Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
701465000 | Determination of estimated time of arrival (ETA) | 72 |
20120010809 | NAVIGATIONAL UNIT AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GOAL - The invention relates to a navigational unit | 01-12-2012 |
20120041675 | Method and System for Coordinating Transportation Service - A method and system for coordinating transportation service is provided. A request is received for a trip generated by a client application executing on a mobile device. Which one of a set of transportation vehicles is best suited to provide the trip is determined. The one transportation vehicle to provide the trip is automatically dispatched. | 02-16-2012 |
20120059580 | MEETING NOTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION SERVICE - Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment. | 03-08-2012 |
20120130635 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A portable information terminal apparatus according to an embodiment acquires route point information corresponding to advertisement information displayed on a digital signage terminal apparatus and searches for a guidance route including a route point equivalent to the acquired route point information. Therefore, in a building such as a shopping mall, it is possible to easily guide, without increases labor of a customer as a user, the customer to a store or the like in which the customer takes an interest according to the advertisement information. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136571 | MEETING LOCATION OPTIMIZATION USING TRAVEL CRITERIA AND TELEPRESENCE COST - Systems and methods for optimizing travel criteria for a meeting are disclosed. A set of attendee originating cities may be specified along with the number of attendees from each attendee city. The system then determines various travel scenarios for each destination city in a database. An ordered list of scenarios is presented. Ordering of the list may be determined by various criteria such as the travel cost of the scenario, total mileage for travel to the destination city in the scenario, or total CO2 emissions for the scenario. Additionally, the costs may include telepresence costs associated with using a telepresence facility for the meeting. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136572 | Distance and Location-Aware Reminders in a Calendar System - A method and a system for determining a time to provide an event reminder based on a plurality of factors, including the location of a user, or the distance between the location of the user and an event location is described. A computer-implemented method includes determining the event reminder time, in response to a predefined triggering event. The method includes retrieving event information for the respective event, including an event location and an event start time. An origin of the respective user is obtained, and a travel time is determined for the respective user to travel from the origin to the event location. In accordance with the event start time and travel time, an event reminder time is determined for the respective event. Also methods and systems for providing scheduling assistance based on the travel time are described. | 05-31-2012 |
20120143501 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DESTINATION-CENTRIC EN-ROUTE NOTIFICATION DELIVERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an entry for a destination; identifying a category of interest for the destination; generating a route to the destination; recognizing a traveling context for traveling along the route to the destination; and generating an en-route notification based on matching a delivery profile to the category of interest for traveling within the traveling context for displaying on a device. | 06-07-2012 |
20120179368 | FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED TACTICAL COMMANDS FOR USE WITH AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A flight management system for use in automatically generating a flight path trajectory for an aircraft. The flight path trajectory includes a plurality of waypoints and a plurality of vectors that extend between each waypoint of the plurality of waypoints. The flight management system includes a processor that is configured to calculate a first flight path trajectory including an origin waypoint and a destination waypoint. A tactical command that indicates a change in flight trajectory is received. A second flight path trajectory based at least in part on the tactical command is calculated. The calculated second flight path trajectory includes a departure waypoint along the first flight path trajectory, an intercept waypoint along the first flight path trajectory, and a departure vector from the departure waypoint to the intercept waypoint. | 07-12-2012 |
20120226440 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MOBILE ASSETS USING ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL INFORMATION - Systems and methods for using estimated time of arrival information (ETA) for vehicles. A navigation device located in a vehicle determines the vehicle's present location, route, and ETA information. A tracking device coupled to the navigation device provides ETA information on a network. The network connection configured to transmit the ETA information from the navigation device to a recipient outside the vehicle. | 09-06-2012 |
20120253668 | Method and System for Saving and Retrieving Spatial Related Information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259542 | NAVIGATION GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A navigation system may calculate a route to a destination and output guidance information with an output device to guide a user of the navigation system along the calculated route. If it is determined that a navigation device has left the calculated route, the navigation system may prompt the user asking whether output of guidance information should be suspended. If the output of guidance information should be suspended, the navigation system may suspend the output of guidance information and calculate a new route to the destination while the output of guidance information is suspended. The navigation system may calculate an estimated arrival time at the destination based on the calculated new route and output the estimated arrival time while the output of guidance information is suspended. | 10-11-2012 |
