Abstract: Systems and methods of providing a user interface in which map features associated with places are selectively highlighted are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a computer system receives a request for a transportation service associated with a place, retrieves an entrance geographic location for the place from a database, with the entrance geographic location being stored in association with the place in the database and representing an entrance for accessing the place, generating route information based on the retrieved entrance geographic location, with the route information indicating a route from an origin geographic location of a computing device of a user to the entrance geographic location of the place, and causing the generated route information to be displayed within a user interface on a computing device of the user.

Abstract: A server includes a communication device and a controller. The communication device receives information about whether a destination is set from a vehicle. The controller sets a radio signal recommendation scheme based on whether the destination is set, determines whether a recommended radio signal recommended in a set recommendation scheme is applicable, and transmits a radio signal recommendation list generated based on a determination result. A vehicle receives the radio signal recommendation list from the server when a strength of the received radio signal is less than a specified value, compares a strength of at least one radio signal included in the radio signal recommendation list with the strength of the received radio signal, and determines whether to receive the recommended radio signal based on the comparison result.

Abstract: A method for determining routes for test drives of autonomous vehicles, wherein a plurality of test features are to be encountered or avoided on the routes. The method includes determining a geographical area in which a test drive is to take place, determining a starting point, determining a destination point, determining the plurality of test features, which are relevant for the test drive, creating a logical expression which places the plurality of test features in a logical relationship to one another, determining, at least one route which are located within the geographical area, which have the starting point and the destination point and which satisfy the logical expression, using a map material for the area and positions or areas where the plurality of test features are located, and displaying a representation of the determined routes for a user for the purpose of selecting a selected route.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer-readable device configured to receive demographic and geographical information and create a unique global address therefrom. For example, the system comprises at least one processor configured to receive account information describing the remote user and global location data describing a remote location, validate the received information and data, determine navigational data, create a location code, and send the location code to a remote device.

Abstract: The system and method of the present invention identify an environment or a location out of a sequence of information received in a video format. The invention provides a learning system and therefore the more videos that are received, relating to a specific environment/location, the more accurate the identification will be when a different image is later analyzed, including the ability to identify the environment/location seen from different viewpoint and angles.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented messaging system for sharing location specific information. Users of the messaging system may provide a message about a specific location. The message can be displayed as a tag. The messaging system can comprise a map-based interface, and a plurality of tags on the map-based interface. The tags may be (i) positioned adjacent to a specific location and (ii) oriented to point towards the specific location. The tags may be configured to display at least a portion of a message about the specific location.

Abstract: In order to improve the accuracy of a facility search, first adding means of a facility search system adds, to a facility, area information indicating an area when the area information indicating the area where the facility is located therein is input. Second adding means adds the area information to another facility to which the area information is not added when a position of the another facility is included in a region that is based on positions of a group of facilities to which the same area information is added. Facility search means executes a facility search based on the area information added to each facility.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling the output of driver information to a driver of a vehicle, with the objective of entertaining the driver and/or the passengers of the vehicle and/or increasing the driver attentiveness of the driver. A database of points of interest or objects of general interest, a database of topographic information, a device for determining the whereabouts of the vehicle, and an evaluation device to which these information items are delivered, are provided. The evaluation device ascertains, from the current whereabouts of the vehicle and from the topographic information, which points of interest or objects of general interest are present in the driver's field of view, and outputs via an output device the driver information regarding the point of interest or the object of general interest which has been ascertained by the evaluation device to be located in the driver's field of view.

