Providing route recommendations

A mobile computing device comprising:

• an input subsystem programmed to detect a current context for the mobile computing device and a user of the mobile computing device, wherein the current context includes at least a current geographic location where the mobile computing device is currently located;
• a travel monitor unit programmed to obtain travel information that indicates travel patterns for the mobile computing device;
• a destination unit programmed to identify one or more destination locations that the user has at least a threshold likelihood of travelling to with the mobile computing device based on the current context and the travel information;
• an event prediction unit programmed to generate predictions that one or more events have at least a threshold probability of occurring along one or more of a plurality of routes for travelling from the current geographic location to the identified one or more destination locations;
• a recommendation unit programmed to select a particular route from the plurality of routes to recommend to the user based on the current context and the prediction of the one or more events;
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• an output subsystem of the mobile computing device that is programmed output route information that identifies the selected particular route to the user of the mobile computing device.

A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing system having one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining travel information that indicates travel patterns for a mobile computing device that is associated with a user;
• identifying a current context for the mobile computing device and the user, wherein the current context includes at least a current geographic location where the mobile computing device is currently located;
• identifying one or more destination locations that the user has at least a threshold likelihood of travelling to with the mobile computing device based on the current context and the obtained travel information;
• generating a prediction that one or more events have at least a threshold probability of occurring along one or more of a plurality of routes for travelling from the current geographic location to the identified one or more destination locations;
• selecting a particular route from the plurality of routes to recommend to the user based on the current context and the prediction of the one or more events;
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• providing route information that identifies the selected particular route.