Embodiments are directed towards providing a system that presents customized content to a user in an automobile based on the usage patterns of the automobile or its current occupant. Accessory data from the automobile is monitored to learn the automobile-usage patterns. The automobile-usage patterns are mapped to a plurality of content items, such as by mapping the content items to services, which are then mapped to the automobile-usage patterns. The plurality of content items are prioritized for display to the user based on the automobile-usage patterns and the frequency of those automobile-usage patterns. The prioritized content items can be presented to the user sequentially or in response to accessory data that matches an automobile-usage pattern.

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.

A method for recommending a map area, apparatus, device and storage medium, relating to intelligent search field. The method for recommending a map area includes: obtaining an operation instruction for a map application; obtaining a current user feature and scene information corresponding to the operation instruction according to the operation instruction; determining an object to be recommended according to the current user feature and the scene information, and displaying a recommended map area corresponding to the object to be recommended on an interface of the map application, so that the map area can be recommended according to the real-time behavior of the user, and the real-time behavior of the user can be quickly reflected on the interface as the final recommended map area, realizing real-time recommendation of the map area, with high timeliness and improving the quality of the map area recommendation.

In some embodiments, an electronic device displays suggested routes based on the characteristics of respective vehicles. In some embodiments, an electronic device receives data for respective vehicles from a source external to the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device anonymizes a vehicle identifier and determines customized suggested routes using the anonymized vehicle identifier.

Embodiments include methods, for a wireless device, to determine one or more preferred routes for an electric vehicle powered by a battery. Such methods include determining multiple candidate routes from a starting point to a destination. Each candidate route includes one or more segments, each segment associated with a slope and a distance. Such methods include, for each candidate route, estimating a route battery discharge amount and a route duration of travel based on a discharge profile for the battery and the slopes and distances associated with the segments of the candidate route. Such methods include selecting one or more preferred routes, from the candidate routes, based on a current state of charge for the battery, the route battery discharge amounts, and the route durations of travel. Other embodiments include wireless devices configured to perform such methods, and electric vehicles operably coupled to such wireless devices.

A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed in a vehicle and including a mirror reflective element. A camera is disposed at the interior rearview mirror assembly and views a driver sitting at a driver seat of the equipped vehicle. The camera is operable to capture image data. A control includes a vision system-on-a-chip image processor that processes image data captured by the camera. The control, via processing at the vision system-on-a-chip image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines driver movement. The vehicular driver monitoring system generates an output responsive at least in part to the determined driver movement.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to intelligent processing of broken or failed ATM transactions. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive transaction data associated with a pending transaction initiated on a mobile computing device and generate hash information corresponding to the received transaction data. Then, the computing platform may identify ATMs previously visited by the user. Based on performing analytics on those previously visited ATMs, the computing platform may identify, from those previously visited ATMs, one or more alternate ATMs for completing the pending transaction. Next, the computing platform may send a notification to the mobile computing device that includes navigation information. Thereafter, the computing platform may cause the alternate ATMs to await input from the user by sending the generated hash information. In response to receiving a message indicating completion of the pending transaction, the computing platform may initiate clearing of a pending status of the pending transaction.

There is provided a handheld device for navigating about a selected geographical zone. The handheld navigating device includes a processor circuit with a screen on which an image representative of a geographical map of a selected geographical zone is displayed. The geographical map of the selected geographical zone includes representations corresponding respectively with points of interest having locations and categories. The geographical map is configured so that (a) at least part of the representations corresponding respectively with points of interest are clustered within at least one viewing area, (b) the at least one viewing area is distinguished by a visible pattern having both a selected appearance and a first visual state that do not reveal the locations and the categories of the points of interest. The handheld navigation device includes a geographical position locating subsystem for determining when a selected relationship exists between the user and one or more of the points of interest. Responsive to the selected relationship existing, the processor circuit changes the appearance of at least part of the visible pattern to both reflect that the at least one viewing area has been transformed from the first visual state to a second visual state and the extent to which the user has traversed the physical area.

In some implementations, a computing device can provide a map application providing a representation of a physical structure of venues (e.g., shopping centers, airports) identified by the application. In addition, the application can provide a unique venue directory, providing an easy and visual mechanism to search for categories of points of interest (e.g., clothes, food, restrooms) or specific items within the venue. Search results can be presented on a map of a floor within the venue as well as a listing providing all search results located within the venue.

A POI route response is received that comprises information identifying a starting location and a particular number of POIs, and a bloom filter encoding a route segment set defined by routes from the starting location to each of the particular number of POIs. The information identifying the starting location is used to identify a decoded starting segment of the mobile version of the digital map. Map information is accessed for assigning a cost value to segments of the digital map. A segment that satisfies the bloom filter is assigned a minimal cost value. A first decoded route is determined based on the cost value assigned to the segments. The first decoded route is a route from the decoded starting segment to a first POI. The first decoded route is provided via a user interface of the mobile apparatus and/or a vehicle is controlled to traverse the first decoded route.