REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION AND IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE WHEN NAVIGATING ALONG FAMILIAR ROUTES

摘要

This disclosure is generally directed to techniques that may reduce power consumption and improve the user experience when navigating familiar routes or road sections using personal navigation devices or other mobile devices. In particular, in response to the current location associated with the device corresponding to a familiar road segment (e.g., based on an index indicating whether the road segment was frequently traversed previously), the voice assistance and display may be disabled and / Or the frequency with which the receiver obtains signals to determine the current position may be reduced. Furthermore, a navigation application running on a device may automatically exit if the familiar road segment further includes a route destination. In other cases, road familiarity and travel histories may be used, among other things, for route selection, managing incoming calls or messages, and playback of media.