Sharing point of interest data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10824689-B2
Application number	US-201815870024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2018
Priority date	Jan 12, 2018
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A server device can receive, from a first device related to a first subscriber of a navigation service, data relating to a point of interest (POI), and an indication to share the data. The data can include on-site information associated with the POI. The on-site information can include one or more instructions regarding arrival at or departure from the POI. The device can store the data to permit the data to be accessible to other subscribers of the navigation service. The device can receive a location search request from a second device related to a second subscriber of the navigation service. The second subscriber can be different than the first subscriber. The device can determine that the location search request corresponds to the POI. The device can perform one or more actions to cause the data relating to the POI to be provided to the second device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
receive, from a first device related to a first subscriber of a navigation service, data relating to a POI, and an indication to share the data, the POI including one or more buildings, the data including:
on-site information associated with the POI, and
information regarding a virtual perimeter of an area at the POI,
wherein the on-site information includes:
at least one of:
 one or more instructions regarding arrival at the POI, or
 one or more instructions regarding departure from the POI,
and
at least two of:
 on-site radio communication channel information,
 on-site access code information, or
 on-site parking information;

store the data relating to the POI to permit the data to be accessible to other subscribers of the navigation service;
receive a location search request from a second device related to a second subscriber of the navigation service,
the second subscriber being a different user than the first subscriber;

determine that the location search request corresponds to the POI; and
perform one or more actions to cause the data relating to the POI to be provided to the second device,
wherein the one or more processors, when performing the one or more actions, are configured to specify, to the second device, the one or more instructions regarding the departure from the POI and the information regarding the virtual perimeter to permit the second device to identify the one or more instructions regarding the departure from the POI to be presented to the second subscriber when the second device exits the virtual perimeter.

2. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the data relating to the POI further includes:
geodetic coordinates associated with the POI,
a physical street address of the POI,
or
road modifier information associated with the POI.

3. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, when storing the data relating to the POI to permit the data to be accessible to the other subscribers of the navigation service, are configured to:
store the data in a data structure to permit the data to be searchable by the other subscribers.

4. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the location search request includes:
a data identifier associated with the POI, or
a subscriber identifier associated with the first subscriber.

5. The server device of claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors, when determining that the location search request corresponds to the POI, are configured to:
determine that the location search request corresponds to the POI based on the data identifier or the subscriber identifier included in the location search request.

6. The server device of claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
permit the second subscriber to provide communications to the first subscriber; and
forward the communications to the first subscriber.

7. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the on-site information includes the one or more instructions regarding the arrival at the POI, and
wherein the one or more processors, when performing the one or more actions to cause the data relating to the POI to be provided to the second device, are configured to:
perform one or more actions to specify, to the second device, the one or more instructions regarding the arrival at the POI, to permit the second device to identify the one or more instructions regarding the arrival at the POI to be presented to the second subscriber when the second device has moved to within a threshold distance from the POI.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, from a first device related to a first subscriber of a navigation service, data relating to a POI, and an indication to share the data,
the POI including one or more buildings, the data including:
on-site information associated with the POI, and
information regarding a virtual perimeter of an area at the POI, wherein the on-site information includes:
at least one of:
 one or more instructions regarding arrival at the POI, or
 one or more instructions regarding departure from the POI,
and
at least two of:
 on-site radio communication channel information,
 on-site access code information, or
on-site parking information;

store the data relating to the POI to permit the data to be accessible to other subscribers of the navigation service;
receive a location search request from a second device related to a second subscriber of the navigation service,
the second subscriber being a different user than the first subscriber;

determine that the location search request corresponds to the POI; and
perform one or more actions to cause the data relating to the POI to be provided to the second device,
wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to perform the one or more actions, cause the one or more processors to specify, to the second device, the one or more instructions regarding the departure from the POI and the information regarding the virtual perimeter to permit the second device to identify the one or more instructions regarding the departure from the POI to be presented to the second subscriber when the second device exits the virtual perimeter.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to receive the data relating to the POI and the indication to share the data, cause the one or more processors to:
receive the data relating to the POI and the indication based on one or more selections by the first subscriber.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to receive the location search request from the second device, cause the one or more processors to:
receive the location search request based on one or more selections by the second subscriber.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
perform a search of one or more data structures based on the location search request; and
determine that the POI is included in a result of the search, and
wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine that the location search request corresponds to the POI, cause the one or more processors to:
determine that the location search request corresponds to the POI based on the determination that the POI is included in the result of the search.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine that the POI is related to other stored data; and
associate the data relating to the POI with the other stored data.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to associate the data relating to the POI with the other stored data, cause the one or more processors to:
provide a reference that points the other stored data to the data relating to the POI,
wherein the reference permits the data relating to the POI to be provided as a resu

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Lear Peter J
• Rehorst Victor J
• Liang Weiyu

Classifications

• G06F16/2228

  Indexing structures · CPC title

• G06F16/9537 Primary

  Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries · CPC title

• G01C21/3641

  Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes · CPC title

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title

• G01C21/3679

  Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities (G01C21/3611 takes precedence) · CPC title