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US 2010/0145608 A1Published application
Navigation based on popular user-defined paths
AssigneeVerizon Data Services Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Wayne KURTTI, Donald H. RELYEA, JR., Brian F. ROBERTS
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Abstract
A device receives, from one or more user devices, one or more user-defined paths associated with a starting point and a destination point, and receives, from the one or more user devices, information associated with the one or more user-defined paths. The device also aggregates the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, and determines one or more popular paths based on the aggregation of the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, where the one or more popular paths are capable of being utilized by the one or more user devices for selection of a path for navigation.
Claims25
A computing device-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, from one or more user devices, one or more user-defined paths associated with a starting point and a destination point;
- receiving, from the one or more user devices, information associated with the one or more user-defined paths;
- aggregating the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information;
- determining one or more popular paths based on the aggregation of the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information;
- receiving, from a particular user device, a user-defined starting point and a user-defined destination point for a particular path;
- comparing the particular path to the one or more popular paths;
- determining one of the one or more popular paths that matches the particular path based on the comparison;
- and
- providing, to the particular user device, the one of the one or more popular paths as a recommended path for the particular path.
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A computing device-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving a user-defined path to be navigated by a user associated with a mobile communication device;
- receiving, from the mobile communication device, an indication of beginning navigation of the user-defined path;
- providing, to the mobile communication device, a first portion of the user-defined path prior to navigation of the first portion of the user-defined path, where the mobile communication device stores the first portion of the user-defined path in a memory associated with the mobile communication device;
- receiving, from the mobile communication, an indication of completion of the first portion of the user-defined path;
- and
- providing, to the mobile communication, a second portion of the user-defined path prior to navigation of the second portion of the user-defined path, where the mobile communication device removes the first portion of the user-defined path from the memory and stores the second portion of user-defined path in the memory.
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A device, comprising:
- a memory to store a plurality of instructions;
- and
- a processor to execute instructions in the memory to:
- receive, from one or more user devices, one or more user-defined paths associated with a starting point and a destination point,
- receive, from the one or more user devices, information associated with the one or more user-defined paths,
- aggregate the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, and
- determine one or more popular paths based on the aggregation of the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, where the one or more popular paths are capable of being utilized by the one or more user devices for selection of a path for navigation.
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A device comprising:
- a memory to store a plurality of instructions;
- and
- a processor to execute instructions in the memory to:
- receive a user-defined path to be navigated by a user associated with a mobile communication device,
- receive, from the mobile communication device, an indication of beginning navigation of the user-defined path,
- provide, to the mobile communication device, a first portion of the user-defined path prior to navigation of the first portion of the user-defined path, where the mobile communication device stores the first portion of the user-defined path in a memory associated with the mobile communication device,
- provide, to the mobile communication device, path information associated with the first portion of the user-defined path,
- receive, from the mobile communication, an indication of completion of the first portion of the user-defined path,
- provide, to the mobile communication, a second portion of the user-defined path prior to navigation of the second portion of the user-defined path, where the mobile communication device removes the first portion of the user-defined path from the mobile communication device memory and stores the second portion of user-defined path in the mobile communication device memory,
- provide, to the mobile communication device, path information associated with the second portion of the user-defined path, and
- receive, from the mobile communication, an indication of completion of the second portion of the user-defined path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.