Providing light navigation guidance

US11879746B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Patrick J. Coleman · San Ramon, US
• Brian J. Andrich · San Francisco, US
• Daniel Delling · Mountain View, US
• Dennis Schieferdecker · Cupertino, US
• Ethan T. Bold · San Francisco, US
• Hengbin Luo · San Jose, US
• Michael Wegner · Berlin, DE
• Rami Khawandi · London, GB
• Lili Cao · Sunnyvale, US
• Hyo Jeong Shin · Santa Clara, US
• Richard B. Warren · Redwood City, US
• Ronald K. Huang · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B29/102
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In some implementations, a computing device can proactively determine a destination and request traffic information for routes from a starting location to the destination. In some implementations, a computing device can identify some routes between a starting location and a destination as non-recommended routes and recommend other routes. In some implementations, a computing device can rank routes between a starting location and a destination based on automatically-determined user interest. In some implementations, a computing device can determine a user is familiar with a route and adjust the information presented to the user about the route accordingly.