SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING THE ROUTING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A MAPPING OR ROUTING DEVICE

• US 20140114573A1
• Filed: 10/15/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ettie Ettinger, Gil Fuchs
• Inventors: Ettinger, Ettie, Fuchs, Gil
• Granted Patent: US 9,243,920 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 21/3415 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 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3641 Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• 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

A system and method for adapting the routing information provided by a mapping or routing device. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a data collection component (e.g., one or more GPS, accelerometer, or other means of determining location and/or movement), and a route calculation logic that can use information about a first geographical location (origin), and a second geographical location (destination), to calculate a routing information, such as driving directions that a user can follow to drive from the origin to the destination. An information filtering application adapts the amount of information that will be presented to the user at a particular location, moment in time, or based on other criteria. In accordance with an embodiment, the information filtering application can, in some instances, be provided as a third-party application.

Claims

1. A system for adapting the routing information provided by a mapping or routing device, comprising:

a route calculation logic that can use information about a first geographical location (origin), and a second geographical location (destination), in combination with the data collection component, to calculate a routing information, such as driving directions that a user can follow to drive from the origin to the destination; and

an information filtering application that adapts the amount of information that will be presented to the user at a particular location, moment in time, or based on other criteria.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of a user-specified or external application-specified configuration is used by the information filtering application, to configure the amount of adapted map/routing information that will ultimately be presented to the user at the particular location, moment in time, or based on other criteria.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the information filtering application is provided as a third-party application.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes a mapping/routing device incorporated into a smartphone device that includes a mapping software, and wherein the information filtering application is provided as a downloadable or otherwise installable third-party software application that can be installed into the smartphone device and used to adapt the routing information the device provides to a user.

5. A method of adapting the routing information provided by a mapping or routing device, comprising the steps of:

providing a route calculation logic that can use information about a first geographical location (origin), and a second geographical location (destination), in combination with the data collection component, to calculate a routing information, such as driving directions that a user can follow to drive from the origin to the destination; and

using an information filtering application that adapts the amount of information that will be presented to the user at a particular location, moment in time, or based on other criteria.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein one or more of a user-specified or external application-specified configuration is used by the information filtering application, to configure the amount of adapted map/routing information that will ultimately be presented to the user at the particular location, moment in time, or based on other criteria.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the information filtering application is provided as a third-party application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the system includes a mapping/routing device incorporated into a smartphone device that includes a mapping software, and wherein the information filtering application is provided as a downloadable or otherwise installable third-party software application that can be installed into the smartphone device and used to adapt the routing information the device provides to a user.