# US 2017/0254648 A1 · Methods and apparatuses for use in route navigation involving a mobile station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0254648 A1 - Document ID: US20170254648A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/600,457 - Filed: 2017-05-19 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2010-01-21 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Rajarshi Gupta; Saumitra Mohan Das - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170254648A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/20: Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) - G01C 21/10: by using measurements of speed or acceleration (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) - G01C 21/14: by recording the course traversed by the object (G01C21/16 takes precedence) - G01C 21/206: {specially adapted for indoor navigation} - G01C 21/3407: {specially adapted for specific applications} - G01C 22/006: {Pedometers} - G08G 1/005: including pedestrian guidance indicator - G08G 1/0129: {for creating historical data or processing based on historical data} - G08G 1/123: indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; {Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams}(transmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968) - B60L 2260/58: Departure time prediction - G01C 21/343: {Calculating itineraries (travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047)} - G01C 21/3438: {Rendezvous; Ride sharing} - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ## Abstract Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses to allow for delay zone information to be gathered by one or more mobile stations used in route navigation, provided to one or more computing devices and processed in some manner to establish navigation information that may be of use by mobile stations involved in route navigation. For example, in certain instances navigation information may be indicative of an expected delay with regard to at least one known delay zone that may affect a user of the mobile station attempting to adhere to a route. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising, with at least one computing device: obtaining delay zone information gathered by at least one mobile station associated with a period of waiting time experienced by said at least one mobile station during a route navigation; and in response to determination that said delay zone information is to be associated with a known delay zone, determining an expected delay time for said known delay zone based, at least in part, on said delay zone information; and providing navigation information for use by at least one other mobile station, said navigation information being based, at least in part, on said expected delay time for said known delay zone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said delay zone information is indicative at least one of: said period of waiting time; an estimated location of said at least one mobile station at a particular time within said period of waiting time; a sensed movement of said at least one mobile station at said particular time; at least one selected action performed using said at least one mobile station mobile station at said particular time; or at least one geofence region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said expected delay time for said known delay zone is based, at least in part, on a plurality of delay zone information associated with a plurality of mobile stations with regard to said known delay zone over a period of time. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said expected delay time for said known delay zone is associated with a specific period of time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, and further comprising: associating said known delay zone with a point of interest. ### Claim 6 An apparatus for use in at least one computing device, the apparatus: means for obtaining delay zone information gathered by at least one mobile station associated with a period of waiting time experienced by said at least one mobile station during a route navigation; means for determining whether said delay zone information is to be associated with a known delay zone; means for determining an expected delay time for said known delay zone based, at least in part, on said delay zone information, in response to a determination that said delay zone information is to be associated with a known delay zone; means for generating navigation information for use by at least one other mobile station, said navigation information being based, at least in part, on said expected delay time for said known delay zone; and means for providing said navigation information to said at least one other mobile station. ### Claim 7 (depends on 54) The apparatus as recited in claim 54, wherein at least a portion of said delay zone information is indicative at least one of: said period of waiting time; an estimated location of said at least one mobile station at a particular time within said period of waiting time; a sensed movement of said at least one mobile station at said particular time; at least one selected action performed using said at least one mobile station mobile station at said particular time; or at least one geofence region. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein said expected delay time for said known delay zone is based, at least in part, on a plurality of delay zone information associated with a plurality of mobile stations with regard to said known delay zone over a period of time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein said expected delay time for said known delay zone is associated with a specific period of time. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The apparatus as recited in claim 6, and further comprising: means for associating said known delay zone with a point of interest. ### Claim 11 An apparatus for use in at least one computing device having a network interface, the apparatus comprising: at least one processing unit to: obtain delay zone information gathered by at least one mobile station associated with a period of waiting time experienced by said at least one mobile station during a route navigation; in response to determination that said delay zone information is to be associated with a known delay zone, determine an expected delay time for said known delay zone based, at least in part, on said delay zone information; generate navigation information for use by at least one other mobile station, said navigation information being based, at least in part, on said expected delay time for said known delay zone; and initiate transmission of said navigation information to said at least one other mobile station via said network interface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein at least a portion of said delay zone information is indicative at least one of: said period of waiting time; an estimated location of said at least one mobile station at a particular time within said period of waiting time; a sensed movement of said at least one mobile station at said particular time; at least one selected action performed using said at least one mobile station mobile station at said particular time; or at least one geofence region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein said expected delay time for said known delay zone is based, at least in part, on a plurality of delay zone information associated with a plurality of mobile stations with regard to said known delay zone over a period of time. