NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM

• US 20090234741A1
• Filed: 03/16/2009
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Shimura, Takeyuki, Saitoh, Akira, Tomoda, Daisuke, Takeuchi, Shigeki, Yokoyama, Satoshi, Uenohara, Hayato
• Application Number:
  US12/405,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20090234741A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.100
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

Navigation systems for providing route guidance to a destination for a user are presented including: an information provider configured to provide a program for performing processing of a voice command and a grammar associated with the route guidance, the information provider including, a transmitter for sending the program, and an informing means for notifying the user of the program; a terminal device for providing the route guidance to the user, the terminal device including: a receiver for receiving the program from the information provider, a speech recognition unit for enabling the voice command and the grammar, a navigation executing unit for realizing a navigation function in response to the voice command; and a server, where the server is configured to provide data associated with the program to the information provider.

Claims

1. A navigation system for providing route guidance to a destination for a user comprising:

an information provider configured to provide a program for performing processing of a voice command and a grammar associated with the route guidance, the information provider including,

a transmitter for sending the program, and

an informing means for notifying the user of the program;

a terminal device for providing the route guidance to the user, the terminal device including;

a receiver for receiving the program from the information provider,

a speech recognition unit for enabling the voice command and the grammar,

a navigation executing unit for realizing a navigation function in response to the voice command; and

a server, wherein the server is configured to provide data associated with the program to the information provider.

2. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the information provider further comprises a data storage unit for storing the grammar and the program.

3. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is configured to provide a data transmission mechanism that may be selected from the following without limitation:

a dedicated short range communication mechanism, an active radio frequency identification mechanism, and a frequency modulation multiple wave mechanism.

4. The navigation system of claim 3, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit to the terminal device only within a given distance.

5. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the informing means may be selected from the following without limitation:

a notice board and an audio based medium.

6. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the information provider is further configured to transmit authentication data to the server upon a request from the terminal device for a service associated with the program.

7. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the terminal device further comprises:

input means for manually performing input of a plurality of commands and operation settings; and

display means for displaying information.

8. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the terminal device further comprises:

a profile database for storing a user profile;

a media database for storing information corresponding with media set by the user as unnecessary media; and

a filter unit for determining when the program is provided to the user based on data corresponding with the profile database and the media database.

9. The navigation system of claim 8, wherein the filter unit is further configured to provide the program to the user based on a current position of the terminal device.

10. The navigation system of claim 8, wherein the filter unit is further configured to provide the program to the user based on an internal clock, wherein the internal clock is responsive to when the terminal device receives the program.

11. The navigation system of claim 6, wherein the server further comprises:

an information providing server for providing data associated with program changes to the information provider;

a data distributing server, wherein

the data distribution server is configured to receive the authentication data from the information provider, wherein

in response receiving the authentication data, the data distribution server is configured to provide a requested data to the information provider, and wherein,

the data distribution server is configured to receive data from the terminal device; and

a charging server for performing charging based on use of the voice command associated with the program.

12. A method for providing route guidance to a navigation device comprising:

causing a server to send a program for performing processing of a voice command and a grammar associated with the route guidance;

causing an information provider to receive the program;

causing the information provider to transmit a notification to a user such that the user is informed of an availability of the program;

if the user utilizes the voice command, causing the navigation device to determine the route guidance associated with the program.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the notification enabled from the following without limitation:

a notice board and an audio based medium.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the information provider is configured to provide data transmission to enable causing the navigation device to determine the route guidance.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the information provider comprises a transmitter configured to provide a data transmission mechanism that may be selected from the following without limitation:

a dedicated short range communication mechanism, an active radio frequency identification mechanism, and a frequency modulation multiple wave mechanism, wherein the data transmission mechanism is further configured to transmit to the navigation device only within a given distance.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising before the causing a server to send a program, causing the information provider to transmit authentication data to the server upon a request from the terminal device for a service associated with the program.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising causing the server to charge when the information provider utilizes the voice command.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising causing the server to issue a coupon when the information provider utilizes the voice command.

19. A computing device program product for providing route guidance to a navigation device, the computing device program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;

first programmatic instructions for causing a server to send a program for performing processing of a voice command and a grammar associated with the route guidance;

second programmatic instructions for causing an information provider to receive the program;

third programmatic instructions for causing the information provider to transmit a notification to a user such that the user is informed of an availability of the program;

if the user utilizes the voice command, fourth programmatic instructions for causing the navigation device to determine the route guidance associated with the program.

20. The computing device program product of claim 19, further comprising:

fifth programmatic instructions for causing the information provider to transmit authentication data to the server upon a request from the terminal device for a service associated with the program;

sixth programmatic instructions for causing the server to charge when the information provider utilizes the voice command; and

seventh programmatic instructions for causing the server to issue a coupon when the information provider utilizes the voice command.