20130060466 | AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH FLIGHT PLAN DEVIATION SYMBOLOGY - An aircraft system includes a deviation module and a visual display. The deviation module is configured to receive a flight plan with a flight segment to a waypoint, the flight plan including a lateral profile, a vertical profile, and a time profile, the time profile including a predetermined time of arrival associated with the waypoint, receive a current lateral position and a current altitude, estimate an estimated time of arrival associated with the waypoint, compare the current lateral position to the lateral profile to generate lateral deviation, compare the current altitude to the vertical profile to generate vertical deviation, and compare the predetermined time of arrival to the estimated time of arrival to generate time deviation. The visual display is coupled to the deviation module and configured to display deviation symbology representing the lateral deviation, the vertical deviation, and the time deviation. | 03-07-2013 |
20130073198 | Meeting Notification and Modification Service - Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073199 | Meeting Notification and Modification Service - Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073200 | Meeting Notification and Modification Service - Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073201 | Meeting Notification and Modification Service - Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment. | 03-21-2013 |
20130085668 | Information Transmission and Processing Systems and Methods for Freight Carriers - Methods and systems for remotely monitoring trailer or trailers attached to a vehicle is provided. The method includes associating an identification tag or ABS ECU that is configured to broadcast a trailer identification signal with a trailer. The method further includes receiving the trailer identification signal on-board the vehicle, associating the trailer identification signal with the vehicle, transmitting the trailer identification signal to a remote processor and receiving the trailer identification signal at the remote processor. The system comprises a mobile data terminal capable of generating and responding to telematic events comprising at least one processor, a graphical user interface, an input device, a memory and a set of executable instructions which may include a plurality of modules, such as a vehicle location module capable of receiving a GPS signal and transmitting the GPS signal to a remote processor for determining a location of a transportation unit. | 04-04-2013 |
20130103307 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING GEOFENCE DATA BASED ON ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL - An apparatus, method, and system for determining geofence data based on estimated time of arrival are provided. At a computing device, geofence data is determined, wherein geographic boundaries associated with the geofence data are based on a given estimated time of arrival (ETA) from one of the given location and a current location of a handheld communication device. Given location data associated with the given location is transmitted to the handheld communication device, via a communication interface, when the current location of the handheld communication device and the given location are each within the geographic boundaries such that the handheld communication device is transportable to the given location within the given estimated time of arrival. | 04-25-2013 |
20130166200 | LOCATION TRACKING FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A mobile computing device is disclosed. The mobile computing device includes a location determination circuit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit determines a current location of the mobile computing device and a destination location. The processing circuit determines an expected travel time from the current location to the destination location, and disables continuous location tracking for a duration of time. The duration is determined based on the expected travel time. Once the duration of time has elapsed, the processing circuit enables continuous location tracking. | 06-27-2013 |
20130184988 | Method and System for Saving and Retrieving Spatial Related Information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 07-18-2013 |
20130261960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ROUTE GUIDANCE - A system and method for informing commuters of real-time time of arrival and cost information with respect to one or more routes prior to commencement of a trip. Reserved lane information (e.g., toll charge, traffic speeds in the reserved and general lanes, etc.) can be integrated with a data feed provided to, for example, navigation enabled devices such as in-car guidance systems or mobile phones. Time of arrival information with respect to the destination can be provided based on wireless data indicative of traffic conditions and highway speed limit information. Additionally, real-time toll charges can be provided to the commuter for multiple routes. | 10-03-2013 |
20130317739 | FLIGHT MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT ADAPTED TO THE HANDLING OF MULTIPLE TIME CONSTRAINTS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A device and method for flight management of an aircraft along a flight plan comprises a plurality of waypoints comprising a computation of the temporal predictions determining the temporal situation of the aircraft for each waypoint of the flight plan, a temporal situation of the aircraft being defined by at least one set of information from among the group comprising the target time of transit at each waypoint the estimated minimum and maximum times of arrival at each waypoint, the estimated time of transit at the waypoint, and a formatting and display simultaneously presenting the temporal situations of the said plurality of waypoints | 11-28-2013 |
