METHODS FOR PROVIDING A NAVIGATION ROUTE BASED ON NETWORK AVAILABILITY AND DEVICE ATTRIBUTES

• US 20140257695A1
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: FINLOW-BATES, Keir, ANNAPUREDDY, Koushik
• Granted Patent: US 9,046,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/537
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard

Abstract

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for are provided for providing a navigation route based on network availability. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a navigation route. The method may further include providing the navigation route, the navigation route taking into account accessibility information relating to accessibility of at least one wireless network at different geographic locations along the navigation route and device specific information relating to attributes of a mobile device. The accessibility information may include data collected by different mobile devices at different geographic locations. The accessibility information may also be stored at a centralized server.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a request for a navigation route;

providing the navigation route, the navigation route taking into account accessibility information relating to accessibility of at least one wireless network at different geographic locations along the navigation route and device specific information relating to attributes of a mobile device;

wherein the accessibility information comprises data collected by different mobile devices at different geographic locations; and

wherein the accessibility information is stored at a centralized server.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the navigation route takes into account a quality of service (QoS) priority level.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the accessibility information comprises:

signal strength information of the wireless network;

network congestion information of the wireless network;

communication standard information of the wireless network; and

geographic location information of the wireless network.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the network congestion information comprises network congestion information in relation to time.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the device specific information comprises:

manufacturer information of the mobile device;

operating system information of the mobile device; and

mobile subscriber plan information of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the accessibility information and the device specific information reside within a centralized database accessible by the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising prefetching data for use by an application residing on the mobile device based on the accessibility information, wherein the accessibility information comprises wireless network handover information.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the accessibility information is periodically received by the mobile devices.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the accessibility information is forwarded, via the mobile device, to a personal navigation device for providing the navigation route.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the different mobile devices are on the same wireless network.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising computing estimated battery consumption for the mobile device based on the accessibility information.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising disabling a radio of the mobile device based on the accessibility information.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a navigation module configured to provide a navigation route;

a processor coupled to the navigation module;

wherein the processor is configured to receive a request for the navigation route;

wherein the processor is configured to provide the navigation route, the navigation route taking into account accessibility information relating to accessibility of at least one wireless network at different geographic locations along the navigation route and device specific information relating to attributes of a mobile device;

wherein the accessibility information comprises data collected by different mobile devices at different geographic locations; and

wherein the accessibility information is stored at a centralized server.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the navigation route takes into account a quality of service (QoS) priority level.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the accessibility information comprises:

signal strength information of the wireless network;

network congestion information of the wireless network;

communication standard information of the wireless network; and

geographic location information of the wireless network.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the network congestion information comprises network congestion information in relation to time.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the device specific information comprises:

manufacturer information of the mobile device;

operating system information of the mobile device; and

mobile subscriber plan information of the mobile device.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the accessibility information and the device specific information reside within a centralized database accessible by the mobile device.

19. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to prefetch data for use by an application residing on the mobile device based on the accessibility information, wherein the accessibility information comprises wireless network handover information.

20. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the accessibility information is periodically received by the mobile devices.

21. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the accessibility information is forwarded, via the mobile device, to a personal navigation device for providing the navigation route.

22. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the different mobile devices are on the same wireless network.

23. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to compute estimated battery consumption for the mobile device based on the accessibility information.

24. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to disable a radio of the mobile device based on the accessibility information.

25. An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving a request for a navigation route;

means for providing the navigation route, the navigation route taking into account accessibility information relating to accessibility of at least one wireless network at different geographic locations along the navigation route and device specific information relating to attributes of a mobile device;

wherein the accessibility information comprises data collected by different mobile devices at different geographic locations; and

wherein the accessibility information is stored at a centralized server.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the accessibility information comprises:

signal strength information of the wireless network;

network congestion information of the wireless network;

communication standard information of the wireless network; and

geographic location information of the wireless network.

27. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the device specific information comprises:

manufacturer information of the mobile device;

operating system information of the mobile device; and

mobile subscriber plan information of the mobile device.

28. The apparatus of claim 25 further comprising means for prefetching data for use by an application residing on the mobile device based on the accessibility information, wherein the accessibility information comprises wireless network handover information.

29. The apparatus of claim 25 further comprising means for computing estimated battery consumption for the mobile device based on the accessibility information.

30. A computer program product residing on a processor-readable medium and comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to:

receive a request for a navigation route;

provide the navigation route, the navigation route taking into account accessibility information relating to accessibility of at least one wireless network at different geographic locations along the navigation route and device specific information relating to attributes of a mobile device;

wherein the accessibility information comprises data collected by different mobile devices at different geographic locations; and

wherein the accessibility information is stored at a centralized server.

31. The computer program product of claim 30 wherein the accessibility information comprises:

signal strength information of the wireless network;

network congestion information of the wireless network;

communication standard information of the wireless network; and

geographic location information of the wireless network.

32. The computer program product of claim 30 wherein the device specific information comprises:

manufacturer information of the mobile device;

operating system information of the mobile device; and

mobile subscriber plan information of the mobile device.

33. The computer program product of claim 30 wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to prefetch data for use by an application residing on the mobile device based on the accessibility information, wherein the accessibility information comprises wireless network handover information.

34. The computer program product of claim 30 wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to compute estimated battery consumption for the mobile device based on the accessibility information.