Method and device fore reproducing information

• US 20040107046A1
• Filed: 11/06/2003
• Published: 06/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forsching E.V.
• Original Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forsching E.V.
• Inventors: Plankenbuhler, Roland, Braumuller, Detlev von, Zink, Alexander, Korte, Olaf, Gerhauser, Heinz
• Granted Patent: US 8,798,921 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/207
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle

Abstract

A system for presenting information regarding an object provided within a plurality of information sources to a user or a presentation means depending on a location of the user or the presentation means includes a means for determining the location, a means for selecting the information to be presented depending on the determined location and on one or several pre-settable selection criteria defining an information source from the plurality of information sources, and a means for outputting the information to be presented.

Claims

1. Method for presenting information regarding an object from a plurality of information provided within a plurality of information sources to a user or a presentation means depending on a location of the user or the presentation means, the method comprising the following steps:

Determining the location;

Selecting a management part from a plurality of management parts, each of which comprises a reference to one of the plurality of information sources, a position indication and one or several pre-settable selection criteria, depending on the determined location and on the one or the several pre-settable selection criteria of the plurality of management parts; and

Outputting the information provided within the information source which the reference of the selected management part refers to,

wherein the selection criteria of the plurality of information sources include a category, and

wherein a weighting value may be associated with each category of the plurality of management parts, wherein the categories are organised in a tree structure and wherein a weighting is determined based on the weightings within the tree structure and wherein the step of selecting comprises the selection of a management part from the plurality of management parts depending on the weightings of the plurality of management parts.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the reference within the management part refers to one or several information sources in which the desired information regarding the object is filed, wherein the information sources which the reference refers to are an external information source or an internal data source.

3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the category indicates the type of the object.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein the selection criteria of the plurality of management units include a relative importance and a maximum repeatability.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the selection criteria of the plurality of management units further contain an indication of pre-determined data additionally or only enabling the use of the management parts as an information source.

6. Method according to claim 5, wherein the indication contains a title, a brief description of the information which the reference of the management part refers to, and an address via which the further information may be ordered/fetched system-independently.

7. Method according to claim 1, wherein further management parts exist comprising no position indication, wherein the selection criteria of the further management parts comprise a reference to general information sources, and wherein the step of selecting comprises the selection of a further management part if no position may be determined, no information source corresponding to the geographical selection criteria is available or no information regarding an object is to be output for the location.

8. Device for presenting information regarding an object from a plurality of information, provided within a plurality of information sources to a user or a presentation means depending on a location of the user or the presentation means, the device comprising:

means for determining the location;

means for selecting a management part from a plurality of management parts each of which comprises a reference to one of the plurality of information sources, a position indication and one or several pre-settable selection criteria, depending on the determined location and on the one or several pre-settable selection criteria of the plurality of management parts; and

means for outputting the information provided within the information source which the reference of the selected management part refers to,

wherein the selection criteria of the plurality of information sources include a category, and

wherein each category of the plurality of management parts may be associated with a weighting value and wherein the categories are organised in a tree structure, and wherein a weighting is determined based on the weightings within the tree structure, and wherein the step of selecting comprises a selection of a management part from the plurality of management parts depending on the weightings of the plurality of management parts.

9. Device according to claim 8, wherein the reference within the management part refers to one or several information sources in which the desired information regarding the object is filed, wherein the information source which the reference refers to is an external information source or an internal data source.

10. Device according to claim 9, wherein the category indicates the type of the object.

11. Device according to claim 8, wherein the selection criteria of the plurality of management units include a relative importance and a maximum repeatability.

12. Device according to claim 8, wherein the selection criteria of the plurality of management units further contains an indication of predetermined data which additionally or only allows the use of the management parts as an information source.

13. Device according to claim 12, wherein the indication contains a title, a brief description of the information which the reference of the management part refers to and an address via which the further information may be ordered/fetched independent of the system.

14. Device according to claim 8, wherein further management parts exist, comprising no position indication, wherein the selection criteria of the further management parts contain a reference to general information sources, and wherein the step of selecting comprises the selection of a further management part if no position may be determined, no information source corresponding to the geographical selection criteria is available or no information regarding an object is to be output for the location.