US 9,518,833 B2Granted

System and method of automatic destination selection

AssigneeBlackBerry Limited

InventorDaniel Edward Fink

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Abstract

When a user enters, initializes, or otherwise starts using a navigation function, such as a navigation function on a mobile phone or a stand-alone device, a destination is automatically selected for route generation and production of a navigation output (e.g., an Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at the destination). The destination can be selected based on current proximity to a location having an associated pre-defined destination. Such pre-defined destination can be associated with the location by the user. A time of day criteria can also be imposed. In one example, locations proximate a work place can be associated with home as a pre-defined destination, and vice versa. A time of day criteria can be imposed, such that even if proximate work and it is in the morning, a route and ETA to home will not be generated.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method for implementation on a mobile device comprising:

selecting, by a processor of the mobile device, a first pre-defined location and a second pre-defined location from a plurality of pre-defined locations based on user input;
activating, by the processor, a navigation function on the mobile device;
determining, by the processor, a location of the mobile device in response to the activation of the navigation function;
determining, by the processor, whether the location of the mobile device is proximate to one of the first and second pre-defined locations;
in response to determining that the location of the mobile device is proximate to one of the first and second pre-defined locations:
automatically selecting, by the processor, the location of the mobile device as an origin for a navigation output;
and
automatically determining, by the processor, the one of the first and second pre-defined locations that is not proximate to the location of the mobile device as a destination for the navigation output without user selection;
in response to determining that the location of the mobile device is proximate to neither of the first and second pre-defined locations:
determining if a current time satisfies a time of day criteria;
and
in response to determining that the current time satisfies the time of day criteria:
automatically selecting, by the process, the location of the mobile device as the origin for the navigation output;
and
based on the current time, automatically determining one of the first and second pre-defined locations as the destination for the navigation output without user selection;
and
producing, by the processor, the navigation output using the origin and the destination.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for a method to be implemented on a mobile device comprising:

selecting a first pre-defined location and a second pre-defined location from a plurality of pre-defined locations based on user input;
activating a navigation function on the mobile device;
determining a location of the mobile device in response to the activation of the navigation function;
determining whether the location of the mobile device is proximate to one of the first and second pre-defined locations;
in response to determining that the location of the mobile device is proximate to one of the first and second pre-defined locations:
automatically selecting the location of the mobile device as an origin for a navigation output;
and
automatically determining the one of the first and second pre-defined locations that is not proximate to the location of the mobile device as a destination for the navigation output without user selection;
in response to determining that the location of the mobile device is proximate to neither of the first and second pre-defined locations:
determining if a current time satisfies a time of day criteria;
and
in response to determining that the current time satisfies the time of day criteria:
automatically selecting the location of the mobile device as the origin for the navigation output;
and
based on the current time, automatically determining one of the first and second pre-defined locations as the destination for the navigation output without user selection;
and
producing the navigation output using the origin and the destination.

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A mobile device, comprising:

one or more processors;
a user interface module, of the mobile device, communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and configured to receive input;
and
a navigation module, of the mobile device, communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and configured to:
select a first pre-defined location and a second pre-defined location from a plurality of pre-defined locations based on user input;
initialize responsive to input from the user interface module indicative of a command to initialize;
obtain information representative of a location of the mobile device in response to the command to initialize;
determine whether the location of the mobile device is proximate to one of the first and second pre-defined locations;
in response to determining that the location of the mobile device is proximate to one of the first and second pre-defined locations:
automatically select the location of the mobile device as an origin for an estimated time of arrival;
and
automatically determine the one of the first and second pre-defined location as a destination that is not proximate to the location of the mobile device for the estimated time of arrival without user selection;
in response to determining that the location of the mobile device is proximate to neither of the first and second pre-defined locations:
determine if a current time satisfies a time of day criteria;
and
in response to determining that the current time satisfies the time of day criteria:
automatically select the location of the mobile device as the origin for the navigation output;
and
based on the current time, automatically determine one of the first and second pre-defined locations as the destination for the navigation output without user selection;
and
output the estimated time of arrival using the origin and the destination.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/901,794Filed 11 Oct 2010 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 Dec 2009
Published: US 2011/0161001 A130 Jun 2011
Granted: 13 Dec 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G01C 21/3492
Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments: employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or…
G01C 21/3407
Route searching; Route guidance: specially adapted for specific applications
G01C 21/3484
Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments: personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or…
G01C 21/3605
Input/output arrangements for on-board computers: destination input or retrieval

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Application61/290,570Us provisional application · filed 29 Dec 2009
US 2011/0161001 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Jun 2011
US 9,518,833 B2This patent

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