Navigation application providing collaborative navigation information
AssigneeOpen Invention Network, LLC
InventorDavid Gerard Ledet
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Abstract
Navigation applications may utilize various input data to offer route information and other suggested information. One example method may include initiating a navigation application on a first user device, identifying at least one destination of the navigation application, notifying a remote server of the at least one destination, receiving a first query from a second user device inquiring about the at least one destination, and transmitting a response comprising an identification of a first user profile associated with the first user device to the second user device.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- initiating a navigation application on a first user device associated with a first user profile having a set of first user characteristics;
- identifying at least one destination of the navigation application;
- notifying a remote server of the at least one destination;
- receiving a first query from a second user device inquiring about the at least one destination, the second user device associated with a second user profile having a set of preferred user characteristics;
- and
- transmitting a response comprising an identification of the first user profile associated with the first user device to the second user device when the set of first user characteristics matches the set of preferred user characteristics;
- wherein a first user preference of the first user profile is determined to share navigation information with other user profiles during navigation sessions;
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- wherein a first user preference of the second user profile is determined to share navigation information during navigation sessions.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- initiate a navigation application on a first user device associated with a first user profile having a set of first user characteristics;
- identify at least one destination of the navigation application;
- notify a remote server of the at least one destination;
- a receiver configured to receive a first query from a second user device inquiring about the at least one destination, the second user device associated with a second user profile having a set of preferred user characteristics;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit a response comprising an identification of the first user profile associated with the first user device to the second user device when the set of first user characteristics matches the set of preferred user characteristics;
- wherein a first user preference of the first user profile is determined to share navigation information with other user profiles during navigation sessions;
- and
- wherein a first user preference of the second user profile is determined to share navigation information during navigation sessions.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause at least two processors to:
- initiate a navigation application on a first user device associated with a first user profile having a set of first user characteristics;
- identify at least one destination of the navigation application;
- notify a remote server of the at least one destination;
- receive a first query from a second user device inquiring about the at least one destination, the second user device associated with a second user profile having a set of preferred user characteristics;
- and
- transmit a response comprising an identification of the first user profile associated with the first user device to the second user device when the set of first user characteristics matches the set of preferred user characteristics;
- wherein a first user preference of the first user profile is determined to share navigation information with other user profiles during navigation sessions;
- and
- wherein a first user preference of the second user profile is determined to share navigation information during navigation sessions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.