20130325331 | AUTOMATIC ORIGIN DETERMINATION FOR FASTER ROUTE REQUEST INITIATION AND RESULTING SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME - 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 current location is automatically estimated, prior to or in the absence of a GPS fix, for use as an origin in route determination. The estimation of current location is performed using a database of GPS fixes that are mapped to cell tower identifiers. For example, the database can include one or more fixes associated with each cell tower that the mobile device has used. Thus, when navigation on the device is begun, one or more cell towers to which the device can communicate are identified. If any has a GPS fix in the database, then a location derived from such GPS fix(es) can be used as an origin for navigation functions. Such navigation functions can include estimating a time of arrival at a destination, producing a route to the destination, and checking for traffic updates. | 12-05-2013 |
20130338914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING VEHICLE DRIVER OF LOCALIZED DRIVING CONDITIONS - A driving assessment system and method is described that automatically assesses driving conditions around a driver to identify safety hazards and to subsequently inform that driver when an unusually hazardous condition exists. The driving assessment is performed by obtaining and storing safety related data from the driver and from external sources and then processing that data in real time to produce a driving hazard assessment and warning. Beneficially the driving hazard assessment automatically obtains and considers existing conditions of the road system local to the driver. | 12-19-2013 |
20130345971 | PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR A CURRENT LOCATION OR TIME - A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and event information associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and, based at least in part on the duration of time, obtains a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time based on the event. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event and including information indicative of the departure time. | 12-26-2013 |
20140052371 | Method and Apparatus for Vehicle Tracking - A computer-implemented tracking method includes receiving a tracking request at a vehicle associated computing system (VACS). The method also includes authenticating the tracking request and determining a vehicle location via a GPS in communication with the VACS. The method further includes transmitting the vehicle location from the VACS to a tracking request associated computing system (TRACS). The method also includes monitoring the vehicle for at least one delay-event. The method additionally includes transmitting data corresponding to the delay event to the TRACS, contingent on the occurrence of at least one delay-event. | 02-20-2014 |
20140058665 | METHOD FOR MANAGING SCHEDULE USING USER'S LOCATION INFORMATION AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for managing a schedule based on a user's location information by a system for managing a schedule. The method comprises receiving a schedule including at least one of an appointment location, appointment contents an appointment time, and appointment target person's phone number from the user; registering the schedule which includes the user's location information by a schedule registration unit of the system; detecting the user's location by a location detection unit of the system; and sending a message related to the schedule or the user's location by a sending unit of the system. The sending of the message related to the schedule or the user's location by the sending unit of the system sends information of a changed appointment time and place to the appointment target person when the user changes the appointment schedule. | 02-27-2014 |
20140088864 | ROUTE ESTIMATION BASED UPON ENCOUNTERED AMBIENT WIRELESS SIGNAL SOURCES - Described herein are technologies related to estimating a route being traveled by a mobile device based upon detection of an array of ambient identifiable wireless signal (IWS) sources while the device is traveling. Route estimation also includes destination prediction. The ambient IWS sources are part of topography of such IWS sources that are located within reception range along a route being traveled or have been previously detected along a route that was traveled. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088865 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING ARRIVAL TIMES IN A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK - A scheduling system is provided for improving the routing performance of a plurality of objects moving through a transportation network. In one preferred application, a train scheduling system is improved by using an artificial neural network (ANN) to determine the trains' arrival times at various points in the network. Real-time data collection is minimized by training the ANN using stored data regarding historical, previously run train routes. A train's particular physical characteristics are input to the ANN to predict the trains' arrival times at the particular destination within the network. Scheduling and routing functions may then be applied to the ANN output data to determine modified, train arrival times and to make routing changes to optimize the scheduling. Completed route information is continuously fed back to the ANN and the scheduling system to retrain the ANN, assimilate the latest route data and further optimize the system's scheduling performance. | 03-27-2014 |
