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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2007
Applicants:

Michael Lews Seltzer, Seattle, WA (US);

John C. Krumm, Redmond, WA (US);

Jeffrey D. Couckuyt, Bothell, WA (US);

Ivan J. Tashev, Kirkland, WA (US);

Ruston Panabaker, Redmond, WA (US);

Neil W. Black, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Lews Seltzer, Seattle, WA (US);

John C. Krumm, Redmond, WA (US);

Jeffrey D. Couckuyt, Bothell, WA (US);

Ivan J. Tashev, Kirkland, WA (US);

Ruston Panabaker, Redmond, WA (US);

Neil W. Black, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A route can be generated through utilization of a conventional manner, such as a portable electronic device accessing a database with roads, traffic information, weather data, and the like. As a user approaches a private area, the route can be augmented with travel information concerning the private area. Artificial intelligence techniques can be used to determine if a route should be augmented, to infer what augmentations to make, etc.


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