SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRIORITIZING TELEPHONY AND NAVIGATION FUNCTIONS

• US 20090055088A1
• Filed: 08/23/2007
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Harry, Schreiner, Christopher S.
• Application Number:
  US11/844,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20090055088A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

A system is provided that includes a location determination element [230] to determine a current location of a mobile device [100] of a mobile subscriber. A map database [510] stores mapping information. At least one processor [200] (a) determines navigation directions from the current location to a destination location; (b) determines whether the current location is within a predetermined familiar area; and (c) prioritizes delivery of the navigation directions to the mobile device in response to the mobile subscriber being engaged in a communication via the mobile device at a time that the navigation directions are determined. Only a first type of the navigation directions are provided when the current location is within the predetermined familiar area. At least a second type of navigation directions, different from the first type, are provided when the current location is outside of the predetermined familiar area.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining a current location of a mobile device of a mobile subscriber;

determining navigation directions from the current location to a designated destination;

determining whether the current location is within a predetermined familiar area; and

prioritizing delivery of the navigation directions to the mobile device in response to the mobile subscriber being engaged in a communication via the mobile device at a time that the navigation directions are determined, wherein

in response to the current location being within the predetermined familiar area, only a first type of the navigation directions are provided; and

in response to the current location being outside of the predetermined familiar area, at least a second type of navigation directions, different from the first type, are provided.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication is an audible conversation via the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first type of navigation directions comprises visual navigation directions.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the visual navigation directions comprise at least one of visual icons and text messages displayed on a display of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second type of navigation directions comprises

audible navigation directions and visual navigation directions.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the communication of the mobile subscriber is muted while the audible navigation directions are provided.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the current location is determined based on Global Positioning System (“

GPS”

) coordinates.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined familiar area is determined based on detected location information for the mobile subscriber during a predetermined time period.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined familiar area is determined based on detected location information for the mobile device over a designated time interval.

10. A system, comprising:

a location determination element to determine a current location of a mobile device of a mobile subscriber;

a map database to store mapping information;

at least one processor to

determine navigation directions from the current location to a destination location based on the mapping information;

determine whether the current location is within a predetermined familiar area; and

prioritize delivery of the navigation directions to the mobile device in response to the mobile subscriber being engaged in a communication via the mobile device at a time that the navigation directions are determined, wherein

in response to the current location being within the predetermined familiar area, only a first type of the navigation directions are provided; and

in response to the current location being outside of the predetermined familiar area, at least a second type of navigation directions, different from the first type, are provided.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first type of navigation directions comprise at least one of visual icons and text messages and the mobile device comprises a display to display the first type of navigation directions.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the second type of navigation directions comprises

audible navigation directions and visual navigation directions, and the mobile device comprises a display to display the first type of navigation directions and a speaker to provide the audible navigation directions.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the location determination element is adapted to determine Global Positioning System (“

GPS”

) coordinates.

14. A navigation device, comprising:

a communication element to receive

a current location of a mobile subscriber of a mobile device from a location determination device, and

a destination location for the mobile subscriber;

at least one processor to

determine navigation directions from the current location to the destination location;

determine whether the current location is within a predetermined familiar area; and

prioritize delivery of the navigation directions to the mobile subscriber in response to the mobile subscriber being engaged in a communication via the mobile device at a time that the navigation directions are determined, wherein

in response to the current location being within the predetermined familiar area, only a first type of the navigation directions are provided; and

in response to the current location being outside of the predetermined familiar area, at least a second type of navigation directions, different from the first type, are provided.

15. The navigation device of claim 14, wherein the navigation device is housed within the mobile device.

16. The navigation device of claim 14, wherein the navigation device is housed within a remote server in communication with the mobile device.