20140095065 | ESTIMATION OF ARRIVAL TIMES AT TRANSIT STOPS - Embodiments of the disclosure include a method for providing a consolidated estimated time of arrival in a scheduled transportation system. The method includes receiving at least one of a scheduled time of arrival, a real-time estimated time of arrival and a predictive estimated time of arrival and assigning a weight to each of the scheduled time of arrival, the real-time estimated time of arrival and the predictive estimated time of arrival. The method also includes calculating a confidence level and the consolidated estimated time of arrival based on the weights and the scheduled time of arrival, the real-time estimated time of arrival and the predictive estimated time of arrival. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095066 | ESTIMATION OF ARRIVAL TIMES AT TRANSIT STOPS - Embodiments of the disclosure include a method for providing a consolidated estimated time of arrival in a scheduled transportation system. The method includes receiving at least one of a scheduled time of arrival, a real-time estimated time of arrival and a predictive estimated time of arrival and assigning a weight to each of the scheduled time of arrival, the real-time estimated time of arrival and the predictive estimated time of arrival. The method also includes calculating a confidence level and the consolidated estimated time of arrival based on the weights and the scheduled time of arrival, the real-time estimated time of arrival and the predictive estimated time of arrival. | 04-03-2014 |
20140172294 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING EXPECTED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF OBJECTS - The embodiment provides a method for predicting Expected Time of Arrival (ETA) of an object. The method includes tracking location data of the object and estimating time of arrival of the object based on the location data and historic data of one or more objects. Further, the method includes determining whether the object reached a predefined area based on the location data of the object and sending a notification about the ETA of the object to a remote entity upon determining that the object reached the predefined area. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180575 | TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES OF CURRENT VEHICLE LOCATION AND ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME TO REQUESTORS - A wireless communication device disposed on a moving vehicle. The wireless communication device further includes a geographic location determination processor for determining a geographic location on a city map. The wireless communication device further receives a vehicle location and arrival schedule request for sending a message to a passenger waiting for the vehicle for providing the geographic location on the city map and an estimated arrival time of the vehicle to a passenger waiting for the vehicle. | 06-26-2014 |
20140180576 | ESTIMATION OF TIME OF ARRIVAL BASED UPON AMBIENT IDENTIFIABLE WIRELESS SIGNAL SOURCES ENCOUNTERED ALONG A ROUTE - Described herein are technologies related to estimating a route being traveled by a mobile device based upon detection of an array of ambient identifiable wireless signal (IWS) sources while the device is traveling. More particularly, technologies disclosed herein predict estimated-time-of-arrival (ETA). This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 06-26-2014 |
20140200804 | Systems and Methods for Estimating Time of Arrival for Vehicle Navigation - Systems and methods for estimating time of arrival for vehicle navigation are described. One embodiment of a method includes determining a route for a vehicle to reach a destination from a current location determining, by the computing device, an estimated time for reaching the destination from the current location. Embodiments of the method additionally include determining, by the computing device, a current range of the vehicle, based on current fuel level and vehicle fuel efficiency and determining, by the computing device and based on the current range, whether the vehicle can reach the destination without refueling. Some embodiments include revising, by the computing device, the estimated time for reaching the destination to include a waypoint to refuel in response to determining that the vehicle cannot reach the destination without refueling and providing, by the computing device, the estimated time for reaching the destination for display to a user. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207373 | LOCATION AND DISTANCE BASED REMINDERS - Location information of each participant may be linked to a reminder system or application on the participant's mobile computing device that reminds the participant of upcoming events, tasks, meetings, and so on. Instead of activating a reminder at a fixed reminder time, location information from location based services may be used to identify a current location of the mobile computing device. The identified current location may then be compared to a meeting, event, or other location and an estimated time to travel between the current location and the meeting location may be calculated. The estimated travel time may be used to identify a time to activate a reminder for the scheduled event so that the participant has sufficient time to travel and arrive on time and within a predetermined time window to the scheduled event. | 07-24-2014 |
20140249749 | AUGMENTED REALITY GAMING VIA GEOGRAPHIC MESSAGING - Geographic gaming via a scalable, wireless geographic broadcast protocol enables multiplayer gaming between communication devices without relying on traditional network elements. Games can be fully distributed over an ad hoc network of mobile communications devices. The scalable nature of the wireless geographic broadcast protocol enables multiplayer games to function equally well in both remote areas with no or little network service and in crowded areas containing both game players and other users of mobile communications devices. Wireless geographic broadcast messages distributed among multiplayer game participants can be used to control gameplay features and/or game elements of multiplayer games. Embodiments include simulated artillery battles, simulated throw and catch games, and simulated reconnaissance elements. | 09-04-2014 |