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein said expected delay time for said known delay zone is associated with a specific period of time. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The apparatus as recited in claim 11, said at least one processing unit to further: associate said known delay zone with a point of interest. ### Claim 16 An article comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer-implementable instructions executable by one or more processing units of a computing device having a network interface to: obtain delay zone information gathered by at least one mobile station associated with a period of waiting time experienced by said at least one mobile station during a route navigation; determine whether said delay zone information is to be associated with a known delay zone; determine an expected delay time for said known delay zone based, at least in part, on said delay zone information, in response to a determination that said delay zone information is to be associated with a known delay zone; generate navigation information for use by at least one other mobile station, said navigation information being based, at least in part, on said expected delay time for said known delay zone; and initiate transmission of said navigation information to said at least one other mobile station via said network interface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The article as recited in claim 16, wherein at least a portion of said delay zone information is indicative at least one of: said period of waiting time; an estimated location of said at least one mobile station at a particular time within said period of waiting time; a sensed movement of said at least one mobile station at said particular time; at least one selected action performed using said at least one mobile station mobile station at said particular time; or at least one geofence region. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The article as recited in claim 16, wherein said expected delay time for said known delay zone is based, at least in part, on a plurality of delay zone information associated with a plurality of mobile stations with regard to said known delay zone over a period of time. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The article as recited in claim 16, wherein said expected delay time for said known delay zone is associated with a specific period of time. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The article as recited in claim 16, wherein said computer-implementable instructions are further executable by said one or more processing units to: determine associate said known delay zone with a point of interest. ### Claim 21 A method comprising, with a mobile station: obtaining an expected delay time for at least one known delay zone, said expected delay time being associated with a specific period of time and based, at least in part, on previously gathered delay zone information associated with at least one other mobile station with regard to said at least one known delay zone; establishing a route between a starting point and a destination point, wherein by substantially adhering to said route said mobile station is expected to at least enter said known delay zone during said specific period of time; and determining an estimated time of arrival at said destination point based, at least in part, on said expected delay time. ### Claim 22 An apparatus for use in a mobile station, the apparatus comprising: means for obtaining an expected delay time for at least one known delay zone, said expected delay time being associated with a specific period of time and based, at least in part, on previously gathered delay zone information associated with at least one other mobile station with regard to said at least one known delay zone; means for establishing a route between a starting point and a destination point, wherein by substantially adhering to said route said mobile station is expected to at least enter said known delay zone during said specific period of time; and means for determining an estimated time of arrival at said destination point based, at least in part, on said expected delay time. ### Claim 23 An apparatus for use in a mobile station, the apparatus comprising: at least one processing unit to: obtain an expected delay time for at least one known delay zone, said expected delay time being associated with a specific period of time and based, at least in part, on previously gathered delay zone information associated with at least one other mobile station with regard to said at least one known delay zone; establish a route between a starting point and a destination point, wherein by substantially adhering to said route said mobile station is expected to at least enter said known delay zone during said specific period of time; and determine an estimated time of arrival at said destination point based, at least in part, on said expected delay time. ### Claim 24 An article comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer-implementable instructions executable by one or more processing units of a mobile station to: obtain an expected delay time for at least one known delay zone, said expected delay time being associated with a specific period of time and based, at least in part, on previously gathered delay zone information associated with at least one other mobile station with regard to said at least one known delay zone; establish a route between a starting point and a destination point, wherein by substantially adhering to said route said mobile station is expected to at least enter said known delay zone during said specific period of time; and determine an estimated time of arrival at said destination point based, at least in part, on said expected delay time.