Methods for displaying a route traveled by mobile users in a communication network
First Claim
1. A method for marking route traveled by a first user having a first user interface and presenting the route to a second user having a second user interface, comprising:
- having a first user travel along the route in a first direction;
having the first user interface wirelessly send to a communication network;
a first identification code for the first user, the present location of the first user at a plurality of times during the route to form a plurality of location data and associated maneuver data, and an identification code for the second user;
wirelessly sending from the communication network the location data and associated maneuver data to a second user interface in the second vehicle;
presenting the location data and associated maneuver data to the second user at the second user interface to inform the second user of the route of the first user; and
having the second user travel along the route in accordance with the presented location data and associated maneuver data.
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Abstract
An improved system and procedure for allowing a user to post a route to another mobile user or to himself. In one embodiment, a user engages his user interface to record and transmit the traveled route to a second user or to himself at a later time. The recipient receives the route in accordance with his user ID and other parameters specified or messages left by the initiating user. The route can be displayed on a map, in text, or audibly broadcast. In an alternative embodiment, the route can be left by a non-mobile user for the benefit of a mobile user using, for example, a home computer.
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1. A method for marking route traveled by a first user having a first user interface and presenting the route to a second user having a second user interface, comprising:
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having a first user travel along the route in a first direction;
having the first user interface wirelessly send to a communication network;
a first identification code for the first user, the present location of the first user at a plurality of times during the route to form a plurality of location data and associated maneuver data, and an identification code for the second user;
wirelessly sending from the communication network the location data and associated maneuver data to a second user interface in the second vehicle;
presenting the location data and associated maneuver data to the second user at the second user interface to inform the second user of the route of the first user; and
having the second user travel along the route in accordance with the presented location data and associated maneuver data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for marking and traveling a route of a first user having a first user interface, comprising:
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during a first period of time;
having a first user travel along the route during a first period of time;
using the first user interface to store the present location of the first user at a plurality of times during the route to form a plurality of location data and associated maneuver data;
during a second period of time;
presenting the stored plurality of location data and associated maneuver data at the first user interface; and
having the first user travel along the route in accordance with the presented plurality of location data and associated maneuver data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for posting a route using a first user interface and presenting the route to a second user having a second user interface, comprising:
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having the first user interface wirelessly send to a communication network;
a first identification code for the first user, a route comprising a plurality of location data and associated maneuver data, and an identification code for the second user;
wirelessly sending from the communication network the location data to the second user interface;
presenting the location data to the second user at the second user interface to inform the second user of the route; and
having the second user travel along the route in accordance with the presented location data. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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