20140278069 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REPRESENTING TIME OF ARRIVAL INFORMATION ON A COCKPIT DISPLAY - A method is provided for displaying information on a display device of an aircraft. The method comprises receiving data indicating a point selected from a trajectory of a flight path; determining an estimated time of arrival minimum and an estimated time of arrival maximum based on the point; and displaying in a dialogue box associated with the trajectory of the flight path the estimated time of arrival minimum and the estimated time of arrival maximum for the point. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278070 | Warning for Frequently Traveled Trips Based on Traffic - Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel prediction engine that (1) can formulate predictions about current or future destinations and/or routes to such destinations for a user, and (2) can relay information to the user about these predictions. In some embodiments, this engine includes a machine-learning engine that facilitates the formulation of predicted future destinations and/or future routes to destinations based on stored, user-specific data. The user-specific data is different in different embodiments. In some embodiments, the stored, user-specific data includes data about any combination of the following: (1) previous destinations traveled to by the user, (2) previous routes taken by the user, (3) locations of calendared events in the user's calendar, (4) locations of events for which the user has electronic tickets, and (5) addresses parsed from recent e-mails and/or messages sent to the user. In some embodiments, the prediction engine only relies on user-specific data stored on the device on which this engine executes. Alternatively, in other embodiments, it relies only on user-specific data stored outside of the device by external devices/servers. In still other embodiments, the prediction engine relies on user-specific data stored both by the device and by other devices/servers. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278071 | ESTIMATING TIMES TO LEAVE AND TO TRAVEL - In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises obtaining a present location value indicating a present location of a computing device and event data indicating an event location and an event time; determining a route of travel between the present location and the event location for a mode of transportation from the present location to the event location; determining one or more route segments in the route of travel; determining one or more estimated journey times respectively for each of the route segments; adding one or more padding time values to each of the route segments; determining a total travel time based upon the journey times and the padding time values for all of the route segments; determining a recommended time to leave based upon a current time and a difference between the event time and the total travel time; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278072 | VOICE AND TOUCH USER INTERFACE - Various examples are directed to an electronic device capable of touch input through a touch-sensitive surface and/or voice input through a microphone. In some examples, the electronic device may be used in an automobile. For example, some or all of the electronic device may be mounted in a dashboard for use while driving. The electronic device may provide informational content, entertainment content, navigation, and communication features in such a manner that user interaction may be minimized, thus providing a safe driving experience. This can be accomplished by performing tasks and presenting content automatically, without the need for user input, and by allowing user input through voice controls, touch screen controls, and/or physical controls mounted on the dashboard or steering wheel, among other possibilities. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288821 | Vehicle Arrival Prediction - A method and apparatus for predicting the arrival time of a transit vehicle at a transit stop of a transit route is presented. The arrival time is predicted using historical location information of a plurality of vehicles that have previously traveled the route, location information of several of the most recent vehicles that have arrived at the stop, and current location information of a particular vehicle currently traveling the route. Values such as average arrival times and arrival time errors or variances are determined from the historical and recent location data. These values are used with the current location information to predict the arrival time of the particular vehicle. | 09-25-2014 |
20140330514 | Method and System for Saving and Retrieving Spatial Related Information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 11-06-2014 |
20140343841 | PROVIDING PREDICTED TRAVEL INFORMATION - A computing system includes at least one processor and at least one module operable by the at least one processor to receive location information associated with a computing device, including indications of locations at which the computing device was previously located and an indication of a current location of the computing device, determine, based at least in part on the location information, a predicted destination, determine, based at least in part on the current location of the computing device and the predicted destination, a predicted travel route, determine, based at least in part on an amount of traffic along the predicted travel route, a predicted arrival time, determine, based at least in part on the predicted destination, one or more other users, and send an indication of the predicted arrival time to one or more computing devices associated with the one or more other users. | 11-20-2014 |
20140365115 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRAVEL TIME INFORMATION - Location technologies are combined with other information systems to provide augmented information for individuals such as a traveler in an automobile. | 12-11-2014 |
20150046083 | DYNAMIC ETA AND STA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A transportation system may store a standard time of arrival table including standard time of arrivals for fixed stops and waypoints or geo-sections. Delay of a vehicle reaching a fixed stop is determined and may be used to determine an estimated time of arrival to a destination on the route. Delay may be determined in response to traversing the waypoints or geo-sections on the route, and the estimated time of arrival may be updated according to the delay at each waypoint or geo-section. | 02-12-2015 |
