Method and system of providing navigation information

• US 20070078597A1
• Filed: 10/05/2005
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kotzin, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,822,544 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3453 Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality

Abstract

A method and system of providing navigation information is provided. The method comprises obtaining (105) a communication requirement of a user and determining (110) at least one navigation route for the user based on the communication requirement dependent upon network considerations along the route. The method further comprises providing (115) the at least one navigation route to the user based on the communication requirement.

Claims

1. A method of providing navigation information, the method comprising steps of:

obtaining a communication requirement of a user;

determining at least one navigation route for the user based on the communication requirement dependent upon network considerations along the route; and

providing the at least one navigation route to the user based on the communication requirement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step further comprises:

obtaining a start location and a destination location of the user; and

obtaining network coverage information based on the start location and the destination location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining step further comprises:

determining at least one navigation route based on the network coverage information;

determining at least one navigation route based on the geographic coverage information;

offering the at least one navigation route to the user using a graphical display for selection; and

presenting a selected navigation route continuously to the user from the start location to the destination location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step further comprises:

determining the at least one navigation route based on an operator criteria, wherein the operator criteria comprises an operator infrastructure capability.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step comprises selecting an operator from a plurality of available operators.

6. A method of providing navigation information in a peer-to-peer communication system, the method comprising steps of:

obtaining a communication requirement for a first user wherein the

communication requirement of the first user depends on a second user;

determining at least one proximal navigation route for the first user and the second user based on the communication requirement dependent upon network considerations along the route; and

providing the at least one proximal navigation route to the first user and the second user based on the communication requirement, wherein the first user and the second user form the peer-to-peer communication system.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining step comprises:

obtaining a first start location and a first destination location of the first user; and

obtaining a second start location and a second destination location of the second user.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

providing continuously the at least one proximal navigation route to the first user and the second user.

9. A system for providing navigation information, the system comprising:

a communication device enabled to send a communication requirement; and

a server enabled to receive the communication requirement and provide a navigation route to the communication device based on the communication requirement dependent upon network considerations along the route in conjunction with a geographical communications database.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising a base radio subsystem enabled to receive the communication requirement and configured to forward the communication requirement to the server.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the communication device comprises a mobile communication device.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the geographical communications database is enabled to provide coverage performance criteria for a plurality of communication services.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of communication services comprises at least one of mobile phone services and internet provider services.