NAVIGATION ROUTE UPDATES

• US 20130325320A1
• Filed: 06/05/2012
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LYFT Incorporated
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dimitriadis, Dimitrios
• Granted Patent: US 8,825,374 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/414
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• 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

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing navigation routes and/or providing navigation route updates. According to various embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a navigation application can be configured to obtain route data from a routing service. The routing service can be configured to use navigation data locally stored and/or obtained from a number of sources to generate navigation routes and/or to update navigation routes. The generated and/or updated navigation routes can be provided to the user device as route data that can be used to provide navigation directions to a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, at a server computer executing a routing service, route data corresponding to a navigation route;

transmitting, by the server computer, the route data to a user device;

obtaining, by the server computer, navigation data from a navigation data source;

determining, by the server computer based upon the navigation data, expected conditions corresponding to conditions expected to exist at a point of time in the future;

projecting, by the server computer, route conditions based upon the navigation data and the expected conditions;

determining, by the server computer based upon the navigation data and the route conditions, if the navigation route is to be modified; and

in response to determining that the navigation route is to be modified,

generating, by the server computer, a modified route, and

transmitting, by the server computer to the user device, updated route data corresponding to the modified route.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation data is obtained from a plurality of navigation data sources comprising the user device, the server computer, a social networking service, and a device associated with a road authority.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the navigation data comprises data indicating

a location of the user device,

a speed of movement of the user device,

a bearing of the user device,

map data,

road capacity data,

speed limit data, and

traffic-related data obtained by analyzing a social networking post associated with the social networking service.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the traffic-related data comprises information mined from a social networking post, the information comprising

a word that identifies a traffic-related condition, and

data indicating a geographic location associated with the traffic-related condition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the modified route comprises determining, based upon the expected conditions and the navigation data, a route for avoiding a traffic related condition that is expected to be encountered along the navigation route.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

presenting, on a user interface for displaying a map display, a road incident indicator that, when selected by a user, causes the user device to display a road incident information display; and

in response to detecting selection of the road incident information display, presenting

an indication of a type of road incident that exists,

data indicating at least one of the plurality of navigation data sources,

an option to ignore the road incident indicator, and

an option to generate the modified route to avoid the road incident.

7. A method comprising:

obtaining, at a server computer, navigation data from a navigation data source;

determining, by the server computer based upon the navigation data, if a navigation route is to be modified; and

in response to determining that the navigation route is to be modified,

generating, by the server computer, a modified route, and

transmitting, by the server computer to a user device, updated route data corresponding to the modified route.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the server computer executes a routing service to generate route data corresponding to the navigation route, wherein the server computer transmits the route data to the user device, and wherein the navigation data is obtained from a plurality of navigation data sources.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the navigation data source comprises the user device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the navigation data comprises data indicating a location of the user device, a speed of movement of the user device, and a bearing of the user device.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the navigation data source comprises a social networking service.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the navigation data comprises a social networking post, wherein the social networking post comprises a word identifying a traffic-related condition, and wherein the social networking post further comprises data indicating a geographic location associated with the traffic-related condition.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining, based upon the navigation data, expected conditions corresponding to conditions expected to exist at a point of time in the future; and

projecting route conditions based, at least partially, upon the navigation data and the expected conditions.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein generating the modified route comprises determining, based upon the expected conditions and the navigation data, a route for avoiding a traffic related condition that is expected to be encountered along the navigation route.

15. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

generating route data corresponding to a navigation route,

transmitting the route data to a user device,

obtaining navigation data from a plurality of navigation data sources,

determining, based upon the navigation data, if the navigation route is to be modified, and

in response to a determination that the navigation route is to be modified,

generating a modified route, and

transmitting, to the user device, updated route data corresponding to the modified route.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of navigation data sources comprises the user device and the memory device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the navigation data comprises data indicating

a location of the user device,

a speed of movement of the user device,

a bearing of the user device, and

map data.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the plurality of navigation data sources further comprises a social networking service, and wherein the navigation data further comprises a social networking post.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a device that analyzes the social networking post to

search for a word identifying a traffic-related condition, and

identify a geographic location associated with the traffic-related condition.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the routing service further comprises computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

determining, based upon the navigation data, expected conditions corresponding to conditions expected to exist at a point of time in the future; and

projecting route conditions based, at least partially, upon the navigation data and the expected conditions.