PROVIDING AN INSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION FOR NAVIGATION

• US 20170284815A1
• Filed: 06/15/2017
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Strode, Raymond
• Granted Patent: US 10,488,210 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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

Abstract

A mechanism for providing an instruction notification for navigation. A method includes receiving destination data of a user device and generating default navigation instruction in view of the destination data. The default navigation instruction provides directions from a first location of the user device to a second location of the destination data. The method also includes setting the user device to a commute mode in view of the destination data. The commute mode includes generating a modified navigation instruction that modifies the default navigation instruction.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

setting, by a processing device, a commute mode associated with a user device in view of destination data, wherein the commute mode comprises generating a modified navigation instruction that modifies a default navigation instruction, wherein the default navigation instruction provides directions from a first location of the user device to a second location identified by the destination data;

comparing the modified navigation instruction with the default navigation instruction in view of a parameter; and

providing the modified navigation instruction in view of the comparison.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the default navigation instruction in view of the destination data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the default navigation instruction is generated in view of a direction of travel by a user of the user device and a distance from the first location to the second location identified by the destination data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether to provide the modified navigation instruction to the user based on the comparison, wherein the modified navigation instruction is provided in view of the determination.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the default navigation instruction comprises step-by-step directions from the first location of the user device to the second location.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the modified navigation instruction comprises at least one significant direction from the first location of the user device to the second location of the user device, wherein the at least one significant direction is different from the step-by-step direction.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the commute mode prevents notification of the default navigation instruction.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises at least one of a time, a distance, a road condition, a user condition, or a user action.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein comparing the modified navigation instruction with the default navigation instruction in view of the parameter comprises comparing a parameter associated with the modified navigation instruction with a parameter associated with the default navigation instruction.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing comprising displaying a notification of the modified navigation instruction on the user device.

11. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to;

set a commute mode associated with a user device in view of destination data, wherein the commute mode comprises generating a modified navigation instruction that modifies a default navigation instruction, wherein the default navigation instruction provides directions from a first location of the user device to a second location identified by the destination data;

compare the modified navigation instruction with the default navigation instruction in view of a parameter; and

provide the modified navigation instruction in view of the comparison.

12. The system of claim 11, the processing device further to:

generate the default navigation instruction in view of the destination data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the default navigation instruction is generated in view of a direction of travel by a user of the user device and a distance from the first location to the second location identified by the destination data.

14. The system of claim 11, the processing device further to:

determine whether to provide the modified navigation instruction to the user based on the comparison, wherein the modified navigation instruction is provided in view of the determination.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the default navigation instruction comprises step-by-step directions from the first location of the user device to the second location.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the parameter comprises at least one of a time, a distance, a road condition, a user condition and a user action.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

set a commute mode associated with a user device in view of destination data, wherein the commute mode comprises generating a modified navigation instruction that modifies a default navigation instruction, wherein the default navigation instruction provides directions from a first location of the user device to a second location identified by the destination data;

compare the modified navigation instruction with the default navigation instruction in view of a parameter; and

provide the modified navigation instruction in view of the comparison.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the processing device further to:

generate the default navigation instruction in view a direction of travel by a user of the user device and a distance from the first location to the second location identified by the destination data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the processing device further to:

determine whether to provide the modified navigation instruction to the user based on the comparison, wherein the modified navigation instruction is provided in view of the determination.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the default navigation instruction comprises step-by-step directions from the first location of the user device to the second location.