Systems and methods for initiating mapping exit routines and rating highway exits

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for inferring a user's intent to stop at a predefined location or breakpoint along a predetermined route, such as an exit along a highway, and to enable users to report back to systems maintaining exit or breakpoint Point of Interest (POI) data. An application executing on a user's mobile device may infer or query the user's intent upon detecting a deviation away from the route and to use this as a “check-in” at a predefined location corresponding to the point of deviation. Then further check-ins and ratings at amenities/locations associated with the exit can also be used to enhance the rating and popularity of the predefined location (e.g., highway exit) itself. The ratings and popularity of highway exits provide relevant content related to the highest rated or most popular breakpoints located along their route of travel.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for identifying deviation points along a route of travel, the method comprising:
monitoring a current location of a mobile device of a user traveling along a portion of a predetermined route toward a specified destination location; detecting a point of deviation from which the mobile device of the user moves away from the predetermined route based on the monitoring step; comparing the detected point of deviation to a database of one or more highway exits and inferring the user's intent to stop at one of the highway exits proximate to the detected point of deviation based on the comparison; obtaining information related to one or more points of interest associated with the detected point of deviation or the highway exit proximate to the detected point of deviation; and interrupting routing of the user to the specified destination location to instead provide routing options to one or more of the points of interest associated with the detected point of deviation or the highway exit, for display to the user via a display of the mobile device based on the obtained information.