Patent ID: 7233861

Claim:
A method for predicting vehicle operator destinations, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of vehicle position data for previous trips of a vehicle; segmenting the vehicle position data into one or more individual trips based on one or more of an ignition cycle and an extended period of time at a single geographic location, each individual trip including a starting location, an ending location, a start time, a route and a duration; replacing two or more of the individual trips with a regular trip if both of the individual trips have proximate starting locations, ending locations, start times, routes and durations, wherein a starting location of the regular trip is the average of the starting locations of both trips, an ending location of the regular trip is the average of the ending locations of both trips, a start time of the regular trip is the average of the start times of both trips, a route of the regular trip is the route of one of the individual trips, and a duration of the regular trip is the average of the durations of both trips; and storing the regular trips in a database.