Patent ID: 7991544
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting and presenting a route to a user comprising: storing on at least one of a server and a device a plurality of associations, each association between a route taken by a user and characteristics of the user; receiving from a particular user a request for at least one recommended route to a destination point; formulating a query based on user specified parameters, including an origination point, the destination point, and characteristics of other users, to obtain routes taken by other users; retrieving, in response to the query, from the stored plurality of associations, a plurality of routes taken by other users having at least some of the characteristics of other users and related to at least one of the origination point and the destination point; and presenting at least one recommended route to the particular user based on at least one of the retrieved routes that most closely matches the user specified parameters, wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one of the server and the device.