Patent ID: 9372087
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G01C

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing destination information executed by a processor included in a destination-information providing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving information of a current position of a terminal apparatus; extracting a current location corresponding to the current position from route information including a plurality of entries respectively having a combination of a location, coordinate points of the location, and one or more adjacent locations adjacent to the location; determining one or more first destination candidates respectively indicating a candidate of a next destination for the current location, based on probability information including a plurality of entries respectively having a combination of a current location, a destination, and a probability with which a plurality of travelers who are at the current location move to the destination; determining one or more second destination candidates among the one or more first destination candidates based on the probability information, when the next destination is not uniquely identifiable from among the one or more first destination candidates; extracting a nearby location adjacent to each of the one or more second destination candidates and the current location from among one or more adjacent locations corresponding to the current location included in the route information; and determining the next destination among the one or more second destination candidates, by assuming the nearby location as the current location of the terminal apparatus and based on probabilities with which a plurality of travelers who are at the nearby location move to the one or more second destination candidates included in the probability information.