Software based driving directions

• US 7,640,100 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2005
• Issued: 12/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
• Original Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
• Inventors: Spinelli, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby; Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US11/250,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20070088500A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 701202-213, 340988-990, 3409951-99523
• US Class Current: 701/211
• 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 including: indicating a starting address; indicating an ending address; indicating one or more preferences for the directions to include less than all steps that would otherwise be generated if not for the one or more preferences; and generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences. Also provided is a method for electronically generating driving directions including: indicating a starting address; indicating an ending address; instructing the use of less than all steps that would otherwise be generated if not for the instruction; and generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and instruction. Also provided is a method for electronically generating driving directions by indicating addresses or locations on a map.

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 to include less than all steps that would otherwise be generated if not for the one or more preferences; and

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

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more preferences comprises an indication to use no roads of a certain type in the generated driving directions.

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

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that start from a nearest highway.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that start from a named road or highway.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more preferences comprises an indication to generate driving directions that include a named road or highway.

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

indicating a starting address;

indicating an ending address;

instructing the use of less than all steps that would otherwise be generated if not for the instruction; and

generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and instruction.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the instructing comprises indicating a beginning or ending road by clicking on a map.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating full driving directions from the indicated starting and ending addresses and the instructing comprises indicating a step in the generated full directions to eliminate prior or subsequent steps from the driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and instruction.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating full driving directions from the indicated starting and ending addresses and the instructing comprises indicating one or more selected steps in the generated full directions to include in the driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and instruction.