( 12 ) United States Patent
US010018478B2 (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 10 , 018 ,478 B2 van Os et al . (45 ) Date of Patent: Jul 10 , 2018 (54 ) VOICE INSTRUCTIONS DURING ( 56 ) References Cited NAVIGATION U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS ( 71 ) Applicant: Apple Inc. , Cupertino , CA (US ) 636 , 314 A 11/ 1899 Billman ( 72 ) Inventors : Marcel van Os, Santa Cruz , CA (US ) ; 4 ,797 ,836 A 1 / 1989 Witek et al . Sarah G . Barbour , San Francisco , CA ( Continued ) (US ) ; Brady A . Law , San Francisco , CA (US ) ; Bradford A . Moore , San FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Francisco , CA (US ) AU 2013272003 A1 12 / 2014 ( 73 ) Assignee : Apple Inc ., Cupertino , CA (US ) CN 1250300 A 4 /2000 (Continued ) ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 OTHER PUBLICATIONS U . S . C . 154 ( b ) by 0 days . Portions of prosecution history of U . S . Appl. No . 13/ 632 , 127, filed (21 ) Appl. No. : 14 / 962 ,586 Nov. 24 , 2015 , van Os, Marcel , et al . ( 22 ) Filed : Dec . 8 , 2015 (Continued ) Primary Examiner — Forrest F Tzeng (65 ) Prior Publication Data ( 74 ) Attorney , Agent, or Firm — Invoke US 2016 / 0084668 A1 Mar. 24 , 2016 Related U . S . Application Data ( 57 ) ABSTRACT A method of providing navigation on an electronic device (62 ) Division of application No. 13/ 632 ,127 , filed on Sep . when the display screen is locked . The method receives a 30 , 2012 , now Pat. No . 9 ,230 , 556 . verbal request to start navigation while the display is locked . (Continued ) The method identifies a route from a current location to a (51 ) Int .
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