Method and system for determining an intended destination

• US 10,422,903 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2017
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Tzirkel-Hancock, Eli, Malka, Ilan
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaawat, Mussa A
• Application Number:
  US15/664,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20190033090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 49/00 Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• 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: G01V 1/28 Processing seismic data, e.g. for interpretation or for event detection G01V1/48 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/306 for determining physical properties of the subsurface, e.g. impedance, porosity or attenuation profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/345 Visualisation of seismic data or attributes, e.g. in 3D cubes
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/40 specially adapted for well-logging
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 20/00 Geomodelling in general

Abstract

A system and method for determining an intended destination is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a geolocation processor, a mobile device location. The mobile device location corresponds to a location of a mobile device of a vehicle user. The vehicle user has parked a vehicle at a parking location different than the mobile device location. The method also includes storing the parking location or the mobile device location as an intended destination of the vehicle user based at least on a determining of which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination of the vehicle user.

Claims

1. A method, the method comprising:

receiving, by a geolocation processor, a mobile device location, wherein the mobile device location corresponds to a location of a mobile device of a vehicle user, and the vehicle user has parked a vehicle at a parking location different than the mobile device location;

storing the parking location or the mobile device location as an intended destination of the vehicle user based at least on a determination of which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination of the vehicle user; and

providing access to the intended destination to the vehicle user for future trips.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the parking location, wherein the parking location is received from a navigation system of the vehicle, and the geolocation processor is in communication with a transceiver of the vehicle;

initially storing the parking location as the intended destination of the vehicle user; and

replacing the stored parking location with the mobile device location based on determining that the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication from the vehicle user, wherein the indication indicates which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination of the vehicle user, and the determination of which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination is based on the received indication.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising prompting the vehicle user to provide the indication after a predetermined amount of time upon receiving the parking location.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising prompting the vehicle user to provide the indication after detecting that the mobile device has stopped moving for a threshold amount of time, wherein the mobile device location is determined based on at least one of accelerometer measurements performed by the mobile device, a web history of the mobile device, and a map destination indicated within a map application of the mobile device.

6. A system within a geolocation processor, comprising:

an electronic controller configured to;

receive a mobile device location, wherein the mobile device location corresponds to a location of a mobile device of a vehicle user, and the vehicle user has parked a vehicle at a parking location different than the mobile device location;

store the parking location or the mobile device location as an intended destination of the vehicle user based at least on a determination of which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination of the vehicle user; and

provide access to the intended destination to the vehicle user for future trips.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the electronic controller is further configured to:

receive the parking location, wherein the parking location is received from a navigation system of the vehicle, and the electronic controller is in communication with a transceiver of the vehicle;

initially store the parking location as the intended destination of the vehicle user; and

replace the stored parking location with the mobile device location based on determining that the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the electronic controller is further configured to receive an indication from the vehicle user, wherein the indication indicates which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination of the vehicle user, and the determination of which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination is based on the received indication.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the electronic controller is further configured to prompt the vehicle user to provide the indication after a predetermined amount of time upon receiving the parking location.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the electronic controller is further configured to prompt the vehicle user to provide the indication after detecting that the mobile device has stopped moving for a threshold amount of time, wherein the mobile device location is determined based on at least one of accelerometer measurements performed by the mobile device, a web history of the mobile device, and a map destination indicated within a map application of the mobile device.

11. A method, the method comprising:

transmitting, by an electronic controller of a vehicle, a parking location, wherein the parking location is transmitted to a geolocation processor, the parking location corresponds to a parking location at which a vehicle user has parked the vehicle, and the electronic controller of the vehicle transmits the parking location with a transceiver of the vehicle; and

displaying a stored intended destination of the vehicle user, wherein the geolocation processor receives a mobile device location that corresponds to a location of a mobile device of the vehicle user, the geolocation processor determined which of the parking location and the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination, and the geolocation processor stores the parking location or the mobile device location as the intended destination of the vehicle user based on the determination of the geolocation processor.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the parking location is initially stored as the intended destination of the vehicle user, and the stored parking location is replaced with the mobile device location based on a determination that the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the geolocation processor received an indication from the vehicle user, the indication indicated which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination of the vehicle user, and the determination of the geolocation processor is based on the received indication.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the geolocation processor prompted the vehicle user to provide the indication after a predetermined amount of time upon receiving the parking location.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the geolocation processor prompted the vehicle user to provide the indication after detecting that the mobile device had stopped moving for a threshold amount of time, wherein the mobile device location is determined based on at least one of accelerometer measurements performed by the mobile device, a web history of the mobile device, and a map destination indicated within a map application of the mobile device.

16. A system within a vehicle, comprising:

an electronic controller configured to;

transmit a parking location, wherein the parking location is transmitted to a geolocation processor, the parking location corresponds to a parking location at which a vehicle user has parked the vehicle, and the electronic controller of the vehicle is configured to transmit the parking location with a transceiver of the vehicle; and

display a stored intended destination of the vehicle user, wherein the geolocation processor receives a mobile device location that corresponds to a location of a mobile device of the vehicle user, the geolocation processor determined which of the parking location and the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination, and the geolocation processor stores the parking location or the mobile device location as the intended destination of the vehicle user based on the determination of the geolocation processor.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the parking location is initially stored as the intended destination of the vehicle user, and the stored parking location is replaced with the mobile device location based on a determination that the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the geolocation processor received an indication from the vehicle user, the indication indicated which of the parking location or the mobile device location corresponds to the intended destination of the vehicle user, and the determination of the geolocation processor is based on the received indication.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the geolocation processor prompted the vehicle user to provide the indication after a predetermined amount of time upon receiving the parking location.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the geolocation processor prompted the vehicle user to provide the indication after detecting that the mobile device had stopped moving for a threshold amount of time, wherein the mobile device location is determined based on at least one of accelerometer measurements performed by the mobile device, a web history of the mobile device, and a map destination indicated within a map application of the mobile device.