# US 9,518,833 B2 · System and method of automatic destination selection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,518,833 B2 - Document ID: US9518833B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/901,794 - Filed: 2010-10-11 - Published: 2011-06-30 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2009-12-29 - Assignees: BlackBerry Limited - Applicants: Daniel Edward Fink - Inventors: Daniel Edward Fink - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9518833B2 ## CPC - G01C 21/3492: {employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968)} - G01C 21/3407: {specially adapted for specific applications} - G01C 21/3484: {Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles} - G01C 21/3605: {Destination input or retrieval} - G01C 21/3617: {using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement} - G01C 21/3691: {Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions (arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09)} - 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) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering, by the processor, an option to associate a selected destination as one of the first or second pre-defined locations. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the processor, a route to the destination and outputting the route as the navigation output. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation output comprises an estimated time of arrival at the destination. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering, by the processor, a start page upon mobile device initialization, which includes a user selectable option to activate the navigation function, and activating the navigation function responsive to detecting a user selection of the option to activate the navigation function. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining, by the processor, traffic congestion information over a network interface, selecting, by the processor, a route based at least in part on the traffic congestion information, and outputting, by the processor, an estimated time of arrival based on the selected route. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the time of day criteria comprises a criteria that the current time is within one of the morning or the afternoon hours. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein automatically determining one of the first and second pre-defined locations as the destination based on the current time comprises selecting work as the destination if the current time is in a morning and selecting home as the destination if the current time is in an afternoon. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises displaying an option to associate a selected destination as one of the first or second pre-defined locations. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises outputting, as the navigation output, an estimated time of arrival to the destination. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises displaying a start page upon mobile device initialization, which includes a user selectable option to activate the navigation function, and activating the navigation function responsive to detecting a user selection of the option to activate the navigation function. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises obtaining traffic congestion information over a network interface, selecting a route based at least in part on the traffic congestion information, and outputting an estimated time of arrival based on the selected route. ### Claim 14 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the user interface module further is configured to display an option to associate a selected destination as one of the first or second pre-defined locations. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the navigation module further is configured to output an estimated time of arrival to a destination selected in response to detection of user input. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the user interface module further is configured to display a start page upon mobile device initialization, which includes a user selectable option to activate the navigation function, and to activate the navigation function responsive to detecting a selection of the option to activate the navigation function. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the navigation module further is configured to obtain traffic congestion information over a network interface, select a route based at least in part on the traffic congestion information, and to output the estimated time of arrival based on the selected route. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the time of day criteria comprises a criteria that the current time is within one of the morning or the afternoon hours.