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Driving profile method and system
Assignee: Here Global BV
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Filing: 2001-06-06
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Granted: 2003-09-30
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Expires: 2021-06-06
Abstract
Abstract A navigation system includes a driving profile program. The driving profile program collects information about an end user's driving activity. The information relates to trips made by the end user. The information includes departure times, intermediate stops, arrival times, purposes of the trips, and so on. After collecting this information over a period of time, the driving profile program analyzes the end user's driving activity. The driving profile program provides the end user with a driving activity profile. In addition, the driving profile program determines ways to reduce the amount of time and/or expense that the end user spends traveling in his/her vehicle and suggests modifications to the end user's driving activity that would save the end user time or expense.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank Kozak
- 👤 Mark Barton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 16:50
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/20; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/3453; G01C21/3484; G06; G06Q; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06Q50/18; G06Q50/188
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 39
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of operation of a navigation system comprising: monitoring trips made over a period of time by an end user with a motor vehicle; storing data that represent said trips made by the end user with the motor vehicle, wherein said data indicate destinations of said trips and purposes associated with said trips; analyzing said data that represent the trips; determining ways to reduce an amount of travel time spent on future trips to be made by the end user to accomplish said purposes; and reporting said ways to the end user.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of operation of a navigation system comprising: monitoring trips made over a period of time by an end user with a motor vehicle; storing data that represent said trips made by the end user with the motor vehicle, wherein said data indicate destinations of said trips and purposes associated with said trips; analyzing said data that represent the trips; determining ways to reduce an amount of travel time spent on future trips to be made by the end user to accomplish said purposes; and reporting said ways to the end user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said monitoring is performed using data derived from positioning equipment located in the motor vehicle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said period of time is at least one month.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said period of time is several months.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said ways include reducing a number of trips made to the same destination.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said ways include changing a time at which a trip to a destination is begun.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said ways include combining separate trips.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said ways include car-pooling with another end user.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said ways include substituting a destination of a given type for a different destination of the same type.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said ways include substituting online purchases for trips to a certain destination.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: presenting the end user with an interactive interface through which driving activity modifications can be suggested by the end user; and providing the end user with an estimate of how the driving activity modifications suggested by the end user would affect the amount of time spent on future trips to be made by the end user.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said steps of storing, analyzing, and determining are performed on a navigation server located remotely from a computing platform operated by the end user.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the navigation system is a standalone navigation system and wherein said steps of storing, analyzing, and determining are performed on the standalone navigation system.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of determining takes into account traffic conditions at different times of day.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of determining takes into account driving activity of other end users.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: including advertising when reporting said ways to the end user.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said purposes associated with said trips are determined by obtaining information from a route calculation application.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said purposes associated with said trips are determined by matching a location at which the end user stops said motor vehicle to a location of a business.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 18 wherein said location of said business is obtained from a geographic database.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 18 wherein said location at which the end user stops said motor vehicle is obtained from positioning equipment located in the motor vehicle.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: reporting to the end user how much time is wasted on unnecessary trips.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of operation of a navigation system comprising: using a navigation system to monitor trips made over a period of time by an end user with a motor vehicle; storing data that represent said trips made by the end user with the motor vehicle, wherein said data include destinations of said trips and purposes associated with said trips; analyzing said data that represent the trips; determining an amount of time spent on unnecessary trips made by the end user; and reporting about said unnecessary trips to the end user.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of operation of a navigation system comprising: using a navigation system to monitor trips made over a period of time by an end user with a motor vehicle; storing data that represent said trips made by the end user with the motor vehicle, wherein said data include destinations of said trips and purposes associated with said trips; analyzing said data that represent the trips; determining an amount of time spent on unnecessary trips made by the end user; and reporting about said unnecessary trips to the end user.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said period of time is at least one month.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said period of time is several months.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of claim 22 further comprising: presenting the end user with an interactive interface through which driving activity modifications can be suggested by the end user; and providing the end user with an estimate of how the driving activity modifications suggested by the end user would affect an amount of time spent on future trips to be made by the end user.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said steps of storing, analyzing, and determining are performed on a navigation server located remotely from a computing platform operated by the end user.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 22 wherein the navigation system is a standalone navigation system and wherein said steps of storing, analyzing, and determining are performed on the standalone navigation system.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said step of determining takes into account traffic conditions at different times of day.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said step of determining takes into account the driving activity of other end users.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 22 further comprising: including advertising when reporting to the end user.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said purposes associated with said trips are determined by obtaining information from a route calculation application.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 22 wherein said purposes associated with said trips are determined by matching a location at which the end user stops said motor vehicle to a location of a business.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 32 wherein said location of said business is obtained from a geographic database.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 32 wherein said location at which the end user stops said motor vehicle is obtained from positioning equipment located in the motor vehicle.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
91 words
A driving profile program stored on a computer-readable media comprising: a data collection component that obtains data about the driving activities of each of a plurality of end users; a driving history storage component that stores the data about the driving activities of the plurality of end users; a driving analysis component that analyzes the data about the driving activity of each end user and determines time saving modifications; and a reporting component that provides each end user with a report indicating the time saving modifications determined for the end user.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
91 words
A driving profile program stored on a computer-readable media comprising: a data collection component that obtains data about the driving activities of each of a plurality of end users; a driving history storage component that stores the data about the driving activities of the plurality of end users; a driving analysis component that analyzes the data about the driving activity of each end user and determines time saving modifications; and a reporting component that provides each end user with a report indicating the time saving modifications determined for the end user.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
41 words
The driving profile program of claim 35 further comprising: an interactive component by which each end user can propose modifications to an associated driving activity profile and receive estimates of how the modifications would affect the time spent traveling to destinations.
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