Abstract: Accurate estimation of the trajectory of a vehicle by selecting optimal number of GPS data points and a shortest path technique applied for estimation is important and crucial. Method and system for estimating a trajectory from GPS data points is described. The method disclosed utilizes a plurality of GPS data points of a vehicle, an existing road map and a set of equal time intervals obtained by dividing an elapsed time during movement of the vehicle. Each GPS data point is associated to a time interval and a set of candidate points are mapped to each GPS data point correspondingly. A set of possible paths are determined between the set of candidate points in each time interval to estimate the trajectory of the vehicle using one of a shortest path technique and an edit distance technique.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining proximity information for each of a plurality of assistant-enabled devices within an environment of a user device. Each assistant-enabled device is controllable by an assistant application to perform a respective set of available actions associated with the assistant-enabled device. For each assistant-enabled device, the method also includes determining a proximity score based on the proximity information indicating a proximity estimation of the corresponding assistant-enabled device relative to the user device. The method further includes generating, using the proximity scores determined for the assistant-enabled devices, a ranked list of candidate assistant-enabled devices, and for each corresponding assistant-enabled device in the ranked list, displaying, in a graphical user interface (GUI), a respective set of controls for performing the respective set of actions associated with the corresponding assistant-enabled device.

Abstract: To dynamically restyle map features related to a navigation route on a digital map, a server device and/or a client device selectively applies different visual styles to certain map features to emphasize and de-emphasize navigation routes or other logically linked sets of map features. For example, the server device instructs the client device to visually emphasize the road segments included in the navigation route, de-emphasize road segments not in the navigation route, and leave the remaining features at the default (standard) level of detail. The client device then re-renders the map features accordingly.

Abstract: In a moving path guide providing method, device, system, and computer program, an information point easily recognizable around a path where a user moves is selected and the moving path is provided to the user on the basis of the selected information point, so as to allow the user to more conveniently and easily move via the path according to the guide.

Abstract: Described are systems and methods for generating and displaying ratings for points of interest in a region. A method for generating ratings includes receiving transaction data from a plurality of points of interest, the transaction data representing financial transactions between a plurality of individuals and each point of interest of the plurality of points of interest. A method also includes automatically generating, for each point of interest of the plurality of points of interest, at least one point of interest rating based at least partially on the transaction data for the point of interest. A method further includes, in response to a selection of a chosen point of interest of the plurality of points of interest, providing to at least one user the at least one point of interest rating associated with the chosen point of interest.

Abstract: Technologies for migrating data between edge accelerators hosted on different edge locations include a device hosted on a present edge location. The device includes one or more processors to: receive a workload from a requesting device, determine one or more accelerator devices hosted on the present edge location to perform the workload, and transmit the workload to the one or more accelerator devices to process the workload. The one or more processor is further to determine whether to perform data migration from the one or more accelerator devices to one or more different edge accelerator devices hosted on a different edge location, and send, in response to a determination to perform the data migration, a request to the one or more accelerator devices on the present edge location for transformed workload data to be processed by the one or more different edge accelerator devices.

Abstract: A system for localized information provision using wireless communication, includes a computing device designed and configured to receive, from a wireless signal generator located in a navigable space, a location identifier, input at least a user-entered datum associated with the location identifier, instantiate a display data structure as a function of the at least a user-entered datum, wherein, the display data structure includes a plurality of data signals including the at least a user-entered datum, each display signal of the plurality of display signals includes a subset of a plurality of categories of data, and the display data structure includes a display order for the plurality of data signals, record at least an element of contextual data, and generate a localized data record, wherein the localized data record include display data structure, location identifier, and an association of the contextual data with the display order.

Abstract: Provided is a driving guide system, and more specifically, a system for guiding a vehicle occupant in driving through linguistic description. One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for guiding driving with linguistic description of a destination, which is installed on a vehicle and guides driving by outputting a linguistic description of a destination building, wherein the apparatus sets a destination according to a command or input, receives appearance information of a building of the destination from a server, and represents and outputs the appearance information in a linguistic form.

Abstract: In an information processing device, a determination unit determines whether a first distance from a position of a vehicle within a predetermined range of an intersection having a stop line to a road link of the intersection is shorter than a second distance from the position of the vehicle to a road link other than the road link of the intersection, based on vehicle information including information indicating the position of the vehicle and map information. An identification unit identifies whether the vehicle has stopped at the stop line, based on the vehicle information, when the first distance is determined to be shorter than the second distance.