20150057923 | METHOD FOR CAR NAVIGATING USING TRAFFIC SIGNAL DATA - There is a provided a method for car navigating using traffic signal data. The method for car navigating is characterized of providing an optimized route for the earliest arrival to destinations by using signal system data of one or more traffic signals existing on a certain route. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066361 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING VEHICLES TO TRIPS - A method, apparatus and computer program products are provided for matching a transit vehicle to a trip. An example method may comprise receiving probe data, the probe data comprising at least one of identity information, location information, or time information corresponding to the transit vehicle, causing placement of the probe data into a queue, wherein a placement in the queue is dependent on how much of the trip the transit vehicle has completed as indicated by the probe data, and causing assignment of the transit vehicle to a single candidate trip from among a set of candidate trips comprising a scheduled arrival time at a next closest stop closest to a calculated arrival time. | 03-05-2015 |
20150073702 | PROVIDING TRANSIT INFORMATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining transit routes through crowd-sourcing, for determining an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a vehicle of the transit route at a given location, and for providing predictive reminders to a user for catching a vehicle of the transit route. A server receives signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some devices. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is moving. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is associated with a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information satisfies one or more selection criteria. The server stores information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073703 | PROVIDING TRANSIT INFORMATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining transit routes through crowd-sourcing, for determining an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a vehicle of the transit route at a given location, and for providing predictive reminders to a user for catching a vehicle of the transit route. A server receives signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some devices. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is moving. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is associated with a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information satisfies one or more selection criteria. The server stores information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route. | 03-12-2015 |
20150088417 | System and Method for Dynamic Path Optimization - Techniques of dynamic path optimization are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving an instruction to determine an optimal path from a source geographical location to a destination geographical location, and determining an optimal path from the source geographical location to the destination geographical location using corresponding historical traffic information for each one of a plurality of sub-paths. The historical traffic information for each sub-path may correspond to an estimated arrival time at a start location for the corresponding sub-path and be used to select sub-paths from the plurality of sub-paths. The selected sub-paths may define the optimal path. In some embodiments, the historical traffic information comprises an indication of traffic flow for the corresponding sub-path. In some embodiments, the indication of traffic flow comprises an average speed of traffic flow. | 03-26-2015 |
20150134242 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 05-14-2015 |
20150142307 | ROUTE SEARCH SYSTEM, ROUTE SEARCH METHOD, AND ROUTE SEARCH PROGRAM - A route search system according to one embodiment includes a receiving unit, a first search unit, a determination unit, a second search unit, and an output unit. The receiving unit receives search criteria. The first search unit searches for a first route and time required based on the search criteria by referring to a storage unit that stores route information. The determination unit determines whether a difference between user's time and the time required is equal to or more than a specified value. When the difference is the specified value or more, the second search unit searches for a second route that takes a longer time than the first route. The output unit outputs the second route. | 05-21-2015 |
20150294568 | RADIO DEVICE - A first processor derives a first arrival time to be taken for a vehicle and another vehicle travelling straight ahead to intersect at a point. A second processor derives a second arrival time to be taken for the vehicle and the other vehicle running on a straight line linking the vehicle and the other vehicle to encounter at a point. A third processor derives a first range of travelling directions the vehicle can take between the second arrival time and the first arrival time and derives a second range of travelling directions the other vehicle can take between the second arrival time and the first arrival time. A determiner determines relative relation between the vehicle and the other vehicle at a time of intersection between the vehicle and the other vehicle, based on difference between the first range and the second range. | 10-15-2015 |
