METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS IN REAL TIME AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD

• US 20090119004A1
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Thinkware Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Choi, Won Ik
• Granted Patent: US 8,301,367 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of providing a content in real time and a navigation system for providing a content in real time which recognizes an allowance time for providing the content by considering a time, a distance, a road straightness from a current guide point to a subsequent guide point, receives the content from a predetermined content providing server in real time, and provides the content during the allowance time. A navigation system for providing a content in real time, the navigation system including: an allowance time recognition unit recognizing an existence of an allowance time for providing the content while navigating; a server connection unit connecting to a predetermined content providing server via a communication network; a content receiving unit receiving the content from the content providing server; and a content providing unit providing the received content during the allowance time.

Claims

1. A navigation system for providing a content in real time, the navigation system comprising:

an allowance time recognition unit recognizing an existence of an allowance time for providing the content while navigating;

a server connection unit connecting to a predetermined content providing server via a communication network;

a content receiving unit receiving the content from the content providing server; and

a content providing unit providing the received content during the allowance time.

2. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the server connection unit connects to the content providing server in real time in association with the recognition of the existence of the allowance time, and the content receiving unit receives the content from the content providing server in real time.

3. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the allowance time recognition unit computes a required time from a current guide point to a subsequent guide point in association with the navigating, and recognizes the required time as the allowance time when the required time is greater than a predetermined reference time.

4. The navigation system of claim 3, wherein the allowance time recognition unit computes the required time by considering a distance from the current guide point to the subsequent guide point.

5. The navigation system of claim 4, wherein the allowance time recognition unit computes the required time by considering a road straightness from the current guide point to the subsequent guide point.

6. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the content providing server stores a category of the content, which is set by a user, in a predetermined database in association with a user identification (ID), and the content receiving unit receives a content of a category associated with the user ID from the content providing server.

7. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the content corresponds to a multimedia content comprising at least one of a text, an image, an audio, and a video.

8. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the content providing unit provides the content by overlaying the content on a navigation screen in association with the navigating.

9. A method of providing a content in real time, the method comprising:

recognizing an existence of an allowance time for providing the content while navigating;

connecting to a predetermined content providing server via a communication network;

receiving the content from the content providing server; and

providing the received content during the allowance time.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the connecting connects to the content providing server in real time in association with the recognition of the existence of the allowance time, and the receiving receives the content from the content providing server in real time.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the recognizing comprises:

computing a required time from a current guide point to a subsequent guide point in association with the navigating; and

recognizing the required time as the allowance time when the required time is greater than a predetermined reference time.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the computing computes the required time by considering a distance from the current guide point to the subsequent guide point.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the computing computes the required time by considering a road straightness from the current guide point to the subsequent guide point.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the content providing server stores a category of the content, which is set by a user, in a predetermined database in association with a user ID, and the receiving receives a content of a category associated with the user ID from the content providing server.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the content corresponds to a multimedia content comprising at least one of a text, an image, an audio, and a video.

16. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing the method according to any one of claims 9 through 15.