Abstract: A method for providing an automation function for a transportation vehicle, wherein environment data are detected. Based on the detected environment data, the automation function is activated and a quality measure is determined. A quality level on a multi-level scale is determined based on the quality measure, and a graphical output is generated and output. The output includes a quality display element that is formed based on the quality measure. Also disclosed is a system for providing an automation function for a transportation vehicle including a detection unit to detect environment data, an evaluation unit to activate the automation function and to determine a quality measure based on the detected environment data, and a control unit to generate a graphical output and to output the graphical output by a display unit. The output includes a quality display element formed based on the quality measure.

Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes determining a request classification based on a keyword included in a user request; generating a search result including the request classification with a control unit for presenting on a device; determining a retry classification based on the keyword included in a retry request; generating a carryover result based on the retry classification, the request classification, or a combination thereof to carryover a user's intent from the user request to correlate the carryover result with the search result; and generating an autosuggestion based on the carryover result for presenting on the device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes a camera configured to obtain an image, and a location information sensor configured to obtain (or sense) a current location of the electronic device. The electronic device further includes a direction information sensor configured to obtain (or sense) direction information about a direction in which the camera obtains the image and a memory configured to store information about the current location. A processor configured to operatively connect with the location information sensor, the direction information sensor, and the memory, may be further configured to obtain map information corresponding to the current location and arrange and display an orientation of the obtained map information with an orientation corresponding to the direction information. The processor may be configured to output the obtained map information together with a live video obtained by the camera.

Abstract: To determine an impression metric for an organization, a server device generates a statistical model for estimating the impression metric using machine learning techniques. The server device obtains training data for the statistical model by randomly selecting geographic locations within a geographic area and determining the number of users eligible to receive a particular type of advertisement for each randomly selected geographic location. For example, a user may be deemed eligible when displaying the geographic location via a mapping application. When an organization requests an estimate of a number of impressions for an advertising campaign, the server device applies data included in the request (e.g., the time period for the advertising campaign, the number of organization locations, identifiers for the organization locations such as geographic coordinates or an address, etc.) to the statistical model to estimate an impression metric for the organization.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus and method which uses personal contact-based route guidance. A route guidance generator receives information about personal contacts including a location, a description and a rating value for route guidance and generates route guidance suitable for navigation applications. The personal contacts based guidance can be combined with normal street and maneuver based guidance.

Abstract: Methods, systems and applications for updating, enhancing, organizing, and utilizing geographic maps, for locating points of interest and places of businesses, or POI's. Embodiments provide a method for collecting geo-coordinate data on POIs by eliciting participation of the business owners or designated employees to identify the specific locations of POI's on a map; a map program which synchronizes to a centralized database where POI and other more frequently changing and time-dependent map information is downloaded to individual users; a map program, where in addition to the standard contact information, “qualitative” information and website links are included in an POI information box to aid in pre-qualifying a POI before selection and in booking a reservation; a method for locating markers on an Internet-based search engine map; and an improved contact management system that allows locations of contacts to be viewed on a map while minimizing address geocoding.

Abstract: The invention relates to a target approach method with a long-range optical device comprising an observation optics, a distance measuring device and an orientation determination device, wherein a reference position with a reference distance and a reference angle to the target at a target position is targeted at an intermediate position in an adaptation step by means of the observation optics, while a difference angle between an absolute direction and a reference direction of the long-range optical device is determined by means of the orientation determination device, and a difference distance from the intermediate position to the reference position is determined by means of the distance measuring device, and a target distance and a target angle are determined from the reference distance and the difference distance as well as from the reference angle and the difference angle by a geodetic calculation module.

