Presenting a travel route

• US 9,599,487 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2015
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MapQuest, Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nesbitt, David W.
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Tuan C.
• Application Number:
  US14/642,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20150177016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence

Abstract

Techniques are provided for presenting a route using a route presentation that provides both a context map and one or more detail route maps. Narrative instructions for the route also may be presented. The presentation of the context map and the one or more detail route maps may be interactive. The route presentation also may be user controllable such that a user may control the portions of a route that are printed. The route presentation also may include a re-routing feature that allows a user to request that a new route be identified that avoids a particular maneuver or maneuvers in a route.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing a travel route, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor:

determining a first route between an origin and a destination, the determined first route comprising a plurality of maneuvers;

simultaneously presenting, on a display device, the first route and an avoid indicator, the avoid indicator being associated with at least one of the plurality of maneuvers;

receiving an indication that a user has selected the avoid indicator; and

determining, in response to the indication, a second route between the origin and the destination that excludes the at least one maneuver.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein simultaneously presenting the first route and an avoid indicator comprises simultaneously presenting the avoid indicator and a map comprising the at least one maneuver.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

identifying a position of a vehicle traveling the first route; and

orienting the map based on the position of the vehicle.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein a first geographic feature is located closer to the first route than a second geographic feature, and the first geographic feature is illustrated on the map in finer detail than the second geographic feature.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a portion of the map; and

presenting, in response to the selection, a more detailed map of the portion on the display device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising presenting one or more points of interest on the display device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the one or more points of interest are presented based on a length of the first route and locations of the one or more points of interest along the first route.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a selection of one of the points of interest; and

presenting, in response to the selection, at least one of a name, address, or telephone number associated with the point of interest on the display device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determined first route is one of a driving route, a walking route, or a bicycling route.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising presenting an animation of traveling the first route on the display device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein simultaneously presenting the first route and an avoid indicator comprises simultaneously presenting the avoid indicator and text describing at least one instruction for the at least one maneuver.

12. A system for providing a travel route, comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to;

determine a first route between an origin and a destination, the determined first route comprising a plurality of maneuvers;

simultaneously present, on a display device, the first route and an avoid indicator, the avoid indicator being associated with at least one of the plurality of maneuvers;

receive an indication that a user has selected the avoid indicator; and

determine, in response to the indication, a second route between the origin and the destination that excludes the at least one maneuver.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is configured to simultaneously present the first route and an avoid indicator by simultaneously presenting the avoid indicator and a map comprising the at least one maneuver.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a selection of a portion of the map; and

present, in response to the selection, a more detailed map of the portion on the display device.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to present one or more points of interest on the display device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a selection of one of the points of interest; and

present, in response to the selection, at least one of a name, address, or telephone number associated with the point of interest on the display device.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the determined first route is one of a driving route, a walking route, or a bicycling route.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to present an animation of traveling the first route on the display device.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to simultaneously present the first route and an avoid indicator by simultaneously presenting the avoid indicator and text describing at least one instruction for the at least one maneuver.

20. A computer-readable storage medium that comprises a set of instructions that are executable by at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to perform a method for providing a travel route, the method comprising:

determining a first route between an origin and a destination, the determined first route comprising a plurality of maneuvers;

simultaneously presenting, on a display device, the first route and an avoid indicator, the avoid indicator being associated with at least one of the plurality of maneuvers;

receiving an indication that a user has selected the avoid indicator; and

determining, in response to the indication, a second route between the origin and the destination that excludes the at least one maneuver.