Apple has been granted a patent (quantity US 11650068 B2) for “presenting steered routes primarily based on native route rating” The objective is to make use of its Maps app that can assist you simply get to your vacation spot — and discover parking as soon as there.
Concerning the patent
The patent involving buying and displaying map and routing information on a tool. In it, Apple notes that cell gadgets, similar to iPhones, Apple Watches, iPads and different computing gadgets, usually embody apps similar to Maps that present interfaces that permit customers to make the most of companies from community service suppliers.
Whereas a consumer is utilizing a map utility on a cell machine, the map utility can use a community connection (e.g., Web connection) to acquire map information (e.g., map pictures, navigational information, estimated time of journey, ETA, site visitors situations, and so forth.) from a map service over the community connection. The map app can then present varied map associated companies to the consumer utilizing the map information obtained from the map service. For instance, the map utility can inform a consumer when there may be site visitors or an accident on a route between the consumer’s location and a vacation spot. Nevertheless, Apple says that customers who’re aware of a route might not all the time verify the map utility earlier than leaving on a visit, and the app might not all the time route the consumer round site visitors incidents in a means that matches the consumer’s particular wants.
Apple needs its iPhone, Apple Watch, and iPad for use to proactively decide a vacation spot and request site visitors data for routes from a beginning location to the vacation spot. In some implementations, the machine can establish some routes between a beginning location and a vacation spot as non-recommended routes and advocate different routes.
In different implementations, the machine can rank routes between a beginning location and a vacation spot primarily based on automatically-determined consumer curiosity. And in nonetheless different implementations, the machine can decide a consumer is aware of a route and modify the knowledge introduced to the consumer concerning the route accordingly.
Abstract of the patent
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent: “In some implementations, a computing machine can proactively decide a vacation spot and request site visitors data for routes from a beginning location to the vacation spot. In some implementations, a computing machine can establish some routes between a beginning location and a vacation spot as non-recommended routes and advocate different routes. In some implementations, a computing machine can rank routes between a beginning location and a vacation spot primarily based on automatically-determined consumer curiosity. In some implementations, a computing machine can decide a consumer is aware of a route and modify the knowledge introduced to the consumer concerning the route accordingly.”