Abstract: Provided is a method and system for performing a map image search based on the context of an image. A map image search method may include receiving a query for a map image search; searching for a map image corresponding to the query using context that is acquired as an image analysis result of the map image; and providing a service or content using the map image corresponding to the query.

Abstract: A computing system that analyzes the network effects of avoidance areas on autonomous vehicle routing is described herein. The computing system includes a data store that comprises a set of avoidance areas through which the autonomous vehicle is prohibited from being routed. A routing system generates an initial route from a source location to a target location irrespective of avoidance areas included on the initial route. When a number of avoidance areas on the initial route exceed a predetermined threshold, one or more alternative routes are generated from the source location to the target location that respectively circumvent a corresponding identified avoidance area on the initial route. Metrics are evaluated for the one or more alternative routes and a subset of avoidance areas are outputted to desirably be removed from the set of avoidance areas.

Abstract: A method for determining is described, with the aid of landmarks, an attitude of a vehicle moving in an environment in an at least partially automated manner; where the vehicle is moved in the environment, and through which a sequence of localization scenarios is generated; and landmark data being digitally processed by at least one vehicle control system, in order to determine the attitude of the vehicle. The quantity of landmark data is increased or decreased as needed, as a function of the localization scenarios.

Abstract: Systems and methods for scalable Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a host processor; and a memory coupled to the host processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: select a subset of landmarks comprising fewer than all landmarks detected in a physical environment; and manage utilization of an IHS resource during execution of a virtual, augmented, or mixed reality application using the subset of landmarks to the exclusion of other landmarks.

Abstract: Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for utilizing privacy information to improve a user experience are disclosed. A processor receives privacy information of a user, the privacy information comprising location information and at least one of: traveling companion information and event information, receives over a communication network associated with the network service provider, a search request, determines search results responsive to the search request, wherein the search results are generated by accounting for the location information and at least one of: the traveling companion information and the event information, and provides over the communication network associated with the network service provider, the search results to an endpoint device of the user.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a map indicating a layout of a location, receiving a point-of-interest (POI) data structure representing a POI, and POI metadata associated with the POI, generating an annotated floor map, based on the map, the annotated floor map including a POI indicator placed on the map at the location of the POI, the POI indicator indicating the type of the POI and the status of the POI, displaying at least a portion of the annotated floor map, in response to the client computing device moving within the location or out of the location, transmitting location information to a map selector and receiving one or more maps selected by the map selector, the one or more maps include or bound by the location information.

Abstract: Methods and systems for locational visualization of financial statements are described. In an example, a method may receive, in a financial institution system, a request to display a record associated with a financial transaction, determine a location of a merchant associated with the financial transaction using merchant information, request, from an online mapping service, a customizable map interface associated with the location of the merchant, receive the customizable map interface, and display the customizable map interface integrated into the record associated with the financial transaction.

Abstract: Systems and methods for proactively identifying and surfacing relevant content on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method includes executing, on the device, an application in response to an instruction from a user of the electronic device. While executing the application, the method further includes collecting usage data. The usage data at least includes one or more actions performed by the user within the application. The method also includes: automatically, without human intervention, obtaining at least one trigger condition based on the collected usage data and associating the at least one trigger condition with a particular action of the one or more actions performed by the user within the application. Upon determining that the at least one trigger condition has been satisfied, the method includes providing an indication to the user that the particular action associated with the trigger condition is available.

