Mutable Mobile Traffic Routing System

• US 20090171556A1
• Filed: 12/31/2007
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Inventors: Crane, Nicola A., Shrivathsan, Musiri, Chiu, David
• Application Number:
  US11/967,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20090171556A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/117
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3694 Output thereof on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA

Abstract

A method of operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system includes receiving traffic routing parameters by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client; selecting a traffic re-routing request parameters based on a traffic routing control parameter, from a portion of the traffic routing parameters at the client; sending the traffic re-routing request parameter from the client to the server; updating the traffic routing parameters at the server based on the traffic re-routing request parameter; and sending the traffic routing parameters updated with the traffic re-routing request parameter from the server to the client.

Claims

1. A method for operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system comprising:

receiving traffic routing parameters by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client;

selecting a traffic re-routing request parameter, based on a traffic routing control parameter, from a portion of the traffic routing parameters at the client;

sending the traffic re-routing request parameter from the client to the server;

updating the traffic routing parameters at the server based on the traffic re-routing request parameter; and

sending the traffic routing parameters updated with the traffic re-routing request parameter from the server to the client.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter includes manually selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter includes automatically selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter includes selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter based on future temporal component along the traffic routing parameters.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter includes selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter based on a projected event along the traffic routing parameters.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter includes selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter based on an avoidable item along the traffic routing parameters.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter includes selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter based on a desirable item along the traffic routing parameters.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein sending the traffic routing parameters updated with the traffic re-routing request parameter from the server to the client includes sending, an alternate traffic routing parameters based on the traffic re-routing request parameter.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising operating a navigation unit in the client with the traffic routing parameters.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising creating a billable event with the traffic re-routing request parameter.

11. A method for operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system comprising:

receiving traffic routing parameters by a client, having a navigation and location based services functions, from a server to be shown on a display of the client;

selecting a traffic re-routing request parameter, based on a traffic routing control parameter, from a portion of the traffic routing parameters at the client;

sending the traffic re-routing request parameter from the client to the server;

generating an alternate traffic routing parameters at the server based on the traffic routing parameters and the traffic re-routing request parameter; and

sending the alternate traffic routing parameters from the server to the client.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter includes highlighting the traffic re-routing request parameter in the traffic routing parameters on the display.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing parameter includes displaying a three-dimensional rendition of the traffic re-routing request parameter in the traffic routing parameters on the display.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing parameter includes displaying a flashing rendition of the traffic re-routing request parameter in the traffic routing parameters on the display.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter includes selecting the traffic re-routing request parameter based on a traffic incident along the traffic routing parameters.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein receiving the traffic routing parameters by the client includes receiving a travel route with segments by the client.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

receiving the traffic routing parameters by the client includes receiving a travel route with segments by the client, and

generating the alternate traffic routing parameters at the server based on the traffic routing parameters and the traffic re-routing request parameter includes modifying a portion of the segments.

18. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising storing the alternate traffic routing parameters in the client.

19. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising operating the client with the alternate traffic routing parameters from the server.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising updating the alternate traffic routing parameters based on a traffic incident with operation of the client in transit.