20150308844 | TRAVEL TIME INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND TRAVEL TIME INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A travel time information providing apparatus includes a probability distribution storage unit configured to store first probability distribution data which expresses an embarkation waiting time for each location where the waiting time occurs and second probability distribution data which expresses a travel time for each location where the travel time occurs; a route acquiring unit configured to acquire a route connecting a point of origin and a destination; a travel time calculating unit configured to calculate a probability distribution of a total travel time by convoluting all probability distribution data corresponding to an embarkation waiting time which occurs on the route and a travel time which occurs on the route; and an information providing unit configured to determine an estimated travel time based on the calculated probability distribution, and output the estimated travel time. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317761 | FLIGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL THEREOF - Disclosed are a system and method for providing flight information. A system for providing flight information according to one embodiment comprises a control unit identifying an airport user, controlling to generate and provide flight information to the identified airport user, receiving a predetermined item or an information request signal within the provided flight information, and controlling a processing corresponding to the received item or information request signal, and an information providing device outputting the flight information and processed results corresponding to the request signal, wherein the control unit controls to provide flight information including visual information respective to entry and departure and airplane flight information linked to the visual information in at least one format of a map, a graph, and a three-dimensional (3D) display, and wherein the information providing device includes at least one of a mobile device of the identified airport user and a previously installed in-airport display device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150323327 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A TRAVEL PLAN THAT CALLS FOR AT LEAST ONE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE UNIT - Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving a request for transporting one or more end users towards a destination location; presenting at least one or more portions of a travel plan for facilitating the one or more end users to travel to the destination location from a starting location, the travel plan identifying at least two route legs including at least one transport route leg that calls for at least one transportation vehicle unit to transport the one or more end users over the transport route leg; and transmitting a request for one or more transportation vehicle units to rendezvous with the one or more end users at a rendezvous location in order to transport the one or more end users over the at least one transport leg. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 11-12-2015 |
20150345979 | ROUTE SEARCH APPARATUS, ROUTE SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a route search apparatus including a measuring unit configured to measure a traveling distance or a traveling time, a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information of a current point, a start point registering unit configured to register the position information, which is acquired by the position information acquiring unit when the measuring unit starts the measurement, as position information of a start point, and a route searching unit configured to, if an operation of returning to the start point is detected, search a return route between the current point designated as a departure point when the operation of returning to the start point is detected and the start point designated as a destination. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350835 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN APPLICATION ENGINE BASED ON REAL-TIME COMMUTE ACTIVITY - An approach is provided for an application engine (e.g., a gaming engine) based on real-time location-based data. In one embodiment, an application engine determines one or more location-based data sources associated with at least one device. The one or more location-based data sources are determined in at least substantially real-time while the at least one device is engaged in at least one travel activity. The application engine then determines one or more elements of an application engine based, at least in part, on the one or more location-based data sources. The application engine causes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more elements at the least one device during the at least one travel activity. In one embodiment, the application engine also causes, at least in part, a transformation of the one or more map data elements based, at least in part, on the one or more location-based data sources. | 12-03-2015 |
20150354963 | PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR A CURRENT LOCATION OR TIME - A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and event information associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and, based at least in part on the duration of time, obtains a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time based on the event. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event and including information indicative of the departure time. | 12-10-2015 |
20160011001 | INTEGRATION OF HOURS OF SERVICE AND NAVIGATION | 01-14-2016 |
20160029156 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH CONTENT DELIVERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a time fence with a control unit based on a provider location relative to a travel waypoint; generating a notification based on the time fence meeting or below a tolerable time threshold; and communicating the notification based on a delivery type for providing on a device. | 01-28-2016 |
