Patent ID: 9304007
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G01C

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing to a user geographical mapping information relating to a trip from a start location to a destination location, the method including: receiving, from a user's electronic device and over a network, user input data including at least the destination location and a break point parameter, wherein the break point parameter received from the user includes one or more of: a maximum preferred driving leg time, a maximum preferred driving leg distance, a vehicle fuel range, and a vehicle battery range; calculating one or more routes from the start location to the destination location, based on the user input data and the break point parameter; identifying one or more intermediate break point locations along the one or more routes based on the break point parameter received from the user; identifying an area extending along the route around each intermediate break point location and including one or more potential highway exit points; evaluating, for each intermediate break point location, a density or type of points of interest associated with each potential highway exit point within the area of the intermediate break point location; determining, for each intermediate break point location, a recommended highway exit point from among each of the potential highway exit points within the area of the intermediate break point location, based on the evaluation of the density or type of points of interest; and displaying, on the user's electronic device, one or more routes from the start location to the destination location, the routes being divided into a plurality of segments according to the one or more recommended highway exit points.