SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING DESTINATION LOCATIONS TO NAVIGATION DEVICES

• US 20080125967A1
• Filed: 11/24/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: SPRIGG, Stephen A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,877,204 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• 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 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching

Abstract

A navigation device receives a destination location to automatically calculate a route to the destination location over a wireless network. The destination location may be generated by a third party at a remote computer or wireless device. The destination location may be entered into the remote computer or wireless device, or may be automatically generated by the device. The destination location is transmitted from the remote computer or wireless device to the navigation device. Once received, the user of the navigation device may have the option of accepting or rejecting the destination location. The navigation device then uses the destination location to calculate a route which is communicated to the user with minimal to no user interaction. Multiple destinations may be sent to the navigation device, thus allowing advanced programming of an entire trip.

Claims

1. A method of providing a destination location to a navigation device comprising:

presenting an interface from a server to a computing device;

generating the destination location at the computing device using the interface;

sending the destination location from the computing device to the server;

wirelessly transmitting the destination location from the server to the navigation device; and

generating a route by the navigation device based on the destination location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating additional data with the destination location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising wirelessly transmitting the destination location from the server to a plurality of navigation devices.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of navigation devices selectively receives the destination location.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of navigation devices automatically receives the destination location.

6. A method of providing a destination location to a navigation device comprising:

receiving a telephone call at a server;

generating the destination location from the telephone call;

wirelessly transmitting the destination location to the navigation device; and

generating a route by the navigation device based on the destination location.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising associating additional data with the destination location.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the destination location is generated using caller-ID.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising wirelessly transmitting the destination location from the server to a plurality of navigation devices.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of navigation devices selectively receives the destination location.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of navigation devices automatically receives the destination location.

12. A method of providing a destination location to a navigation device comprising:

generating the destination location at a computing device, wherein the destination location is a current location of the computing device;

wirelessly transmitting the destination location from the computing device to the navigation device; and

generating a route by the navigation device to the destination location.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating the destination location at the computing device using a global positioning system.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising associating additional data with the destination location.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising wirelessly transmitting the destination location from the computing device to a plurality of navigation devices.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the plurality of navigation devices selectively receives the destination location.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the plurality of navigation devices automatically receives the destination location.

18. A navigation device comprising:

a receiver capable of receiving a destination location from a server over a wireless network, wherein the destination location is generated by a computing device, wherein the navigation device and the computing device are not the same device; and

a processor which generates a route based on the destination location.

19. The navigation device of claim 18, further comprising an interface which communicates the route to a user.

20. The navigation device of claim 18, wherein the processor is capable of processing additional data associated with the destination location.

21. A computing device comprising:

a processor capable of generating a destination location, wherein the destination location is capable of being processed by one or more target navigation devices to generate a route to the destination location, wherein the one or more target navigation devices and the computing device are not the same device; and

a connection capable of interacting with an interface presented by a server and sending the destination location to the server through the interface, wherein the computing device and the server are not the same device.

22. The computing device of claim 21, further comprising an interface adapted to accept user input of the destination location.

23. The computing device of claim 21, wherein the connection is capable of sending the destination location to the server over a wireless network.

24. The computing device of claim 21, wherein the processor automatically generates the destination location based on a current location of the computing device.

25. The computing device of claim 24, wherein the current location is determined using a global positioning system.

26. A server comprising:

a connection capable of receiving a destination location from an origination device and wirelessly transmitting the destination location to one or more target navigation devices, wherein the destination location is capable of being processed by the one or more target navigation devices to generate a route to the destination location, wherein the origination device and the one or more target navigation devices are not the same device.

27. The server of claim 26, further comprising an interface which is presented to the originating device through the connection for generating the destination location at the origination device.

28. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

instructions for presenting an interface from a server to a computing device;

instructions for generating a destination location at the computing device using the interface;

instructions for sending the destination location from the computing device to the server;

instructions for wirelessly transmitting the destination location from the server to the navigation device; and

instructions for generating a route by the navigation device based on the destination location.

29. The machine-readable medium of claim 28, further comprising instructions for associating additional data with the destination location.

30. The machine-readable medium of claim 28, further comprising instructions for wirelessly transmitting the destination location from the server to a plurality of navigation devices.

31. The machine-readable medium of claim 30, wherein at least one of the plurality of navigation devices selectively receives the destination location.

32. The machine-readable medium of claim 30, wherein at least one of the plurality of navigation devices automatically receives the destination location.

33. A navigation device comprising:

means for receiving a destination location from a server over a wireless network, wherein the destination location is generated by a computing device, wherein the navigation device and the computing device are not the same device; and

means for generating a route based on the destination location.

34. The navigation device of claim 33, further comprising a means for communicating the route to a user.

35. The navigation device of claim 33, further comprising means for processing additional data associated with the destination location.