System and method for interfacing mobile units using a cellphone
First Claim
1. A navigation system comprising:
- a mobile communicator situated in a vehicle;
a decoder situated in the vehicle, the decoder able to communicate electronically with the mobile communicator;
a vehicle navigation device situated in the vehicle, the navigation device able to communicate electronically with the decoder;
a base station, the base station able to communicate wirelessly with the mobile communicator; and
a voice portal server, the voice portal server able to communicate electronically with the base station.
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Abstract
A system for converting a voice input requested location to a destination location useable by a navigation device in a vehicle. The system includes a mobile communicator, preferably a mobile phone, in communication with a base station and a voice portal server. The voice portal server identifies through a voice recognition algorithm a destination location corresponding to a requested location verbally input by the vehicle occupant. The voice portal server may access the internet for additional information. The voice portal server may prompt the occupant to respond to interrogatories to narrow the possible matches for the requested location to one destination location. The destination location is transmitted from the voice portal server via the base station and via the mobile communicator to a decoder in an encoded format, preferably in DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency) format. The decoder decoding the destination location and transmitting the destination location to a navigation device. The navigation device plotting a selected route from the current location to the destination location. A method of using the system is provided. An in-vehicle apparatus using the system is also provided.
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45 Claims
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1. A navigation system comprising:
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a mobile communicator situated in a vehicle;
a decoder situated in the vehicle, the decoder able to communicate electronically with the mobile communicator;
a vehicle navigation device situated in the vehicle, the navigation device able to communicate electronically with the decoder;
a base station, the base station able to communicate wirelessly with the mobile communicator; and
a voice portal server, the voice portal server able to communicate electronically with the base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing navigation information to an occupant of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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providing a mobile communicator;
providing a decoder, the decoder communicating electronically with the mobile communicator;
providing a navigation device, the navigation device communicating electronically with the decoder;
providing a base station, the base station communicating wirelessly with the mobile communicator;
providing a voice portal server, the voice portal server communicating electronically with the base station;
communicating by the occupant via the mobile communicator to the base station to the voice portal server a requested location;
communicating by the voice portal server via the base station to the mobile communicator to the decoder a coded destination location, the coded destination location corresponding to an encoded version of a destination location;
decoding by the decoder the coded destination location to determine the destination location; and
communicating by the decoder to the navigation device the destination location. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A vehicle navigation apparatus comprising:
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a mobile communicator situated in a vehicle;
a decoder situated in a vehicle, the decoder electrically coupled to communication with the mobile communicator; and
a vehicle navigation device situated in the vehicle, the navigation device electrically coupled to the decoder. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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