METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING AND SENDING NAVIGATIONAL DATA VIA A WIRELESS MESSAGING SERVICE ON A NAVIGATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a navigation device within a vehicle, input from a user requesting information regarding a point of interest;
obtaining, by the navigation device, a latitude and a longitude of a particular location, the particular location being either a current location of the vehicle or a location along a predetermined travel route;
transmitting, by the navigation device, a request for the information regarding the point of interest to a remote service, the request including data representing at least part of the input received from the user, and the latitude and the longitude of the particular location;
receiving, by the navigation device in response to the transmitting, a response to the request for information from the remote service, the response including address information of at least one point of interest that satisfies the request for the information; and
providing, by the navigation device on a displayed map, an indication of a location of the at least one point of interest that satisfies the request for the information based on the address information in the received response.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for receiving navigational data via a wireless messaging service on a navigation system. The system and method provide a way to send requests for destination information via the wireless messaging service and capture navigational data from the responsive message received, such as addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses, and then utilize that data for navigational routing, generation of telephone calls, emailing and the like, from the vehicle'"'"'s navigation system. A wireless device can be paired with the navigation system over a Bluetooth® communication link, wherein the navigation system periodically polls the wireless device for newly received messages. In one embodiment, the NAVI displays icons on a map that correspond to the extracted addresses from the messages received in relation to the vehicle'"'"'s current location. The icons can be shown in a plurality of visual formats to distinguish previously viewed locations from newly received ones.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a navigation device within a vehicle, input from a user requesting information regarding a point of interest; obtaining, by the navigation device, a latitude and a longitude of a particular location, the particular location being either a current location of the vehicle or a location along a predetermined travel route; transmitting, by the navigation device, a request for the information regarding the point of interest to a remote service, the request including data representing at least part of the input received from the user, and the latitude and the longitude of the particular location; receiving, by the navigation device in response to the transmitting, a response to the request for information from the remote service, the response including address information of at least one point of interest that satisfies the request for the information; and providing, by the navigation device on a displayed map, an indication of a location of the at least one point of interest that satisfies the request for the information based on the address information in the received response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing a point of interest messaging service, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device providing the point of interest messaging service, a first message including a request for information with respect to a point of interest, the request for information including a latitude and a longitude of a particular location and data regarding a desired point of interest; identifying, by the computing device, any points of interest within a first predefined distance of the particular location that match the data regarding the desired point of interest; transmitting a second message, by the computing device to a sender of the first message when the identifying has successfully identified at least one point of interest, the second message including a response to the request for information which includes the requested information for the at least one point of interest that matches the data regarding the desired point of interest, the at least one point of interest being located a same distance as, or closer to, the particular location than others of any of the identified points of interest. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for use in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver; a display unit; a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and the display unit, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable code for the processor to; receive input from a user requesting information regarding a desired point of interest, transmit a request for the information regarding the desired point of interest to a remote service, the request including data representing at least part of the input received from the user and a latitude and a longitude of a current location of the vehicle, receive a response to the request for the information from the remote service, the response including address information of at least one point of interest that satisfies the request for the information, calculate a route from the current location of the vehicle to an address included in the address information, and guide the vehicle along the route by displaying a map showing the current location of the vehicle and at least a portion of the calculated route. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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