Abstract: Using a location sensor, a location including a latitude and a longitude of a device is determined. Using an air pressure sensor, a first elevation of a device is determined. Using the location, a corresponding street address is determined. Using the street address and the first elevation, a floor number is determined. The street address and the floor number are reported to an emergency response system.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a mapping management computer system. According to various embodiments, the mapping management computer system may be configured for updating geographical maps by assessing map data and operational data including vehicle telematics data to identify portions of a vehicle path that do not correspond to known travel paths. In various embodiments, the system is configured to define these identified portions as new known travel paths corresponding to a public road, private road, parking lot lane, or the like, and update the map data to reflect the new known travel paths.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for delivering location-based services. The services may include aggregating data indicating a plurality of geographical locations, attributes associated with the geographical locations, and items of content associated with the geographical locations. A current location of an electronic device is obtained and analytics are performed on the aggregate data to select one or more particular geographical locations, wherein the analytics can consider, for example, proximity of the current location of the electronic facility to the geographical locations and the attributes associated with the geographical locations. Items of content stored in the aggregated data and associated with the selected geographical locations are output at a user interface associated with a web or application resource operating on the electronic facility.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for delivering location-based services. The services may include aggregating data indicating a plurality of geographical locations, attributes associated with the geographical locations, and items of content associated with the geographical locations. A current location of an electronic device is obtained and analytics are performed on the aggregate data to select one or more particular geographical locations, wherein the analytics can consider, for example, proximity of the current location of the electronic facility to the geographical locations and the attributes associated with the geographical locations. Items of content stored in the aggregated data and associated with the selected geographical locations are output at a user interface associated with a web or application resource operating on the electronic facility.

Abstract: A method of multi-dimensional query based extraction of polarity-aware content from a plurality of documents. An input query tuple comprising: at least one keyword, polarity, and quantification of polarity corresponding to a polarity score is received from a user via an interface. A search of metadata of indexed documents based on the input query tuple is conducted to identify documents which satisfy at least some of the input query tuple. For each document which satisfies at least some of the input query tuple from the user, keywords, polarity associated with the keywords, and excerpts of each of the documents including the keywords and text containing polarity context associated with the keywords are extracted and for each document which satisfies at least some of the input of the input query tuple, the query results to the user via the user interface are outputted.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing a proximity measurement system are provided herein. A proximity measurement system includes: a user tracking service to calculate a travel area of a user, the travel area representing an area that the user has traveled within during a period of time, a proximity service to: identify a reminder task created by the user, the reminder task having an associated point of interest; identify a plurality of geographical locations of the point of interest; and calculate an effective proximity measure based on the travel area of the user and the plurality of geographical locations; and a notification service to transmit a notification to the user when the user is within the effective proximity measure of any one of the plurality of geographical locations.

Abstract: A communication portal management system is provided. The communication portal management system includes a geographical address website management unit assigning a management authority of a geographical address website to at least one website operator, a server communication unit receiving a contents upload request from at least one website operator terminal, and a server management unit storing contents information corresponding to the contents upload request in a database unit. The geographical address website corresponds to a geographical address of the at least one website operator. The contents information and the geographical address website are matched in response to the contents upload request. Each of the at least one website operator terminal corresponds to each of the at least one website operator, respectively and communicates with a communication portal server to upload contents according to a predetermined conditions of the management authority.

Abstract: Using a location sensor, a location including a latitude and a longitude of a device is determined. Using an air pressure sensor, a first elevation of a device is determined. Using the location, a corresponding street address is determined. Using the street address and the first elevation, a floor number is determined. The street address and the floor number are reported to an emergency response system.

Abstract: The system collects location tracking data about each user and analyzes the location tracking data to determine the level of expertise a user has for a specific venue/event or a specific geographic region at a particular scale on a map. The system receives questions about a specific venue/event or about a category of venue/event in a specific geographic region at a particular scale on a map and routes those questions in real time to one or more experts for the specific venue/event or the category of venue/event in the specific geographic region. The system receives a response to the question from at least one of the one or more experts and routes the response back to the requestor, also in real time. The system also efficiently represents the location of a plurality of venues/events and/or users within a specific geographic region on a displayed map at a plurality of scales.

