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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:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kelly Abuelsaad, Somers, NY (US);

Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);

Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, TX (US);

Shane B. McElligott, Apex, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3661 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G01C 21/3688 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an approach to providing navigation assistance, one or more computer processors receive a request for navigation assistance to a destination from a first user. The one or more computer processors dispatch a navigation assistance UAV to the first user. The one or more computer processors determine a route for the first user to follow to the destination. The one or more computer processors provide navigation assistance for the route to the first user using the navigation assistance UAV.


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