20160033283 | EFFICIENT ROUTE PLANNING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS - This document discloses a system that selects a path to reach a destination in a transportation network. The system receives information related to a public transportation network with multiple stops. Each stop includes at least one associated link with another stop. Each the link represents a mode of transportation between two stops. When the system receives a request for a routes between an origin and a destination within the transportation network, it will determine a set of routes between the origin and the destination using an iterative process without reference to a graph representation of the network. The system will select a shortest path that corresponds to the route having the earliest arrival time at the destination. The system will also select an alternative path that corresponds to a route having an arrival time that is no more than a threshold amount later than the earliest arrival time. | 02-04-2016 |
20160040999 | SELECTED DRIVER NOTIFICATION OF TRANSITORY ROADTRIP EVENTS - An event search area for searching for events of interest to the user, including a maximum off-route crow-fly distance from a user in-route travel path is established. One or more events of interest to the user is determined based on the established event search area. Each of the off-route travel paths that connect each event to the user in-route travel path is also determined. An off-route driving time and a total in-route and off-route driving time from the user in-route travel path to the applicable determined event and back are computed. The one determined off-route travel path that has a minimum computed off-route driving time and the one or more of the determined off-route travel paths that has a minimum computed total in-route and off-route driving time are identified and notified to the user. | 02-11-2016 |
20160055605 | ARRANGING A TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR A USER BASED ON THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE USER - A system and method of arranging a transport service for a user is described. The system determines a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a user to a specified location data point based, at least in part, on a position of a user device operated by the user. The system also determines a second ETA of a vehicle of a set of vehicles to the specified location data point. When the first ETA and the second ETA are within a predetermined amount of time of each other, the system can select a driver to provide a transport service for the user based, at least in part, on the specified location data point. | 02-25-2016 |
20160123753 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamic Destination Arrival Time Updating - A system includes a processor configured to receive vehicle information including at least location and fuel level. The processor is also configured to determine a current estimated time-of-arrival (ETA) to an event-associated destination based on travel time from the location. The processor is further configured to determine a fuel-level impact on the current ETA. Also, the processor is configured to provide a remote party update, including the current ETA, responsive to the current ETA deviating from a previous ETA by more than a threshold deviance. | 05-05-2016 |
20160123761 | LINEAR ROUTE PROGRESS INTERFACE - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing linear route progress. For example, a linear route progress interface, comprising a linear route representation of a route from a starting location to a destination location, may be displayed. The linear route representation may linearly represent a progress of the user along the route (e.g., as opposed to directions on a map that may otherwise visually overwhelm a user merely interested in traffic flow and/or incident information that may affect an arrival time of the user). The linear route progress interface may be populated with traffic flow indicators (e.g., traffic flow speed) and/or incident indictors (e.g., indicating accidents, construction, etc.). A user indicator, corresponding to a current position of the user, may be populated within the linear route progress interface. The user indicator and/or the linear route representation may be modified to illustrate user progress along the route. | 05-05-2016 |
20160138930 | NOTIFYING A MOBILE BODY THAT THE MOBILE BODY IS APPROACHING PARTICULAR AREA - A method for notifying a mobile body that the mobile body is approaching a particular area comprising calculating a plurality of areas where the mobile body may arrive on the basis of dynamic map information; calculating, for each event occurring in the plurality of areas, an arriving probability of arriving at a region affected by the event; extracting an avoidance position for enabling the mobile body to avoid arriving at the region affected by the event; calculating an encountering probability of meeting the region affected by the event on the basis of a reliability of the event, the arriving probability, and the avoidance position, and notifying the mobile body of the encountering probability. | 05-19-2016 |
20160161279 | LOCATION BASED POINT OF INTEREST NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system for an automotive vehicle that travels on roads includes a vehicle positioning apparatus that determines location data associated with the vehicle. A source of attraction location data provides location data associated with a plurality of attractions that are of interest to a user of the vehicle. A processing device is communicatively coupled to the vehicle positioning apparatus and to the source of attraction location data. The processing device calculates a distance and direction from the vehicle to at least one of the attractions of interest. The calculating is based upon the location data associated with the vehicle and the location data associated with the attractions of interest. A graphical display arrangement is communicatively coupled to the processing device. The graphical display arrangement indicates the calculated distance and direction without graphically indicating orientation of roads on which the vehicle may travel. | 06-09-2016 |
20160169691 | ARRIVAL TIME NOTIFICATION SYSTEM USING SMART GLASSES AND METHOD THEREOF | 06-16-2016 |
20160202066 | MODIFYING TRAVEL ESTIMATES | 07-14-2016 |
20160202074 | PREDICTING AND UTILIZING VARIABILITY OF TRAVEL TIMES IN MAPPING SERVICES | 07-14-2016 |