Patent ID: 9410814
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G01C,G06N,G06Q,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: tracking locations of a plurality of users of a plurality of mobile location-aware devices over time; receiving an alternate route request from a requestor, the alternate route request identifying a desired start location and a desired stop location; determining, by a processor, at least one of one or more different routes taken by one or more users of the plurality of users from the desired start location to the desired stop location to provide to the requestor as at least one recommended alternate route, wherein the one or more users includes users other than the requestor and the different routes taken by the one or more users from the desired start location to the desired stop location include routes taken that begin before the desired start location and go through the start location and routes taken that stop beyond the desired stop location and go through the desired stop location; and enabling the at least one recommended alternate route to be provided to the requestor.