MUMBAI, India, Sept. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202347042068 A) filed by Google Llc, Mountain View, U.S.A., on June 23, 2023, for 'sharing a navigation session to minimize driver distraction.'

Inventor(s) include Sharifi, Matthew; and Carbune, Victor.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 5, under issue no. 36/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A first computing device may implement a method for sharing a navigation session to minimize driver distraction. The method includes requesting access to a shared navigation session synchronized with a navigation session at a second computing device indicative of a navigation route, and the navigation session includes route data. In response to receiving access to the shared navigation session, the first computing device may receive synchronized route data indicative of the navigation route at the second computing device. The method further comprises obtaining one or more first navigation instructions corresponding to the synchronized route data including at least one navigation instruction that augments or is output in a different manner than one or more second navigation instructions output at the second computing device, and outputting the one or more first navigation instructions."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 16, 2020, under International application No.PCT/US2020/065197.

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