ELECTRONIC ENTITY AND MICROCIRCUIT CARD FOR ELECTRONIC ENTITY

• US 20100317369A1
• Filed: 06/14/2010
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oberthur Technologies SA
• Original Assignee: Oberthur Technologies SA
• Inventors: Stranges, Lorenzo
• Granted Patent: US 8,335,523 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0717 the sensor being capable of sensing environmental conditions such as temperature history or pressure
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass

Abstract

An electronic entity and a microcircuit card (1300) include:

• • elements (1300, 1310, 1320) for obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity,
  • elements (1300, 1330, 1350) for sending a request containing information on the orientation,
  • elements (1300, 1330, 1350) for receiving information relating to at least one positional entity linked to the geographical position of the electronic entity and to the orientation, and
  • elements (1300, 1330, 1350) for providing a user with information relating to at least one positional entity received by the receiving elements.

Claims

1. Electronic entity (1000), characterized in that it comprises:

means (1300, 1310, 1320) for obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity,

means (1300, 1330, 1350) for sending a request containing information on said orientation,

means (1300, 1330, 1350) for receiving information relating to at least one positional entity linked to the geographical position of the electronic entity and to said orientation, and

means (1300, 1330, 1350, 1100) for providing a user with information relating to at least one positional entity received by the receiving means.

2. Electronic entity according to claim 1, further including means (1300, 1360) for obtaining the geographical position, the means for sending a request being adapted so that said request contains information on said geographical position.

3. Electronic entity according to claim 2, wherein said means (1300, 1360) for obtaining the geographical position include means for receiving positioning signals and means for determining geographical locations as a function of said positioning signals.

4. Electronic entity according to claim 2, wherein said means (1300, 1360) for obtaining the geographical position include means for obtaining a reference of a cell of the cellular telephone network in which the electronic entity is situated.

5. Electronic entity according to claim 1, wherein said means (1300, 1310, 1320) for obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity include a magnetometer (1310).

6. Electronic entity according to claim 1, including a microcircuit card (1300), means (1300, 1330, 1350) for sending information indicating the model of the electronic entity and means (1300, 1330, 1350) for receiving data representing the relative orientation of the electronic entity and the microcircuit card for said model, the means for obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity using said relative orientation.

7. Electronic entity according to claim 1, including mobile telephone means.

8. Electronic entity according to claim 1, including a microcircuit card (1300), means for accessing a SimToolKit menu of said microcircuit card and means for selecting in said menu an application for controlling the means for obtaining the orientation, the means for sending the request, the means for receiving information relating to at least one positional entity and the means for supplying a user with information relating to at least one positional entity.

9. Electronic entity according to claim 1, including a microcircuit card, the means for obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity being adapted to determine a relative orientation of the microcircuit card and the electronic entity on first using the microcircuit card or first launching an application for controlling the means for obtaining the orientation, the means for sending the request, the means for receiving information relating to at least one positional entity and the means for providing a user with information relating to at least one positional entity.

10. Electronic entity according to claim 1, wherein the means for providing a user with information relating to at least one positional entity received by the receiving means are adapted to display at least one hypertext link and to enable the user to select that link to obtain additional information relating to a positional entity.

18. Electronic entity according to claim 3, wherein said means (1300, 1360) for obtaining the geographical position include means for obtaining a reference of a cell of the cellular telephone network in which the electronic entity is situated.

11. Microcircuit card (1300) for fitting to an electronic entity (1000), characterized in that it comprises:

means (1310, 1320) for obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity,

means (1330, 1350) for sending a request containing information on said orientation,

means (1330, 1350) for receiving information relating to at least one positional entity linked to the geographical position of the electronic entity and to said orientation, and

means (1330, 1350) for providing a user with information relating to at least one positional entity received by the receiving means.

12. Microcircuit card (1300) according to claim 11, characterized in that it is a mobile telephone network identification card (2000).

13. Microcircuit card according to claim 11, including means for communicating to the user of the electronic entity a reference orientation, the means for obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity being adapted to determine the orientation of the electronic entity relative to said reference orientation.

14. Microcircuit card according to claim 11, having a face (1340) carrying a visual indication of a reference direction associated with the means for obtaining the orientation.

19. Microcircuit card according to claim 12, including means for communicating to the user of the electronic entity a reference orientation, the means for obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity being adapted to determine the orientation of the electronic entity relative to said reference orientation.

20. Microcircuit card according to claim 12, having a face (1340) carrying a visual indication of a reference direction associated with the means for obtaining the orientation.

15. Electronic data processing system (4000), characterized in that it comprises:

means for receiving a request containing information on the orientation of an electronic entity,

means for receiving information on the geographical position of said electronic entity,

means (4100) for determining information relating to at least one positional entity linked to the geographical position of the electronic entity and to said orientation, and

means for responding to said request by sending said information relating to at least one positional entity.

16. Electronic data processing system (4000) according to claim 15, wherein the determination means (4100) are adapted to determine information relating to at least one billboard and to the advertisement displayed on said billboard.

17. Method of providing information relating to positional entities, characterized in that it comprises:

a step (520) of an electronic entity (1000) obtaining the orientation of the electronic entity,

a step (525) of the electronic entity sending a request containing information on said orientation,

a step (535) of the electronic entity receiving information relating to at least one positional entity linked to the geographical position of the electronic entity and to said orientation, and

a step (540) of the electronic entity supplying a user with information relating to at least one positional entity received by the receiving means.