Determination of a navigational text candidate

• US 9,596,204 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2015
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Stroila, Matei Nicolae
• Primary Examiner(s): ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE
• Application Number:
  US14/714,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20160337296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 701/465
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3423 Multimodal routing, i.e. combining two or more modes of transportation, where the modes can be any of, e.g. driving, walking, cycling, public transport
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• 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 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• 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 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/295 Named entity recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

A method comprising receiving a text input that defines text input information, determining message text information to include the text input information, determining that at least a portion of the message text information corresponds with a navigational preamble, determining a location candidate based, at least in part, on the navigational preamble, determining at least one navigational text candidate that comprises textual information that is associated with the location candidate, causing display of information indicative of the navigational text candidate, receiving a selection input that is indicative of selection of the navigational text candidate, and causing insertion of the navigational text candidate in the message text information in response to the selection of the navigational text candidate is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

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

receive a text input;

determine a portion of the text input corresponding to a navigational preamble;

determine a location candidate based, at least in part, on the navigational preamble;

generate display information indicative of the location candidate;

receive a selection input selecting the generated display information or a portion thereof; and

inserting text indicative of the location candidate, based on the received selection input, with the text input to generate a text communication.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the location candidate is based, at least in part, on a user location.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

determine a user arrival time for the location candidate, wherein the text communication comprises text indicative of the user arrival time.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

determine a recipient for the text communication;

determine a recipient location associated with the recipient; and

determine a recipient arrival time for the location candidate, wherein the location candidate comprises textual chronological information indicative of the recipient arrival time.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

determine a recipient for the text communication; and

determine a recipient location associated with the recipient, wherein determining the location candidate is based, at least in part, on the recipient location.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

determine a transportation mode, wherein determining the location candidate is based, at least in part, on the transportation mode.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein determining the location candidate comprises:

determining a navigational attribute type based, at least in part, on correlation between the navigational attribute type and the transportation mode;

identifying a navigational attribute of the navigational attribute type; and

determining the location candidate indicative of the navigational attribute.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

determining the transportation mode comprises determining a user transportation mode and a recipient transportation mode, and determining the location candidate comprises;

determining a navigational attribute type based, at least in part, on correlation between the navigational attribute type, the user transportation mode, and the recipient transportation mode;

identifying a navigational attribute of the navigational attribute type; and

determining the location candidate indicative of the navigational attribute.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a display, configured to display the information indicative of the location candidate.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a text input;

determining a portion of the text input corresponding to a navigational preamble;

determining a navigational text candidate based, at least in part, on the navigational preamble;

displaying the navigational text candidate;

receiving a selection input indicative of a selection of the navigational text candidate; and

inserting the navigational text candidate in the text input in response to the selection input.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining a user arrival time for the navigational text candidate, wherein inserting the navigational text candidate comprises inserting textual information indicative of the user arrival time.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining a recipient for the text input;

determining a recipient location associated with the recipient; and

determining a recipient arrival time for the location candidate, wherein the navigational text candidate comprises textual chronological information indicative of the recipient arrival time.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining a recipient for the text input; and

determining a recipient location associated with the recipient, wherein determining the navigational text candidate is based, at least in part, on the recipient location.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining a transportation mode, wherein determining of the navigational text candidate is based, at least in part, on the transportation mode.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein determining the navigational text candidate comprises:

determining a navigational attribute type based, at least in part, on correlating the navigational attribute type and the transportation mode;

identifying a navigational attribute of the navigational attribute type; and

determining the navigational text candidate comprising textual information indicative of the navigational attribute.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein determining the transportation mode comprises determining a user transportation mode and a recipient transportation mode, and determining the navigational text candidate comprises:

determining a navigational attribute type based, at least in part, on correlating the navigational attribute type, the user transportation mode, and the recipient transportation mode;

identifying a navigational attribute of the navigational attribute type; and

determining the navigational text candidate comprising textual information indicative of the navigational attribute.

17. At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform at least the following:

receive a text input;

determine a portion of the text input corresponding to a navigational preamble;

determine a location candidate based, at least in part, on the navigational preamble;

receive a selection input indicative of selecting the location candidate; and

generate, in response to the selection input, a text communication comprising the text input and the location candidate.

18. The medium of claim 17, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform at least:

determine a transportation mode, wherein determining the location candidate is based, at least in part, on the transportation mode.

19. The medium of claim 18, wherein determining the location candidate comprises:

determining a navigational attribute type based, at least in part, on correlating the navigational attribute type and the transportation mode;

identifying a navigational attribute of the navigational attribute type; and

determining the location candidate comprising textual information indicative of the navigational attribute.

20. The medium of claim 18, wherein determining the transportation mode comprises determining a user transportation mode and a recipient transportation mode, and determining the location candidate comprises:

determining a navigational attribute type based, at least in part, on correlating the navigational attribute type, the user transportation mode, and the recipient transportation mode;

identifying a navigational attribute of the navigational attribute type; and

determining the location candidate comprising textual information indicative of the navigational attribute.