Method for inputting destination data through a mobile terminal

• US 20050246095A1
• Filed: 12/21/2004
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sound View Innovations, LLC (Sound View Innovation Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Rupp, Stephan, Banet, Franz-Josef, Lopez Aladros, Rodolfo
• Granted Patent: US 7,239,961 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for inputting destination data into a navigation system as well as a mobile terminal and a navigation system for executing this method. The mobile terminal having a short range wireless interface is brought into contact with the navigation system. The mobile terminal selects at least one data record including data concerning an address. Then, it transfers the at least one data record via the short range interface to the navigation system. The navigation system extracts from the received data record destination data capable to be used as source for a destination processed by the navigation system.

Claims

1. A method of inputting destination data into a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of:

bringing a mobile terminal having a short range wireless interface via this interface into contact with the navigation system;

selecting, at the mobile terminal, at least one data record including data concerning an address;

transferring the at least one data record via the short range interface from the mobile terminal to the navigation system; and

extracting, at the navigation system, from the received data record destination data capable to be used as source for a destination processed by the navigation system.

2. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the method comprising the further steps of:

transferring as data record a data record comprising the whole entry of a selected user stored in a directory data base to the mobile terminal; and

scanning, at the navigation system, for address data included in the received data record and extracting the detected address data.

3. The method of claim 2, characterized in that the method comprising the further step of transferring the data of the data record encoded in an ASCI format.

4. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the method comprising the further step of extracting, at the mobile terminal, address data included in the entry of a selected user stored in a directory data base of the mobile terminal and transferring extracted address data within the data record to the navigation system.

5. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the method comprising the further step of checking, at the navigation system, plausibility of the extracted destination data by means of an address data base.

6. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the method comprising the further step of correcting, at the navigation system extracted destination data by means of an address data base.

7. The method of claim 5, characterized in that the method comprising the further step of sending a query to a remote address data base.

8. The method of claim 5, characterized in that the method comprising the further step of sending a notification via the short range interface back to the mobile terminal, if the address data are not correct and/or are corrected.

9. A mobile terminal, in particular a mobile phone or a PDA, comprising:

a short range wireless interface unit adapted to contact a navigation system;

a storage unit adapted to store data concerning one or more addresses; and

a control unit for selecting at least one data record including data concerning an address and transferring the at least data record via the short range interface unit to the navigation system.

10. A navigation system comprising:

a short range wireless interface unit adapted to contact a mobile terminal; and

a control unit for receiving at least one data record via the short range interface unit from the mobile terminal and extracting from the received data record destination data capable to be used as source for a destination processed by the navigation system.