comprising a processor, and the method comprising:

executing, on the processor, instructions that cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising;

displaying a linear route progress interface comprising a linear route representation of a portion of a route from a starting location to a destination location;

responsive to identifying an incident along the route, populating the linear route progress interface with an incident indicator with respect to the linear route representation, the incident indicator corresponding to the incident; and

responsive to identifying user progress along the route, modifying a display location of a user indicator, corresponding to a current position of the user, with respect to the linear route representation to indicate the user progress.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein a distance between a starting point of the linear route representation and the incident indicator is proportional to a distance between the incident and the starting location.

25. The method of claim 23, the displaying a linear route progress interface comprising:

displaying a time remaining until route completion indicator.

26. The method of claim 23, comprising:

populating the linear route progress interface with a second linear route representation of a portion of a second route from the starting location to the destination location.