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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Applicant:
Eli U. Brandt, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Eli U. Brandt, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for determining the mode of travel of a location aware device. Data from the location aware device is received, which includes location aware data about the speed, location, and navigational route of the location aware device and data about the connection of the location aware device to a power source. These features of data from the location aware device are used to determine the mode of travel of the location aware device. The data from the location aware device can also be used to determine preferred routes of navigation, speed of roads, and traffic on roads.