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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jessamyn Smallenburg, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a controller programmed to identify tag phrases for locations that express a relationship between the location and a learned location tag. The tag phrases are based on words and word sequences learned from prior selections and inputs of a user. The controller is programmed to communicate the tag phrases to the user and provide trip assistance based on a selected tag phrase chosen by the user. The locations and tag phrases are accessible to devices such that locations are identified with common tag phrases on each of the devices.


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