Method for setting destination based on identifier of moving object and method for providing position information

• US 20070100539A1
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Jang, In-Sung, Park, Jong-Hyun, Choi, Wan-Sik
• Granted Patent: US 7,877,205 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096894 where input is assisted by the navigation device, i.e. the user does not type the complete name of the destination, e.g. using zip codes, telephone numbers, progressively selecting from initial letters
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A method for setting a destination based on an identifier of a moving object and a method for providing position information are disclosed. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for setting a destination based on an identifier of a moving object, including the steps of: a) selecting an identifier of moving object; b) requesting the providing of position information providing to the selected moving object; c) receiving the position information from the selected moving object; and d) setting a destination for the moving object based on the received position information.

Claims

1. A method for setting a destination based on an identifier of a moving object, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving an identifier of a selected moving object;

b) requesting the selected moving object to provide position information of the selected moving object;

c) receiving the position information from the selected moving object; and

d) setting a destination for the selected moving object based on the received position information.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

e) searching a path for the destination which is set at the step d); and

f) providing a path guide service based on the path search result.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein in the step e), one of an optimum path and a minimum path is searched.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein in the step e), the path is searched based on real time traffic information which is provided from an external apparatus.

5. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein in the step f), the path guide service is provided based on a multimedia data format.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step a), at least one of a mobile communication telephone number, a mobile identification number and a fixed internet protocol (IP) is selected as the identifier of the selected moving object by an external input.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step c), the position information is received from the selected moving object periodically, and wherein in the step d), the destination setting for the selected moving object is performed repeatedly based on the period.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein in the step c), the position information of the selected moving object to be moved on a moving path and necessary time information between the current time and a moving completion time are received from the selected moving object periodically, wherein in the step d), the destination setting for the selected moving object is performed repeatedly based on the position information of the selected moving object to be moved and the necessary time information according to the period.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step c), the position information is received from the moving object aperiodically, and wherein in the step d), the destination setting for the moving object is performed repeatedly according as the position information is received from the moving object newly.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein in the step c), the position information of the moving object to be moved on a moving path and time difference information between the current time and a moving completion time are received from the moving object aperiodically, wherein in the step d), the destination setting for the moving object is performed repeatedly based on the position information of the selected moving object to be moved and the necessary time information according as the position information is received from the selected moving object newly.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step c), if the selected moving object does not have a position determination module, the position information is received from an external location based service (LBS) server.

12. A method for providing position information, comprising the steps of:

a) storing a position information providing table to provide position information;

b) receiving a request to provide a position information from a requester;

c) checking position information providing level of the requester according as the requester is registered on the position information providing table; and

d) providing the position information based on the position information providing level of the requester.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, further comprising the step of:

e) if the requester is not registered in the position information providing table, determining the position information providing levels of the requester and registering the requester in the position information providing table;

14. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the position information providing table provides different position information providing levels according to a combination of a plurality of item fields.

15. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the position information providing table includes a subscriber, an application service, a requester and a providing period as the item field.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the position information providing table further includes an etc field, which is defined by an extra format, for an exception case and an application rule as the item field.

17. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein in the step d), if the position information providing level of the requester is “

refusal of position information providing”

, the position information is not provided,

if the position information providing level of the requester is “

position information providing after agreement”

, the position information is provided or refused after requesting a user the agreement regarding the position information providing,

if the position information providing level of the requester is “

position information providing after notification”

, the position information is provided after the position information providing is notified to the requester, and

if the position information providing level of the requester is “

position information providing”

, the position information is provided to the requester.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein in the step d), the position information is provided to the requester periodically.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein in the step d), post-position information on a moving path and necessary time information between a current position and the post-position are provided to the requester periodically.

20. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein in the step d), the position information is provided to the requester aperiodically.

21. The method as recited in claim 20, wherein in the step d), post-position information on a moving path and necessary time information between a current position and the post-position are provided to the requester aperiodically.

22. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein in the step d), if a moving object does not have a position determination module, the position information is received from an external location based service (LBS) server.