IP Library Granted Patent US 9,664,526
Granted Patent B2
US 9,664,526 · App. 14/827,158 · Granted May 30, 2017

Method and system for using routine driving information

Inventor: Stefan Bernad Raab (South Riding, VA)
Assignee: DISH Network Corporation
G01C21/3484G01C21/00G01C21/26G01C21/3492
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Patent No.
US 9,664,526
App. No.
14/827,158
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method according to an embodiment of the invention is provided for identifying at least one routing option for use in routing a user from a current location to at least one destination comprising. The method includes the operations of: receiving electronic data identifying at least one destination; receiving electronic data indicating a current location; accessing, from the at least one memory device, historical information associated with at least one route segment, wherein the at least one route segment is interposed between the current location and the at least one destination; receiving, from at least one navigation service provider, a current condition for each of the at least one route segment; identifying, based on the current location, the historical information associated with at least one route segment, and the current condition for each of the at least one route segment, at least one routing option for use in routing a user from the current location to the at least one destination; and outputting at least one navigation direction, wherein the at least one navigation direction include an identification of the at least one routing option.

Claims (36)

1. A computer implemented method for identifying at least one routing option for use in routing a user from a current location to at least one user preferred destination comprising:

receiving electronic data identifying at least one user preferred destination;

receiving electronic data indicating a current location of the user;

accessing, from the at least one memory device, historical information associated with at least one route segment, wherein the at least one route segment is interposed between the current location and the at least one destination;

accessing at least one user routing preference;

receiving, from at least one navigation service provider, a current condition for each of the at least one route segment;

identifying, based on the current location, the historical information associated with at least one route segment, the current condition for each of the at least one route segment, and the at least one user routing preference, at least one routing option for use in routing a user from the current location to the at least one destination; and

outputting at least one navigation direction, wherein the at least one navigation direction include an identification of the at least one routing option.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

converting the at least one navigation direction into at least one human audibly perceptible navigation instruction; and

outputting, via at least one speaker, the at least one human audibly perceptible navigation instruction.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

converting the at least one navigation direction into at least one human visually perceptible navigation instruction; and

outputting, via at least one display device, the at least one human visually perceptible navigation instruction.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising:

outputting, via the at least one display device, information regarding the at least one destination.

5. The method of claim 3 , comprising:

receiving an indication of at least one website, wherein the at least one web site identifies information relating to the at least one destination;

establishing an electronic connection with the at least one website;

accessing, via the at least one website, information relating to the at least one destination;

identifying at least one first portion of the information relating to the at least one destination; and

outputting, via the at least one display device, the first portion of the information relating to the at least one destination.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first portion of the information relating to the at least one destination is identified based on historical trip data for the user.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first portion of the information relating to the at least one destination is identified based on a user preference.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data indicating the current location includes date and time data and the historical information associated with at least one route segment identifies a starting destination based on the date and time data.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical information associated with at least one route segment identifies at least one statistic associated with at least one route segment.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one current condition indicates at least one road traffic condition.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the destination is at least one point of interest.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic data identifying the at least one destination is received in response to a user selecting the at least one destination using at least one interface module.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the at least one interface module includes a microphone for receiving a spoken identification of the at least one destination.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one destination is a dynamic destination and the method further comprises identifying the dynamic destination.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the dynamic destination is identified based on historical trip date for the user.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the dynamic destination is identified based on at least one rating of a plurality of potential destinations satisfying one or more given criterion identified by a user using an interface module.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the one or more given criterion identify a routine destination area and a second of the one or more given criterion identify one or more points of interest.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical information includes statistical information associated with the user routinely traveling between a first location and the at least one destination on a first route at a first time of day, the first route including a plurality of route segments.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the current location arises on at least one of the plurality of route segments for the first route.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
To: DBSD SATELLITE SERVICES G.P.
Reel/Frame 055027/0519 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: DBSD SATELLITE SERVICES G.P.
To: DBSD SERVICES LTD
Reel/Frame 055027/0846 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: DBSD SERVICES LTD
To: DBSD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055028/0080 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: DISH NETWORK CORPORATIN
To: DBSD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055028/0895 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2018
From: RAAB, STEFAN BERNARD
To: ICO SATELLITE SERVICES, G.P.
Reel/Frame 047459/0942 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2018
From: DBSD SATELLITE SERVICES G.P.
To: DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047460/0175 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 9, 2018
From: ICO SATELLITE SERVICES G.P.
To: DBSD SATELLITE SERVICES G.P.
Reel/Frame 047496/0745 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14095807 · Dec 3, 2013
Continuation 12042207 · Mar 4, 2008
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