ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,486, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for engaging navigation modes based on traffic events" was invented by Christopher Phillips (Hartwell, Ga.) and Tao Chen (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided herein for engaging navigation modes based on traffic events. For example, the disclosed system receives a request for navigating a user device from a start location to a final destination. The user device optionally indicates that turn-by-turn navigational directions are to be provided from an intermediate location to the final destina...