Patent
System and method for reducing the amount of repetitive data sent by a server to a client for vehicle navigation
| العنوان: | System and method for reducing the amount of repetitive data sent by a server to a client for vehicle navigation |
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| Patent Number: | 8,121,781 |
| تاريخ النشر: | February 21, 2012 |
| Appl. No: | 12/705537 |
| Application Filed: | February 12, 2010 |
| مستخلص: | A system and method for reducing the amount of repetitive data sent by a server to a client for vehicle navigation. The system includes a computer-based vehicle unit located in a vehicle, a gateway configured to wirelessly send and receive trip information to and from the vehicle unit, and a computer-based server in communication with the gateway over a network. The vehicle unit wirelessly receives signals from a computer-based server that includes the desired navigation information in packet form. The vehicle unit includes a user interface component that presents the received navigation information and records user requests. The server processes the requests, generates a trip plan according to the navigation information and sends the generated trip plan back to the vehicle unit via a gateway when a request has been completed. |
| Inventors: | Odinak, Gilad (Bellevue, WA, US); Phillips, Marc (San Diego, CA, US); Chaubey, Nishith K. (San Diego, CA, US) |
| Assignees: | WI-GUI, LLP (McLean, VA, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A vehicle navigation method comprising: initiating a trip request, including trip request information; determining vehicle coordinates; sending vehicle coordinates and the entered trip request information to a server over a network; generating a trip plan according to navigation information stored in a memory associated with the server, the vehicle coordinates, and the trip request information, wherein the generated trip plan includes a table of locations in a text format; sending the generated trip plan table to the vehicle over the network; after sending the generated trip plan table, converting the locations in the text format to navigation prompts in an audio format; comparing present vehicle coordinates to the trip plan table; and if, according to the comparison, the vehicle coordinates are within a threshold value from a location in the table, presenting the navigation prompt associated with the location in the table that is within the threshold value of the vehicle's location. |
| Claim: | 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein trip request information includes voice instructions. |
| Claim: | 3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating comprises determining a destination by interpreting the trip voice instructions by performing voice recognition processing. |
| Claim: | 4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining if the vehicle is adhering to the trip plan, wherein determining adherence comprises: determining distance of the vehicle coordinates to the trip plan; and if the vehicle coordinates are not within a threshold value from the trip plan, sending present vehicle coordinates to the server, generating a new trip plan and trip plan table based on the sent present vehicle coordinates, and sending the new trip plan table to the vehicle. |
| Claim: | 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating comprises determining a destination by interpreting the trip voice instructions by performing voice recognition processing. |
| Claim: | 6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining if the vehicle is adhering to the trip plan, wherein determining adherence comprises: determining the distance of the vehicle coordinates to a trip plan location; and if the vehicle coordinates are not within a threshold value from the trip plan location, sending present vehicle coordinates to the server, generating a new trip plan and trip plan table based on the sent present vehicle coordinates, and sending the new trip plan table to the vehicle. |
| Claim: | 7. The method of claim 1 , wherein: retrieving comprises when a voice prompt is not previously stored at the vehicle, sending a request to the server for the non-stored voice prompt and sending the non-stored voice prompt from the server to the vehicle; and presenting comprises presenting the sent voice prompt. |
| Claim: | 8. The method of claim 7 , wherein retrieving further comprises saving the sent voice prompt according to the corresponding identifier. |
| Claim: | 9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising purging saved voice prompts according to a scheduled purge request. |
| Claim: | 10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising purging saved voice prompts according to a user purge request. |
| Claim: | 11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising purging saved voice prompts according to a server generated purge request. |
| Claim: | 12. A vehicle navigation system comprising: a computer-based vehicle unit located in a vehicle for receiving and transmitting trip request information and receiving trip plan navigation information, the computer-based vehicle unit having a processor and associated memory, a user interface, a global positioning system for determining vehicle coordinates, and a radio unit; a network configured to wirelessly send and receive trip request information to and from the vehicle unit via the radio unit; and a computer-based server in communication with the network for receiving trip request information from the computer-based vehicle unit, generating a trip plan according to navigation information stored in a memory associated with the server and the trip request information, and sending the generated trip plan to the vehicle unit over the network, wherein the generated trip plan includes a table of locations of the trip plan in a text format, and the vehicle unit further comprises a text-to-speech component configured to convert the locations in the text format to navigation prompts in an audio format. |
| Claim: | 13. The system of claim 12 , wherein: the computer-based vehicle unit compares present vehicle coordinates to the trip plan table; and if, according to the comparison, the vehicle coordinates are within a threshold value from a location in the table, the vehicle unit presents the navigation prompt associated with the location in the table that is within the threshold value of the vehicle's location. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 701/202 |
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| Primary Examiner: | Beaulieu, Yonel |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.08121781 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |