Facilitating navigation data updates

• US 9,737,268 B1
• Filed: 02/24/2010
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Lee, Woojae, Sharma, Sanjay K., Syromiatnikov, Peter S., Perez, Cesar
• Primary Examiner(s): Zeender, F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Haider, Fawaad
• Application Number:
  US12/711,933
• Time in Patent Office: 2,736 Days
• Field of Search: 701201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• 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: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/012 from other sources than vehicle or roadside beacons, e.g. mobile networks
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A method, system, and medium are provided for facilitating navigation data updates. One embodiment of the method includes receiving an indication that a navigation route is unavailable. The indication that the navigation route is unavailable is provided by a user of a mobile device. A notification of the unavailable navigation route is communicated to a navigation server. The unavailable navigation route is excluded in subsequently provided navigation routes.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of facilitating navigation data updates, the method comprising:

a navigation application for;

providing a navigation route to a user of the first mobile device, the navigation route provided as a path or a portion thereof for traveling from a beginning location to an ending location;

using location information of the first mobile device, recognizing that the first mobile device deviates from a first portion of the navigation route, wherein the deviation indicates that the first portion is not followed by the user of the first mobile device;

based on the recognition of the first mobile device deviating from the first portion of the navigation route, providing an option for user selection or confirmation that at least the first portion of the navigation route is unavailable, the option for user section or confirmation provided for communication to the user via the first mobile device;

receiving an indication provided by the user via the first mobile device that confirms the at least the first portion of the navigation route is unavailable;

communicating a notification of the at least the first portion of the navigation route that is unavailable to a navigation server, the at least the first portion of the navigation route that is confirmed unavailable being excluded in subsequently provided navigation routes provided to other mobile devices utilizing the navigation application;

subsequently receiving, from a second mobile device using the navigation application, a second notification indicating that the at least the first portion of the navigation route, which was previously confirmed to be unavailable by the user of the first mobile device, is available for including in subsequently provided navigation routes; and

communicating, to the navigation server, a third notification of the at least the first portion indicated as available in the second notification, the at least the first portion being included in navigation routes subsequently provided to other mobile devices utilizing the navigation application.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the indication that the first portion of the navigation route is unavailable is initiated by the user upon the user recognizing that the first portion of the navigation route provided is unavailable.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein a navigation route comprises a complete route or course for passage or travel from a beginning location to an ending location.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the navigation route is unavailable due to a road condition, a traffic flow, an emergency situation, or a road construction.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the subsequently provided navigation routes are provided to users of mobile devices having navigation applications in communication with the navigation server.

6. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of facilitating navigation data updates, the method comprising:

at a server in communication with a navigation application;

receiving a first indication provided by the navigation application of one or more mobile devices that a first navigation route is deviated from;

identifying a first portion of the first navigation route that was not used based on the first indication, wherein a deviation from the first navigation route was used in lieu of the first portion;

determining that the first portion of the first navigation route is unavailable based on receiving a predetermined number of indications that the first portion of the first navigation route has been deviated from, the indications received from the one or more mobile devices;

receiving a request for a navigation route from a beginning point to an ending point;

incident to the request for the navigation route from the beginning point to the ending point, providing a second navigation route from the beginning point to the ending point that excludes use of the first portion of the first navigation route in accordance with the determination that the first portion of the first navigation route is unavailable;

subsequently receiving, from the navigation application, a second indication that indicates use of the first portion, the first portion previously determined to be unavailable and for which the deviation from the first navigation was used in lieu of;

based on receipt of the second indication that indicates use of the first portion, determining that the first portion of the first navigation route has resumed availability for use in subsequently providing navigation routes; and

when a request for another navigation route is received, providing the another navigation route that includes the first portion of the navigation route having resumed availability.

7. The media of claim 6, wherein the first indication provided by the navigation application is based on an inability of a user to travel on at least the first portion of the first navigation route.

8. The media of claim 6, wherein the first indication that the first navigation route is deviated from is provided via a navigation application operating on a mobile device.

9. The media of claim 8, wherein the navigation application is a web application.

10. The media of claim 8, wherein the navigation application resides on the one or more mobile device in association with an operating system of the one or more mobile device.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein the request for the navigation route from the beginning point to the ending point is provided by another mobile device after the first portion is determined to be unavailable based on the predetermined number of indications.

12. The media of claim 6 further comprising recognizing that at least the first portion of the first navigation route is unavailable.

13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of facilitating navigation data updates, the method comprising:

via a navigation server;

providing a first navigation route to a first mobile device having a navigation application, the first navigation route provided in response to a user-initiated request for a navigation route from a first beginning location to a first ending location;

recognizing that a first portion of the first navigation route is unavailable based on an indication provided by a user of the first mobile device that a deviation is used in lieu of the first portion of the first navigation route, wherein the indication includes location information of the first device, the location information corresponding to the deviation used in lieu of the first portion;

receiving a request for a navigation route from a second beginning location to a second ending location, the request being received from a second mobile device having a navigation application;

subsequent to recognizing the first portion is unavailable and in response to the request from the second mobile device for the navigation route from the second beginning point to the second ending point, providing a second navigation route to the second mobile device, wherein the second navigation route excludes use of the first portion of the first navigation route based on the recognition that the first portion of the first navigation route is unavailable and that the deviation was used in lieu of the first portion;

subsequent to recognizing the first portion is unavailable, recognizing that the first portion has resumed availability based on an indication provided by a user of a third mobile device that the first portion was used and is accessible; and

when a request for a navigation route from a third beginning point to a third ending point is received subsequent to recognizing the first portion has resumed availability, providing a third navigation route that includes the first portion of the first navigation route.

14. The media of claim 13 further comprising detecting usage of the first portion of the first navigation route.

15. The media of claim 13, wherein the use of the first portion of the first navigation route is identified based on a user-provided indication.