Abstract: Techniques for processing task items are provided. A task item is electronic data that represents a task to be performed, whether manually or automatically. A task item includes one or more details about its corresponding task, such as a description of the task and a location of the task. Specifically, techniques for generating task items, organizing task items, triggering notifications of task items, and consuming task items are described. In one approach, a task item is generated based on input from a user and context of the input. In another approach, different attributes of task items are used to organize the task items intelligently into multiple lists. In another approach, one or more criteria, such as location, are used to determine when to notify a user of a task. In another approach, actions other than generating notifications are enabled or automatically performed, actions such as emailing, calling, and searching.

Abstract: An example method comprises receiving data points, determining at least one size of a plurality of subsets based on a constraint of at least one computation device or an analysis server, transferring each of the subsets to different computation devices, each computation device selecting a group of data points to generate a first sub-subset of landmarks, add non-landmark data points that have the farthest distance to the closest landmark to create an expanded sub-subset of landmarks, create an analysis landmark set based on a combination of expanded sub-subsets of expanded landmarks from different computation devices, perform a similarity function on the analysis landmark set, generate a cover of the mathematical reference space to create overlapping subsets, cluster the mapped landmark points based on the overlapping subsets, create a plurality of nodes, each node being based on the clustering, each landmark point being a member of at least one node.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for presenting notifications that can receive input data. The techniques include presenting a notification in response to occurrence of an event, wherein the notification is associated with a specified data type and a data source from which data is to be received, receiving input data of the specified data type from the data source, wherein the notification is presented until the input data is received, and storing the input data. The notification can block access to a user interface of at least one application until the input data is received. The data source can be a data entry component of a user interface that receives user input, or can be an application that provides data of the specified data type, and receiving input data can include requesting data of the specified data type from the application, and receiving the input data from the application via inter-process communication.

Abstract: A method includes: displaying a map, a first field configured to receive a first query input, and a second field configured to receive a second query input; receiving the first query input in the first field; receiving the second query input in the second field; initiating a search that uses the first query input and a search that uses the second query input; concurrently displaying on the map a first plurality of search results for the first query input and a second plurality of search results for the second query input; detecting selection of a first search result in the first plurality of search results; detecting selection of a second search result in the second plurality of search results; and displaying a route on the map from the first search result to the second search result.

Abstract: A searching system and a searching method are provided and perform packaged searching for information regarding a plurality of objects displayed on a map. As a result, searching may be performed on searching target objects selected by a user, and keywords may be mapped to the selected search target objects to enable packaged searching.

Abstract: The invention discloses a data processing system and method for generating a guiding network. The data processing system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention includes an editing module and a processing module. Through the editing module, an editor uploads a regional layout image, labels M rational coordinates based on the regional layout image, selects N positioning points from the M rational coordinates, selects K information triggering points from the M rational coordinates, and selectively creates links between neighboring rational coordinates in the M rational coordinates. The processing module functions in generating the guiding network according to the regional layout image, the M rational coordinates, the N positioning points, the K information triggering points and the links.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating arrival time associated with a ride order. An exemplary method may comprise: inputting transportation information to a trained machine learning model. The transportation information may comprise an origin and a destination associated with the ride order, and the trained machine learning model may comprise a wide network, a deep neural network, and a recurrent neural network all coupled to a multilayer perceptron network. The method may further comprise, based on the trained machine learning model, obtaining an estimated time for arriving at the destination via a route connecting the origin and the destination.

Abstract: A method in a wireless communications device for transmitting current location information representing a current location of the wireless communications device entails engaging in a voice call with a communications device and, during the voice call: receiving input on a user interface of the wireless communications device; responsive to receiving the input, automatically launching an application that generates a message; obtaining, by the application, the current location information representing the current location of the wireless communications device from within the application; automatically including the current location information in the message; and transmitting the message to the communications device. The input is a press of a dedicated hotkey or a press of a combination of keys. The message is one of an email, an SMS message, a MMS message or an instant message.

Abstract: A system and method generates and recommends a short and pleasant path between a source s and destination d in a geo-location such as a city or city center. The routes are not only short but emotionally pleasant, offering an engaging user experience, going beyond just showing paths on a map.