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Directions based on predicted future travel conditions

  • US 9,709,413 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2013
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device, comprising:

  • one or more processors to;

    receive a request for directions from a user device;

    determine a start time, a start location, and a destination location for the directions;

    determine that the user device is currently on a past route from the start location to the destination location based on past pattern information,the past route being included in the past pattern information;

    obtain travel condition information corresponding to the past route,the travel condition information indicating at least one of a traffic condition or a weather condition;

    predict a future travel condition along the past route based on the travel condition information and the start time,the travel condition information including information indicating a weather condition at a time prior to a current time, andthe future travel condition including;

    a predicted weather condition at a predicted arrival time at the destination location, anda predicted road condition, along the past route, that is predicted based on the weather condition at the time prior to the current time;

    generate directions for an alternate route based on the future travel condition,the alternate route being different from one or more routes, generated for one or more other user devices, to mitigate the future travel condition,the alternate route and the one or more routes including the start location and a particular intermediary location, andthe alternate route having a different route toward the particular intermediary location than the one or more routes; and

    provide, to the user device, the directions for the alternate route, information identifying the predicted weather condition, and information identifying the predicted arrival time.

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