Apple Inc.

Jan F Sanchez Dudus

Brian J Andrich

Usama Mikael Hajj

Ellis Marshall Verosub

Ian Leighton

Nathan L Fillhardt

Christopher Y Tremblay

Yun Jae Kim

Tim A Aerts

Leo Emile Jean Pierre Vallet

Ray R Chen

Ishan Bhutani

Mikey M Fujihara

Sara E Marcus

Nick Provenzano

Alex Benevento

Samantha J Bennett

Sara A Bergquist

Scott G Jackson

Brandon J Pung

Michael H Schrag

Thomas Pajor

In some implementations, a computing device can present alight notifications to a user when the user (e.g., user device) is approaching a public transit stop where the user should depart the public transit vehicle the user is currently occupying. For example, a user may use a user device to generate a public transit route that includes a starting location, a sequence of public transit stops, and a destination location. While traversing the transit route, the user may need to exit public transit vehicle (e.g., to reach the destination location, to switch transit lines, etc.). The user device can identify transit stops along the route where the user should exit a transit vehicle and present notifications prompting the user to exit the transit vehicle at the upcoming stop as the user device approaches the identified transit stops.

Presenting transit alight notifications

Some embodiments of the invention provide a navigation application that generates navigation instructions for a route, including navigation instruction for navigating within a venue. One example of such a venue is transit station. The navigation application identifies a portion of the route that includes two locations within a station, such as an access point (e.g., an entrance or exit) of the transit station and a platform within the station at which a transit vehicle arrives. The application identifies a path between the two locations (e.g., between an access point and a platform, between two platforms within the station, between a platform and another location within the station, or between any arbitrary two locations within the station). The application provides several turn-by-turn navigation instructions for navigating the path based on actual instructions signs that are displayed within the station to provide guidance for traveling between different locations in the station. For some embodiments, surveyors manually curate the instruction signs by traversing through the station and recording the instruction signs. Alternatively, or conjunctively, some embodiments identify the station signs by obtaining information about them from one or more servers of station operators or third parties.

In-venue transit navigation

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Jan F Sanchez Dudus