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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
David Grochocki, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Elizabeth Salowitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Ana Lilia Otero Diaz, Woodinville, WA (US);
Kshitij Sethi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kshitij Mehta, Bothell, WA (US);
Jeff West, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mansi Rajkondawar, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A navigation device is provided that includes one or more input devices configured to receive starting and ending locations for route navigation, and a processor configured to retrieve user route preferences. The user route preferences may indicate one or more preferred route characteristics. The processor further may be configured to receive a request for a route from a starting location to an ending location via the one or more input devices, to read stored map information including a plurality of route segments. Each route segment may include route segment data indicating one or more route characteristics of that route segment. The processor may further be configured to generate a personalized route that includes at least one route segment having route segment data indicating at least one of the one or more preferred route characteristics of the user, and to display the personalized route to the user.