Method and System for Receiving and Sending Navigational Data via a Wireless Messaging Service on a Navigation System

• US 20110230169A1
• Filed: 06/01/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ohki, Eric Shigeru
• Granted Patent: US 8,193,950 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• 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 1/096872 where instructions are given per voice
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096894 where input is assisted by the navigation device, i.e. the user does not type the complete name of the destination, e.g. using zip codes, telephone numbers, progressively selecting from initial letters
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map

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.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

composing a message request on a navigation device within a vehicle;

sending, by the navigation device, the message request;

receiving, by the navigation device, a requested message in response to the sending of the message request;

processing, by the navigation device, the received requested message when the requested message is received within an allotted amount of time; and

notifying a user of an error condition when the navigation device fails to receive the requested message within the allotted amount of time.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

polling a mobile communication device for received messages via a hands free telephone in electrical communication with the navigation device, the polling occurring at a given polling rate; and

increasing the given polling rate after the sending of the message request.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

ceasing the polling of the mobile communication device when the ignition switch is turned off or the mobile communication device is no longer detected.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

attempting to establish a communication link between a hands free telephone and a mobile communication device when an ignition switch is turned on, the hands free telephone being in electrical communication with the navigation device;

periodically attempting, by the hands free telephone, to retrieve text messages from the mobile communication device after the communication link is successfully established;

displaying, by the navigation device, the text messages retrieved from the mobile communication device; and

permitting the user to reply to a retrieved text message via the navigation device, the navigation device having retrieved sender information from the retrieved text message.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

failing to detect the mobile communication device after having established the communication link; and

attempting to establish a second communication link between the hands free telephone and a second mobile communication device when the second communication device is detected.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the permitting the user to reply to a retrieved text message via the navigation device further comprises:

selecting a preset message via the navigation device;

reformatting the selected preset message by the navigation device; and

sending the reformatted selected preset message to the sender of the retrieved text message via the navigation device, the hands free telephone and the established communication link with the mobile communication device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying, by the navigation device, an indication that the reformatted selected preset message was sent when a confirmation is received in response to the sending of the reformatted selected preset message.

8. A system for use in a vehicle comprising:

a hands free telephone; and

a navigation device in electrical communication with the hands free telephone, the navigation device comprising;

a processor, and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory including executable code which, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform a method comprising;

detecting an ignition switch of the vehicle being set to on,

establishing a wireless communication link with a mobile device,

attempting to retrieve, at a given polling rate, text messages stored in the mobile device via the wireless communication link,

displaying all of the retrieved text messages,

composing and sending a message request to the mobile device,

increasing the given polling rate after the sending of the message request, and

processing a received requested message when the requested message is received within an allotted amount of time after the sending of the message request and the received requested message is responsive to the sending of the message request.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

notifying a user of an error condition when the navigation device fails to receive the requested message, responsive to the sending of the message request, within the allotted amount of time.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein:

an intended destination of the message request is a service.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the service includes an information search service.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

providing a facility for a user to reply to a received text message, “

send to”

information for the reply having been retrieved, by the navigation device, from the received text message.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the providing a facility for a user to reply to a received message further comprises:

providing a plurality of preset reply messages from which the user can select one of the plurality of preset reply messages as the reply.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the attempting to retrieve, at a given polling rate, text messages stored in the mobile device via the wireless communication link further comprises:

sending, by the navigation device to the hands free telephone, commands which are included in a Hayes command set of modem commands.

15. An in-vehicle navigation device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory operatively coupled with the processor, the memory including executable code which, when executed by the processor, causes the in-vehicle navigation device to perform a method comprising;

periodically polling, at a given polling rate via an established wireless communication link with a wireless mobile device, for messages stored in the wireless mobile device,

composing and sending a request to an information search service via the established wireless communication link with the wireless mobile device, and

increasing the given polling rate while waiting to receive a message responsive to the composing and sending of the request.

16. The in-vehicle navigation device of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the message responsive to the composing and sending of the request, and

processing the received message from the information search service when the message is received within an allotted amount of time.

17. The in-vehicle navigation device of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

informing a user of an error condition when the message responsive to the composing and sending of the request is not received by the in-vehicle navigation device within an allotted amount of time.

18. The in-vehicle device of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a text message in response to the periodically polling for messages stored in the wireless device,

displaying the received text message,

receiving a selection of one of a plurality of preset messages to send as a reply message responsive to the displayed text message, and

sending the selected one of the plurality of preset messages as the reply message.

19. The in-vehicle device of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a confirmation regarding the sending of the selected one of the plurality of preset messages as the reply message; and

displaying an indication that the selected one of the plurality of preset messages has been sent after the receiving of the confirmation.

20. The in-vehicle device of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

detecting an ignition switch of a vehicle, including the in-vehicle device, being changed from on to off, and

stopping the periodically polling for messages stored in the wireless mobile device upon detecting the ignition switch being changed from on to off.