US 12,246,676 B2
Supporting multiple roles in voice-enabled navigation
Matthew Sharifi, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/642,175
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/038608
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/271162, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067128 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60R 25/25 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01)
CPC B60R 25/257 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3608 (2013.01); G01C 21/3629 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for role-based authorization during a navigation session, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors of a client device, a request for navigation directions from a starting location to a destination location;
providing, by the one or more processors, a set of navigation directions for traversing to the destination location along a route;
during the navigation session, receiving, by the one or more processors, an audio request from a user related to the route;
determining, by the one or more processors, a distance of the user from the client device based on the audio request;
determining, by the one or more processors, an authorization level of the user based on the distance; and
in response to determining the user is authorized to make the audio request based on the authorization level, providing, by the one or more processors, a response to the audio request based on the authorization level of the user including providing information to the user in response to the audio request related to the route.