Patent ID: 8670930

Claim:
A method comprising: tracking multiple instances of routing decisions made by a user of an electronic navigation device; based on tracking multiple instances of routing decisions made by the user of the electronic navigation device, storing, in electronic storage, data that identifies at least one of (1) avoided routes that the user has avoided and times when the user avoided the avoided routes and (2) preferred routes that the user has preferred and times when the user preferred the preferred routes; accessing the stored data that identifies at least one of (1) avoided routes that the user has avoided and times when the user avoided the avoided routes and (2) preferred routes that the user has preferred and times when the user preferred the preferred routes; analyzing time information within the accessed data by at least one of (1) grouping the avoided routes into routes avoided at similar time periods and (2) grouping the preferred routes into routes preferred at similar time periods; based on the analysis of the time information within the accessed data, identifying trends of the user within particular time periods; and performing, by the electronic navigation device, an operation based on the identified trends of the user within the particular time periods.