Software Based Driving Directions

• US 20130218468A1
• Filed: 03/19/2013
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
• Original Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
• Inventors: Spinelli, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 8,645,057 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries

Abstract

A method for electronically generating driving directions. The method including: indicating a starting address; indicating an ending address; indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences; wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises one or more of an indication to use no roads of a certain type in the generated driving directions; an indication to generate driving directions that start from a nearest highway; an indication to generate driving directions that start from a named road or highway and/or an indication to generate driving directions that include a named road or highway.

Claims

1. A method for electronically generating driving directions, the method comprising:

indicating a starting address;

indicating an ending address;

indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences;

wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises an indication to use no roads of a certain type in the generated driving directions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the roads of a certain type are highways.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the roads of a certain type are highways.

3. A method for electronically generating driving directions, the method comprising:

indicating a starting address;

indicating an ending address;

indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences;

wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that start from a nearest highway.

4. A method for electronically generating driving directions, the method comprising:

indicating a starting address;

indicating an ending address;

indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences;

wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that start from a named road or highway.

5. A method for electronically generating driving directions, the method comprising:

indicating a starting address;

indicating an ending address;

indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences;

wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that include a named road or highway.

6. A method for electronically generating driving directions from a starting location to an ending location, the method comprising:

indicating the ending location;

indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences;

wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises an indication to use no roads of a certain type in the generated driving directions.

8. A method for electronically generating driving directions from a starting location to an ending location, the method comprising:

indicating the ending location;

indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences;

wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that start from a nearest highway.

9. A method for electronically generating driving directions from a starting location to an ending location, the method comprising:

indicating the ending location;

indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences;

wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that start from a named road or highway.

10. A method for electronically generating driving directions from a starting location to an ending location, the method comprising:

indicating the ending location;

indicating one or more preferences for the directions; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences;

wherein at least one of the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that include a named road or highway.