METHOD FOR ORGANIZING DATA PRESENTED TO A USER IN A VEHICLE

• US 20090150167A1
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Sumcad, Anthony J., Patenaude, Russell A.
• Application Number:
  US11/952,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150167A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/345
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method for organizing data presented to a user in a vehicle includes monitoring, at a call center, a routine of the user. Monitoring takes into account a then-current day, a then-current time of day, a then-current vehicle location, and a point of interest associated with the routine. At least one point of interest parameter, a time of day parameter, a day parameter, and a vehicle location boundary is generated based on the user'"'"'s routine. The method further includes recognizing that the user is outside the vehicle location boundary on a day associated with the day parameter and at a time associated with the time of day parameter. The call center generates at least one datum based on the at least one point of interest parameter and a then-current location of the vehicle, and transmits the at least one datum to a telematics unit operatively disposed in the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for organizing data presented to a user in a vehicle, the method comprising:

monitoring, at a call center, a routine of the user, wherein the monitoring takes into account a then-current day, a then-current time of day, a then-current vehicle location, and a point of interest associated with the routine;

generating at least one point of interest parameter, a time of day parameter, a day parameter, and a vehicle location boundary based on the routine of the user;

recognizing that the user is outside the vehicle location boundary on a day associated with the day parameter and at a time associated with the time of day parameter;

generating, at the call center, at least one datum based on the at least one point of interest parameter and a then-current location of the vehicle; and

transmitting the at least one datum to a telematics unit operatively disposed in the vehicle.

2. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein a plurality of data is generated, and wherein the method further comprises:

sorting the plurality of data based on the at least one point of interest parameter, the day, the time, the then-current location of the vehicle, or combinations thereof; and

transmitting the plurality of data in order of relevancy based on the sorting.

3. The method as defined in claim 2 wherein the order of relevancy reflects a closest destination of each of the plurality of data with respect to the then-current location of the vehicle.

4. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

pre-selecting, via the user, at least one other point of interest parameter based on personal preferences of the user; and

storing the at least one other parameter in a location remote from the vehicle.

5. The method as defined in claim 4 wherein pre-selecting the at least one other parameter is accomplished by:

accessing an Internet-enabled program;

inputting or selecting the at least one other parameter via the Internet-enabled program; and

transmitting the at least one other parameter from the Internet-enabled program to a user profile accessible by the call center.

6. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising storing the at least one point of interest parameter, the time of day parameter, the day parameter, and the vehicle location boundary at the call center.

7. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein monitoring the routine of the user is accomplished by monitoring user selected data, monitoring user frequently visited destinations, monitoring frequent user navigation requests, or combinations thereof.

8. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein the at least one datum is generated by the call center upon request of the user, or by the call center unsolicited by the user.

9. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein the at least one datum is selected from a destination, a turn-by-turn route, a point of interest, or combinations thereof.

10. A method for organizing data presented to user in a vehicle, the method comprising:

storing a plurality of data at a call center;

monitoring, via the call center, a routine of the user, wherein the monitoring takes into account a then-current day, a then-current time of day, a then-current vehicle location, and a point of interest associated with the routine;

generating at least one point of interest parameter, a time of day parameter, a day parameter, and a vehicle location boundary based on the routine of the user;

storing the at least one point of interest parameter, the time of day parameter, the day parameter, and the vehicle location boundary in a user profile;

recognizing that a user is outside the vehicle location boundary on a day associated with the day parameter and at a time associated with the time of day parameter;

extracting, in response to the recognizing, the at least one point of interest parameter from the user profile;

generating, at the call center, a prioritized list including at least one of the plurality of data, the prioritized list based on the at least one point of interest parameter and a then-current location of the vehicle; and

transmitting the prioritized list to the vehicle.

11. The method as defined in claim 10 wherein each of the plurality of data is selected from a destination, a point of interest, a turn-by-turn route, or combinations thereof.

12. A system for organizing data to present to a user in a vehicle, the system comprising:

means for monitoring a routine of the user, wherein the means for monitoring takes into account a then-current day, a then-current time of day, a then-current vehicle location, and a point of interest associated with the routine;

means for generating at least one point of interest parameter, a time of day parameter, a day parameter, and a vehicle location boundary based on the routine of the user;

means for recognizing that the user is outside the vehicle location boundary on a day associated with the day parameter and at a time associated with the time of day parameter;

means for generating at least one datum based on the at least one point of interest parameter and a then-current location of the vehicle; and

a telematics unit operatively disposed in the vehicle and configured to receive the at least one datum from the means for generating.

13. The system as defined in claim 12 wherein the means for generating is configured to generate a plurality of data, and wherein the system further comprises:

means for sorting the plurality of data based on the at least one point of interest parameter, the day, the time, the then-current location of the vehicle, or combinations thereof; and

means for transmitting the plurality of data in order of relevancy based on the sorting.

14. The system as defined in claim 13 wherein the order of relevancy reflects a closest destination of each of the plurality of data with respect to the then-current location of the vehicle.

15. The system as defined in claim 12, further comprising:

means for pre-selecting, via the user, at least one other point of interest parameter based on personal preferences of the user; and

means for storing the at least one other parameter in a location remote from the vehicle.

16. The system as defined in claim 12, further comprising means for storing the at least one point of interest parameter, the time of day parameter, the day parameter, and the vehicle location boundary.

17. The system as defined in claim 12 wherein the at least one datum is generated by the means for generating upon request of the user, or by the means for generating unsolicited by the user.

18. The system as defined in claim 12 wherein the at least one datum is selected from a destination, a turn-by-turn route, a point of interest, or combinations thereof.

19. A system, comprising:

an in-vehicle unit for determining a set of user stop locations by monitoring geographic locations where a vehicle stops within a first geographic boundary;

a point of interest reverse look-up unit for determining whether one of the user stop locations geographically coincides with a point of interest, and for designating the point of interest as a visited point of interest if the one of the user stop locations geographically coincides with the point of interest, and for designating the point of interest as a regularly visited point of interest if at least one other of the user stop locations geographically coincides with the point of interest;

a point of interest notification unit for determining whether the vehicle is in a second geographic boundary not including the regularly visited point of interest; and

when the vehicle is in the second geographic boundary, providing, to a driver of the vehicle, a notification of a similar point of interest in the second geographic boundary that bears common characteristics to the regularly visited point of interest.