Method, System and apparatus for using mobile telephone and GPS receiver to inexpensively access the server based GIS context for navigation operations

• US 20060068808A1
• Filed: 09/25/2004
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dimitrios Karavias
• Original Assignee: Dimitrios Karavias
• Inventors: Karavias, Dimitrios
• Application Number:
  US10/711,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20060068808A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Method, system and apparatus for using a mobile phone with GPS receiver attached are provided for navigation operation. The GPS device locates coordinates using the Satellite Positioning System (SPS). An apparatus and method are invented to convert the GPS coordinates into encoded voice prompts, text messages or touch-tone signals. The mobile telephone is used to transmit the encoded coordinates to a GIS server. Based on a pre-configured context, the GIS server is engaged to provide point of interest (POI) GIS information. The predetermined context includes preferences such as destination by name or proximity, language, category class of the destination. Based on the received GPS coordinates and preference context, GIS context is generated and received by the mobile telephone as either voice or text prompts. Thus, the method provides cost effective access to the GIS context using existing mobile telephone infrastructure.

Claims

1. A GIS server is engaged using a mobile phone. A POI is communicated to the GIS server through a mobile telephone. POI context can be communicated by methods such as voice recognition/response system (VRS), a push button technology or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The GIS server is then engaged in session with the mobile telephone.

7. The mobile telephone of claim 1, based on its capacity can optionally receive textual information from the GIS server. The textual information exchange in the form of request and response during the established session can optionally be standardized using standard protocols such as WAP and WML.

9. The mobile telephone of claim 1, based on its capacity can optionally receive graphical information from the GIS server to display on the mobile phone unit.

10. The engagement session of claim 1 is optionally initiated by voice prompts, using a voice recognition server/unit.

11. The engagement session of claim 1 is optionally initiated by graphical prompts on the mobile telephone.

2. A method and apparatus is invented to convert the GPS coordinates to a voice or text messages or touch-tone signals.

12. The navigational request (command) of claim 2 is created by encoding the GPS coordinates as voice commands.

13. The command of claim 2 is optionally created by encoding the GPS coordinates as textual input.

14. The command of claim 2 is optionally created by pushing the buttons on the mobile telephone or transmitting the encoded touch-tone signals.

3. A method and apparatus is invented to communicate the GPS coordinates of the mobile telephone to the GIS server. The GPS coordinates are converted into encoded voice, text messages or touch-tone signals. The messages or signals are used to communicate the coordinates of the mobile telephone to the GIS server.

4. The mobile device session with the GIS server is established in three phases;

Session Establishment, Session Engagement and Session Release.

5. A session is established once the GIS server authenticates the validity of session request from the mobile telephone.

6. While the session is engaged, GIS server guides for the destination point of interest, by the way of verbal or graphical commands. Thus the GIS information is server based as opposed to the current convention of storing it on the local (client) based unit. During the entire course of engagement, the server gets the GPS coordinates of the mobile device at predetermined regular intervals and it continues to guide to the destination of interest. GIS verifies the authenticity of the established session during each request and response.

8. The GIS response can optionally be a complete route message or in the form of turn by turn instructions.

15. The GIS guidance is server based enabling it to become a service. The service in claim 15 can optionally be engaged to metering and billing system to offer a variety of navigational choices. Not a claim.