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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Paul A. Viola, Seattle, WA (US);
Zhaowei Jiang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John C. Krumm, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew Graham Dyor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul A. Viola, Seattle, WA (US);
Zhaowei Jiang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John C. Krumm, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew Graham Dyor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A suggestive mapping device may predict, suggest, and/or provide potential destinations to a user. Additionally, the device may store historical location data of the user, determine a travel vector of the user, and predict the destination of the user based at least in part on the historical location data and/or the travel vector. Further, the device may provide hands-free maps to destinations when the user does not know the address at least by receiving contextual data of the user and/or contextual data of the user's contacts. Such hands-free, suggestive mapping devices may facilitate more effective navigation.