Systems and methods for providing mobile mapping services including trip prediction and route recommendation

A system for providing to a user geographical mapping information relating to a trip from a first start location to a first destination, the system including:

• a data storage device storing instructions for causing computer servers or mobile devices to provide to a user geographical mapping information relating to a trip from a first start location to a first destination;
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• a processing device configured to execute the instructions to perform a method of:
• determining, via location information generated or obtained through a user's mobile electronic device, that a user traverses a common route from the first start location to the first destination on multiple days and within a time interval on each of the multiple days, wherein observed route information of the common route is saved as trip information data for later use in providing trip route recommendations for a trip having a second start location and a second destination than the common route, the later use including one or more of avoiding one or more particular roads, using a particular highway exit, or stopping at a point prior to the first destination;
• saving the common route as a preferred user-defined route in relation to the user upon receiving the user's input requesting that the common route be saved as the preferred user-defined route;
• predicting, on a particular day, based on the location information for the user and a comparison of a current time to the time interval, that the user will be making a future trip to the first destination within the time interval on the particular day;
• upon predicting that the user will be making the future trip from the first start location to the first destination, calculating (i) one or both of a real-time duration and a distance associated with traversing the preferred user-defined route on the particular day at a time within the time interval and (ii) one or both of a real-time duration and a distance associated with traversing a fastest or shortest route from the first start location to the first destination on the particular day at a time within the time interval;
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• displaying, at a time preceding a predicted start time of the future trip by a predetermined amount of time, an identification of a shortest or fastest one of:
• (i) the preferred user-defined route, (ii) the fastest route from the first start location to the first destination, and (iii) the shortest route from the first start location to the first destination.

A computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to provide geographical mapping information to a user relating to a trip from a first start location to a first destination, the method including:

• determining, via location information generated or obtained through a user's mobile electronic device, that a user traverses a common route from the first start location to the first destination on multiple days and within a time interval on each of the multiple days, wherein observed route information of the common route is saved as trip information data for later use in providing trip route recommendations for a trip having a second start location and a second destination than the common route, the later use including one or more of avoiding one or more particular roads, using a particular highway exit, or stopping at a point prior to the first destination;
• saving the common route as a preferred user-defined route in relation to the user upon receiving the user's input requesting that the common route be saved as the preferred user-defined route;
• predicting, on a particular day, based on the location information for the user and a comparison of a current time to the time interval, that the user will be making a future trip to the first destination within the time interval on the particular day;
• upon predicting that the user will be making the future trip from the first start location to the first destination, calculating (i) one or both of a real-time duration and a distance associated with traversing the preferred user-defined route on the particular day at a time within the time interval and (ii) one or both of a real-time duration and a distance associated with traversing a fastest or shortest route from the first start location to the first destination on the particular day at a time within the time interval;
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• displaying, at a time preceding a predicted start time of the future trip by a predetermined amount of time, an identification of a shortest or fastest one of:
• (i) the preferred user-defined route, (ii) the fastest route from the first start location to the first destination, and (iii) the shortest route from the first start location to the first destination.