NAVIGATION APPLICATION INTERFACE

• US 20130019252A1
• Filed: 07/12/2011
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Haase, Robert, Montealegre, Steven, Boufelliga, Rhita, Oder, Rainer
• Granted Patent: US 9,542,241 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication

Abstract

A navigation system is provided with an application programming interface to enable efficient integration of a navigation solution into a navigation platform. The system includes a client-server architecture and the API is implemented with a standardized set of request and response functions defined in the client and server, respectively. The API includes a rapid prototyping interface component for enabling development of a navigation solution independent of a particular navigation platform. An information discovery and exchange interface component enables the navigation platform (client) to discover and retrieve the information available from the navigation solution (server) navigation solution.

Claims

1. A navigation system comprising a navigation platform including an application interface for interfacing with a navigation solution, the interface including a set of pre-defined functions adapted to cooperate with corresponding functions provided by the navigation solution.

2. The navigation system of claim 1, where the application interface includes a rapid prototyping interface component for enabling a navigation solution to be functionally evaluated independent from the navigation platform.

3. The navigation solution of claim 2, where the function for configuring the visual output of the navigation solution includes a function for positioning a visual output of the navigation solution on a display device on the navigation platform.

4. The navigation system of claim 1, where the pre-defined functions are configured to make requests of and receive responses from the navigation solution to thereby implement a client-server architecture.

5. The navigation platform of claim 1, where the application interface includes an information discovery and exchange interface component for discovering information available from the navigation solution.

6. The navigation platform of claim 5, where the information exchange interface component includes at least one function for determining the types of information available from the navigation solution.

7. The navigation platform of claim 5, where the infoination exchange interface component includes at least one function for requesting a list of information types available from the navigation solution.

8. The navigation platform of claim 1, further comprising an inter-process communication interface for permitting inter-process communication between the navigation platform and navigation solution.

9. A method of integrating a navigation solution into a navigation platform, the method comprising:

providing an application programming interface on the navigation platform, the application programming interface including a set of pre-defined functions;

providing a navigation solution with the application programming interface;

requesting, via the set of pre-defined functions, information from the navigation solution.

10. The method of claim 9, where the application programming interface includes a rapid prototyping interface component and further comprising the step of evaluating the navigation solution using the rapid prototyping interface component.

11. The method of claim 9, where the application programming interface includes an information discovery and exchange component and further comprising the step of discovering the information available from the navigation solution using the information discovery and exchange component.