Navigation device and method using a personal area network

• US 20080207116A1
• Filed: 10/10/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pieter Geelen, Victor Shcherbatyuk
• Original Assignee: Pieter Geelen, Victor Shcherbatyuk
• Inventors: Geelen, Pieter, Shcherbatyuk, Victor
• Application Number:
  US11/907,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20080207116A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.06
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and a navigation device are disclosed for . . . . The navigation device includes a memory to store at least one document; an input device to select at least one document stored in memory; and a network interface to identify at least one other device. The selected at least one document is sent via a personal area network to the at least one other identified device. The personal area network is a short-range wireless network. The method includes selecting at least one document in a memory associated with a navigation device, identifying at least one other device accessible via a personal area network, and sending the at least one selected document via the personal area network to the at least one other identified device in response to a received input. The personal area network is a short-range wireless network.

Claims

11. A navigation device for receiving a document with at least one other device, the navigation device comprising:

a network interface to receive at least one document from at least one other device via a personal area network; and

a memory to store the at least one document;

the personal area network being a short-range wireless network.

12. The navigation device of claim 11 wherein the short-range wireless network is a Bluetooth network.

13. The navigation device of claim 11 further comprising a display device to indicate a status of receiving the document.

14. The navigation device of claim 11 wherein the short-range includes a range of about 50 meters.

15. The navigation device of claim 14 wherein the document includes at least one of an image document, an audio document, a video document, and an address book document

16. The navigation device of claim 11 wherein the network interface responds to a search signal from the at least one other device.

17. The navigation device of claim 11 wherein the at least one other device is one of a navigation device, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a pager, a computer, and another short-range wireless communication device.

18. The navigation device of claim 11 wherein the short-range wireless network is one of an ultra-wideband network, an IrDA, a HomeRF SWAP, a WiFi, a WiMax, and a ZigBee.

19. A method of sharing a document with at least one other device, the method comprising:

selecting at least one document in a memory associated with a navigation device;

identifying at least one other device accessible via a personal area network; and

sending the at least one selected document via the personal area network to the at least one other identified device in response to a received input, the personal area network being a short-range wireless network.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the short-range wireless network is a Bluetooth network.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein the document includes at least one of an image document, an audio document, a movie document, and an address book document

22. The method of claim 19 further comprising indicating a status of sending the document.

23. The method of claim 19 wherein identifying the at least one other device includes searching for other devices accessible via the personal area network.

24. The method of claim 19 further comprising checking the memory in the navigation device to ensure sufficient memory capacity is available to store the document.

25. A method for receiving a document with at least one other device, the method comprising:

receiving at least one document from at least one other device via a personal area network; and

storing the at least one document in memory associated with a navigation device, the personal area network being a short-range wireless network.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the short-range wireless network is a Bluetooth network.

27. The method of claim 25 wherein the document is at least one of an audio document, an image document and a video document.

28. The method of claim 25 further comprising responding to a search signal from the at least one other device.

29. The method of claim 25 wherein the at least one other device is one of a navigation device, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, and a computer.

30. A navigation device for sharing a document with at least one other device, the navigation device comprising:

means for storing at least one document;

means for selecting at least one document stored in memory; and

means for identifying at least one other device, the selected at least one document being sent via a personal area network to the at least one other device, the personal area network being a short-range wireless network.

1. A navigation device for sending a document to at least one other device, the navigation device comprising:

a memory to store at least one document;

an input device to select at least one document stored in memory; and

a network interface to identify at least one other device, the selected at least one document being sent via a personal area network to the at least one other identified device, the personal area network being a short-range wireless network.

2. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the short-range wireless network is a Bluetooth network

3. The navigation device of claim 2 wherein the short-range includes a range of about 10 meters.

4. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the at least one other device is one of a navigation device, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a pager, a computer, or another short-range wireless communication device.

5. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the document includes at least one of an image document, an audio document, a video document, and an address book document.

6. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the document includes a rich content document.

7. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the input device is an integrated input and display device, the integrated input and display device to indicate a status of sending the at least one document.

8. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein multiple other devices are identified, the integrated input and display device to receive a user selection of at least one of the multiple other device, and wherein the at least one document is sent to the selected at least one of the multiple other devices.

9. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the network interface sends a search signal via the personal area network.

10. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the short-range wireless network is ultra-wideband (UWB) network.

31. The navigation device of claim 30 wherein the short-range wireless network is a Bluetooth network.

32. The navigation device of claim 31 wherein the short-range includes a range of about 100 meters.

33. The navigation device of claim 30 wherein the document includes at least one of an image document, an audio document, and a movie document.

33-1. The navigation device of claim 30 wherein the at least one other device is one of a navigation device, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, and a computer.

34. A navigation device for receiving a document with at least one other device, the navigation device comprising:

means for receiving at least one document from at least one other device via a personal area network; and

means for storing the at least one document;

the personal area network being a short-range wireless network.

35. The navigation device of claim 34 wherein the short-range wireless network is a Bluetooth network.

36. The navigation device of claim 34 wherein the document includes at least one of an image document, an audio document, and a movie document.

37. The navigation device of claim 36 wherein the short-range includes a range of about 10 meters.

38. The navigation device of claim 34 wherein the at least one other device is one of a navigation device, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, and a computer.