Navigation peek ahead and behind in a navigation application

    公开(公告)号:US10352716B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15466485

    申请日:2017-03-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A method of providing a sequence of turn-by-turn navigation instructions on a device traversing a route is provided. Each turn-by-turn navigation instruction is associated with a location on the route. As the device traverses along the route, the method displays a turn-by-turn navigation instruction associated with a current location of the device. The method receives a touch input through a touch input interface of the device while displaying a first turn-by-turn navigation instruction and a first map region that displays the current location and a first location associated with the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction. In response to receiving the touch input, the method displays a second turn-by-turn navigation instruction and a second map region that displays a second location associated with the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction. Without receiving additional input, the method automatically returns to the display of the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction and the first map region.

    Navigation application with adaptive instruction text

    公开(公告)号:US10318104B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15225766

    申请日:2016-08-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a navigation application. The navigation application includes an interface for receiving data describing junctures along a route from a first location on a map to a second location on the map. The data for each juncture includes a set of angles at which roads leave the juncture. The navigation application includes a juncture decoder for synthesizing, from the juncture data, instruction elements for each juncture that describe different aspects of a maneuver to be performed at the juncture. The navigation application includes an instruction generator for generating at least two different instruction sets for a maneuver by combining one or more of the instruction elements for the juncture at which the maneuver is to be performed. The navigation application includes an instruction retriever for selecting one of the different instruction sets for the maneuver according to a context in which the instruction set will be displayed.

    Cross application framework for aggregating data relating to people, locations, and entities

    公开(公告)号:US10146830B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US14246128

    申请日:2014-04-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a cross application framework that supports a number of different applications and/or services to aggregate data relating to people, locations, and entities. The framework of some embodiments aggregates, from various data sources, different types of data, such as multimedia, communications, social media data, and location data. Once the data is aggregated, the framework provides the data to each requesting application. When an application is used to search for a person, the framework may provide the application with the person's emails, text messages, videos, photos, and social network activities.

    Harvesting Addresses
    299.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180276300A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15985847

    申请日:2018-05-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide an address harvester that harvests addresses from one or more applications executing on a device. Some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on the device. Alternatively, or conjunctively, some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on another device than the one used for harvesting the addresses. In some embodiments, a prediction system uses the harvested addresses to formulate predictions, which it then provides to the same set of applications from which it harvested the addresses in some embodiments.

    Navigation peek ahead and behind
    300.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10048085B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-14

    申请号:US15462593

    申请日:2017-03-17

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a navigation application that allows a user to peek ahead or behind during a turn-by-turn navigation presentation that the application provides while tracking a device (e.g., a mobile device, a vehicle, etc.) traversal of a physical route. As the device traverses along the physical route, the navigation application generates a navigation presentation that shows a representation of the device on a map traversing along a virtual route that represents the physical route on the map. While providing the navigation presentation, the navigation application can receive user input to look ahead or behind along the virtual route. Based on the user input, the navigation application moves the navigation presentation to show locations on the virtual route that are ahead or behind the displayed current location of the device on the virtual route. This movement can cause the device representation to no longer be visible in the navigation presentation. Also, the virtual route often includes several turns, and the peek ahead or behind movement of the navigation presentation passes the presentation through one or more of these turns. In some embodiments, the map can be defined presented as a two-dimensional (2D) or a three-dimensional (3D) scene.

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