METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TOURIST ASSISTANCE AND GUIDED NAVIGATION BY METADATA TRANSMISSION

• US 20140379259A1
• Filed: 11/27/2012
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sinha, Aniruddha, Chattopadhyay, Dhiman
• Granted Patent: US 9,341,481 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/537
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/38 Electronic maps specially adapted for navigation; Updating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

The application provides a method and system for providing tourist assistance and guided navigation of a tourist spot by transmitting metadata across a communication network. The application provides a method and system for utilizing a beyond audible frequency signal for metadata transmission across a communication network. The application provides a method and system for emitting an encoded metadata over the beyond audible frequency signal, receiving and parsing the said received encoded metadata, extracting and decoding barcode received along with encoded metadata and retrieving the tourist information by accessing a web link received along with encoded metadata for plurality of web based services.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing tourist assistance and guided navigation of a tourist spot, via a metadata transmission across a communication network using beyond audible frequency signal and processing thereof, the method comprising:

emitting an encoded metadata over the beyond audible frequency signal using a beyond audible frequency signal emitter;

receiving the said emitted beyond audible frequency signal along with the said encoded metadata on a tourist communication device using a beyond audible frequency signal receiver;

parsing the said received encoded metadata using metadata parser;

extracting at least one barcode received along with encoded metadata using at least one barcode extractor and decoding the extracted barcode received along with encoded metadata using barcode decoder;

retrieving the tourist information from the received metadata and barcode information; and

retrieving the additional detailed tourist spot related information by accessing at least one web link received along with encoded metadata for plurality of web based services using at least one information retrieval system by accessing at least one cloud hosting social network through at least one web server.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing of the said metadata further comprises the steps of:

mashing up said retrieved tourist information with decoded barcode related information using at least one information mash up system;

rendering the said mashed up information using at least one page formatter; and

displaying the said mashed up information on the tourist communication device using at least one tourist'"'"'s communication device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication network further comprises at least one tourist'"'"'s communication device which may be a smart phone, a laptop, or a tablet personal computer.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metadata is selected from information about a geographical location where a beyond audible frequency signal emitter is placed and historical data of the said location.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the beyond audible frequency signal is above 16 KHz and the upper range is limited by a microphone and at least one speaker available in the tourist'"'"'s communication device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the beyond audible frequency signal is transmitted and received using the microphone available in the tourist'"'"'s communication device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving the encoded barcode along with encoded metadata; and

decoding the encoded barcode to extract the embedded information.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mashed up information is further rendered in text or html format along with the barcode image.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mashed up information is displayed on the tourist'"'"'s communication device screen or audio played.

10. A system for providing tourist assistance and guided navigation of a tourist spot, based on a metadata transmission across a communication network using beyond audible frequency signal and processing thereof, the system comprising:

at least one beyond audible frequency signal emitter adapted to emit beyond audible frequency signals containing encoded metadata;

at least one beyond audible frequency signal receiver adapted to receive beyond audible frequency signals containing encoded metadata;

at least one metadata parser adapted to parse the received beyond audible frequency signals containing encoded metadata;

at least one barcode extractor adapted to extract an encoded barcode received along with encoded metadata;

at least one barcode decoder adapted to decode the encoded barcode received along with encoded metadata;

at least one information retrieval system adapted to retrieve information;

at least one web server adapted to host plurality of web services;

at least one cloud hosting social network containing the tourist'"'"'s social interaction related information;

at least one information mash up system adapted to mash up the extracted normal information and information retrieved from the barcode;

at least one page formatter adapted to ender the mashed up information; and

at least one tourist'"'"'s communication device having at least one display screen adapted to display the rendered mashed up information.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the communication network comprises at least one tourist'"'"'s communication device, which may be a smart phone, a laptop or a tablet personal computer.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the tourist'"'"'s communication device further comprises at least one microphone sensor, configured to sense, detect and receive the metadata emitted by beyond audible frequency signal emitter at beyond audible range frequency.

13. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the beyond audible range frequency is above 16 KHz and the upper range is limited by the microphone and at least one speaker available in the tourist'"'"'s communication device.