Presenting information for a current location or time

• US 9,146,114 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2014
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Stamm, Tom Carl, Hawkins, Dale Kris, Guggemos, James A., Udeshi, Tushar, Bellver, Pablo, Praun, Emil, Yang, Guang, Kirmse, Andrew, Gultekin, Gokay Baris, Connor, Bill, Mierle, Keir Banks
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Mary
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sweeney, Brian P
• Application Number:
  US14/455,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20140350843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• Field of Search: 701/465, 701/468, 701/408
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and event information associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and, based at least in part on the duration of time, obtains a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time based on the event. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event and including information indicative of the departure time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a computing system, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, information associated with an event, the event being associated with a future location and a future time;

determining, by the computing system, based on a type of the event, an arrival time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to arrive at the future location in order to attend the event, wherein the arrival time is prior to the future time; and

responsive to determining that a current time associated with the computing device is within a threshold amount of time of the arrival time, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the arrival time further comprises determining, by the computing system, based on the type of the event, an amount of time prior to the future time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to arrive at the future location in order to attend the event, wherein the arrival time is prior to the future time by the amount of time.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the computing system, a predicted amount of time for the user of the computing device to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location;

determining, by the computing system, based at least in part on the predicted amount of time, a departure time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to depart from the current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by the arrival time; and

prior to the departure time, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of the departure time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the predicted amount of time is determined based at least in part on traffic conditions along a travel route from the current location of the computing device to the future location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the credential associated with the event is output for transmission to the computing device further in response to determining, by the computing system, that a current location of the computing device is within a threshold distance of the future location.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving, by the computing system, from the computing device, a request for the credential associated with the event, outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the computing device, the indication of the credential associated with the event.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the computing system, based on the information included in the at least one previous communication, the indication of the credential associated with the event.

8. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of the computing device, information associated with an event, the event being associated with a future location and a future time;

receiving, by the computing device, from a computing system, an indication of an arrival time determined based on a type of the event, the arrival time indicating when the user of the computing device is predicted to need to arrive at the future location in order to attend the event, wherein the arrival time is prior to the future time; and

responsive to determining that a current time associated with the computing device is within a threshold amount of time of the arrival time, outputting, by the computing device, for display, a graphical indication of a credential associated with the event.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the graphical indication of the credential associated with the event is output in response to receiving, by the computing device, from a computing system and at the current time, an indication of the credential associated with the event.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

responsive to receiving an indication of an input requesting the credential associated with the event, outputting, by the computing device, for transmission to the computing system, a request for requesting the credential associated with the event; and

receiving, by the computing device, from the computing system, the indication of the credential associated with the event, wherein the graphical indication of the credential associated with the event is output for display in response to receiving the indication of the credential associated with the event.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating, by the computing device, based on the information included in the at least one previous communication, the graphical indication of the credential associated with the event.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein outputting the graphical indication of the credential associated with the event is in response to receiving, by the computing device, from a computing system, an indication that a current time associated with the computing device is within a predicted amount of time of a departure time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to depart from a current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by the arrival time.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

outputting, by the computing device, for display, an alert indicative of the departure time.

14. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to;

obtain, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, information associated with an event, the event being associated with a future location and a future time;

determine, based on a type of the event, an arrival time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to arrive at the future location in order to attend the event, wherein the arrival time is prior to the future time; and

responsive to determining that a current time associated with the computing device is within a threshold amount of time of the arrival time, output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of a credential associated with the event.

15. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine the arrival time by at least determining, based on the type of the event, an amount of time prior to the future time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to arrive at the future location in order to attend the event, wherein the arrival time is prior to the future time by the amount of time.

16. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to:

determine, by the computing system, a predicted amount of time for the user of the computing device to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location;

determine, by the computing system, based at least in part on the predicted amount of time, a departure time at which the user of the computing device is predicted to need to depart from the current location of the computing device in order to arrive at the future location by the arrival time; and

prior to the departure time, output, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of the departure time.

17. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine the threshold amount of time based at least in part on traffic conditions along a travel route from the current location of the computing device to the future location.

18. The computing system of claim 17, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to output the indication of the credential associated with the event in response to obtaining an indication that a current location of the computing device is within a distance threshold of the future location.

19. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to:

responsive to receiving, from the computing device, a request for the credential associated with the event, output, for transmission to the computing device, the indication of the credential associated with the event.

20. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to:

prior to outputting the indication of the credential associated with the event, generate, based on the information included in the at least one previous communication, the indication of the credential associated with the event.