US 10,094,678 B2 · Systems and methods for initiating mapping exit routines and rating highway exits

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for inferring a user's intent to stop at a predefined location or breakpoint along a predetermined route, such as an exit along a highway, and to enable users to report back to systems maintaining exit or breakpoint POI data. An application executing on a user's mobile device may infer or query the user's intent upon detecting a deviation away from the route and to use this as a “check-in” at a predefined location corresponding to the point of deviation. Then further check-ins and ratings at amenities/locations associated with the exit can also be used to enhance the rating and popularity of the predefined location (e.g., highway exit) itself. The ratings and popularity of highway exits can then be exposed in applications to provide relevant content related to the highest rated or most popular breakpoints located along their route of travel.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for identifying deviation points along a route of travel, the method comprising:

detecting, by a device and via a global positioning system (GPS), a point of deviation from which a mobile device of a user moves away from a predetermined route;
comparing, by the device, the detected point of deviation to a database of one or more highway exits;
determining, by the device, a highway exit that the user is predicted to exit,
the highway exit being proximate to the detected point of deviation based on the comparison;
determining, by the device, one or more points of interest associated with the highway exit,
the one or more points of interest being determined based upon one or more factors associated with the detected point of deviation or the highway exit;
and
providing, by the device, routing options to the one or more points of interest associated with the detected point of deviation or the highway exit via a display on the mobile device.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
detect, via a global positioning system (GPS), a point of deviation from which a mobile device of a user moves away from a predetermined route;
compare the detected point of deviation to a database of one or more highway exits;
determine a highway exit that the user is predicted to exit,
the highway exit being proximate to the detected point of deviation based on the comparison;
determine one or more points of interest associated with the highway exit,
the one or more points of interest being determined based upon one or more factors associated with the detected point of deviation or the highway exit;
and
provide routing options to one or more points of interest associated with the detected point of deviation or the highway exit via a display of the user of the mobile device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for initiating mapping exit routines and rating highway exits

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Systems and methods for initiating mapping exit routines and rating highway exits

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