Remote Entry Navigation System

• US 20090018769A1
• Filed: 07/11/2007
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 2236008 Ontario Inc. (Blackberry Limited)
• Original Assignee: 8758271 Canada Inc. (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Poliak, Anthony Andrew
• Application Number:
  US11/776,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20090018769A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application

Abstract

A remote entry navigation system streamlines a navigation process by generating routing directions to a destination transmitted by a mobile position identification unit. A remote entry navigation system includes a receiver that receives location data representing a desired location from a remote mobile position identification unit. An in-vehicle memory retains the location data. A vehicle processor generates routing directions to the desired location based on at least two elements included within the location data.

Claims

1. A system that generates directions to a desired location based on location data received from a remote mobile position identification device, comprising:

a receiver that converts an analog signal into a data structure that includes remote location data representing a desired location;

an in-vehicle database in communication with the receiver that retains the data structure; and

a vehicle processor that generates routing directions to the desired location based on at least two elements included within the data structure.

2. The system of claim 1, where the location data comprises latitudinal and longitudinal data.

3. The system of claim 1, where the location data comprises Global Positioning Satellite signal data.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising an interface that outputs the routing directions.

5. The system of claim 4, where the interface comprises an audio device.

6. The system of claim 4, where the interface comprises a display device.

7. The system of claim 6, where the display device overlays the routing directions on a graphical map.

8. A system that generates directions to a desired location based on an image, comprising:

a receiver that converts an analog signal into a data structure that includes image data and location data;

an in-vehicle database in communication with the receiver that retains the data structure; and

a routing module that generates directions to a location of the image based on the data structure without processing a user selection or input.

9. The system of claim 8, where the location data comprises bearing data.

10. The system of claim 8, where the location data comprises latitudinal data and longitudinal data.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a display device that displays an image associated with the image data.

12. The system of claim 11, where the display device displays a miniature version of the image.

13. The system of claim 12, where the display device graphically displays the routing directions.

14. In a computer implemented method that facilitates navigation to a location through an image, comprising:

receiving a non-user specific data structure that links an image to a location;

identifying a location of the image using at least two elements within the data structure; and

generating directions to the location based on the data structure,

where the method enables vehicle navigation to a location of the image without the need to select or enter a destination.

15. The method of claim 14, where the data structure comprise longitudinal data and latitudinal data.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising delivering the route directions to a user.

17. The method of claim 16, where the act of delivering the routing directions to the user comprises displaying the routing directions on a display device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising displaying the image on the display device.

19. The method of claim 18, where the image is displayed in a miniature version.

20. The method of claim 14, where the data structure is received from a mobile phone.

21. The method of claim 20, where the mobile phone further comprise a digital camera.

22. The method of claim 14, where the data structure is received from a GPS enabled digital camera.